MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 12 AUG 24
Station: 46.14,-103.67
Latitude: 46.14
Longitude: -103.67
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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 133
1 950 576
SFC 912 929 17.8 14.3 80 3.5 15.5 109 9 298.7 300.8 292.2 331.6 11.29
3 900 1040 16.3 13.5 84 2.8 14.5 112 11 298.3 300.3 291.7 330.0 10.89
4 850 1523 11.9 10.6 91 1.4 11.1 125 15 298.7 300.4 290.6 326.3 9.45
5 800 2029 9.5 7.2 85 2.3 8.2 129 17 301.3 302.7 290.3 324.9 7.98
6 750 2563 6.7 4.9 89 1.8 5.6 141 10 303.8 305.2 290.5 325.6 7.26
7 700 3126 3.2 1.7 90 1.5 2.4 196 3 306.0 307.1 290.2 324.8 6.18
8 650 3723 -0.4 -2.1 88 1.7 -1.3 276 8 308.5 309.5 290.0 324.1 5.04
9 600 4361 -3.3 -3.8 97 0.4 -3.6 298 11 312.3 313.2 291.0 327.5 4.83
10 550 5045 -6.9 -10.9 73 4.0 -8.5 301 13 315.8 316.4 290.5 325.7 3.02
11 500 5783 -10.9 -18.0 56 7.1 -13.2 306 18 319.8 320.1 290.6 326.0 1.85
12 450 6584 -16.6 -23.8 54 7.2 -18.5 302 18 322.3 322.6 290.7 326.6 1.24
13 400 7456 -23.4 -32.1 45 8.7 -25.0 296 16 324.5 324.7 290.8 326.9 0.65
14 350 8417 -31.3 -38.7 48 7.4 -32.1 283 21 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.0 0.38
15 300 9487 -41.0 -45.5 62 4.5 -41.3 259 26 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.4 0.22
16 250 10702 -47.7 -60.7 21 13.0 -48.1 293 40 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.04
17 200 12164 -50.6 -70.6 8 20.0 -51.1 291 57 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01
18 150 14032 -52.7 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 289 54 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00
19 100 16626 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 302 29 418.9 418.9 307.6 419.0 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5650.29 m
Freezing level: 655.54 mb = 3657.25 m = 11998.72 ft
Wetbulb zero: 667.47 mb = 3509.66 m = 11514.48 ft
Precipitable water: 1.12 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.44 %
Est. max temperature: 22.14 C = 71.86 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.47 mb = 1370.53 m = 4496.44 ft T: 13.32 C
700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km
ThetaE index: 6.68 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 819.92 mb = 1823.76 m = 5983.40 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 9.76 g/kg
Conv temperature: 19.24 C = 66.63 F
Cap Strength: 0.71 C
Lifted Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.86 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C
Showalter Index: 2.15 C Risk: Showers probable
Total Totals Index: 44.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 22.84 C
Cross Totals Index: 21.45 C
K Index: 31.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 174.78 Risk: None
Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 23.14 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 6.80 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.24 J/kg
Cap Strength: 1.45 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.01 mb = 1671.53 m = 5483.97 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.01 mb = 2895.94 m = 9500.99 ft
Equ Level (EL): 610.01 mb = 4229.19 m = 13875.11 ft
B at Equ Level: 22.95 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 530.01 mb = 5331.67 m = 17492.14 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.4 at 12.6 knts
Storm direction: 318.4 at 9.5 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.2 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.5 neg: -0.7 tot: 75.8 m^2/s^2
ave: 25.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.01
Bulk Rich Number: 0.29
Bulk Shear: 79.08 m/s
