MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 8 AUG 24
Station: 46.14,-103.43
Latitude: 46.14
Longitude: -103.43
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LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W
mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg
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0 1000 141
1 950 585
SFC 914 915 19.3 11.9 62 7.4 14.6 354 10 300.0 301.8 291.2 328.2 9.60
3 900 1050 17.1 11.2 68 6.0 13.4 354 11 299.2 300.9 290.7 326.4 9.30
4 850 1534 12.3 10.0 86 2.3 10.9 353 12 299.0 300.7 290.5 325.7 9.11
5 800 2039 8.5 6.4 87 2.0 7.3 340 20 300.2 301.6 289.5 322.6 7.58
6 750 2570 5.5 2.6 82 2.9 3.9 320 23 302.5 303.6 289.0 321.0 6.16
7 700 3132 3.4 0.8 83 2.7 2.0 314 24 306.3 307.3 289.9 323.9 5.78
8 650 3731 1.1 -4.0 69 5.1 -1.3 311 27 310.2 311.0 289.9 323.9 4.37
9 600 4371 -2.4 -8.5 63 6.1 -5.0 297 32 313.4 314.0 290.0 324.1 3.35
10 550 5056 -6.7 -15.8 48 9.1 -9.9 290 36 316.2 316.6 289.6 322.9 2.03
11 500 5793 -11.8 -29.2 22 17.4 -15.8 286 41 318.6 318.8 289.0 321.1 0.68
12 450 6589 -17.6 -41.9 10 24.3 -21.1 284 46 321.2 321.2 289.3 322.0 0.22
13 400 7461 -22.7 -49.0 7 26.4 -25.5 281 52 325.5 325.6 290.6 326.0 0.11
14 350 8424 -30.4 -52.1 10 21.7 -32.1 279 56 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.09
15 300 9503 -38.0 -56.2 13 18.2 -38.9 277 70 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.06
16 250 10734 -46.0 -63.6 12 17.7 -46.5 274 83 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.03
17 200 12200 -50.8 -69.9 9 19.1 -51.2 272 93 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.02
18 150 14067 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 279 66 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00
19 100 16654 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.6 -59.0 279 31 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5651.36 m
Freezing level: 634.56 mb = 3928.75 m = 12889.46 ft
Wetbulb zero: 669.88 mb = 3487.63 m = 11442.21 ft
Precipitable water: 0.93 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.68 %
Est. max temperature: 21.04 C = 69.88 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.98 mb = 1843.38 m = 6047.75 ft T: 9.95 C
700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km
ThetaE index: 7.22 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 807.42 mb = 1961.79 m = 6436.24 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 9.00 g/kg
Conv temperature: 19.27 C = 66.69 F
Cap Strength: 1.96 C
Lifted Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.15 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C
Showalter Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable
Total Totals Index: 45.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C
Cross Totals Index: 21.81 C
K Index: 31.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 185.42 Risk: None
Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 5.35 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 3.27 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.58 J/kg
Cap Strength: 1.92 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.00 mb = 1873.77 m = 6147.47 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.00 mb = 2131.85 m = 6994.16 ft
Equ Level (EL): 731.00 mb = 2778.90 m = 9117.02 ft
B at Equ Level: 4.91 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 701.00 mb = 3120.42 m = 10237.47 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.6 at 29.7 knts
Storm direction: 330.6 at 22.3 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.8 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: -13.2 tot: -6.7 m^2/s^2
ave: -2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.00
Bulk Rich Number: 0.07
Bulk Shear: 80.34 m/s
