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MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)

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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 13 AUG 24
Station: 46.14,-103.54
Latitude:   46.14
Longitude: -103.54
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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    86                                                                 
  1  950   539                                                                 
SFC  909   924  24.6  12.6  47 12.0  16.8 141  13 306.0 307.9 293.4 336.5 10.15
  3  900  1013  23.2  11.9  49 11.3  15.9 142  15 305.4 307.2 293.0 334.7  9.76
  4  850  1508  18.3  10.9  62  7.4  13.6 143  17 305.3 307.1 292.9 334.4  9.70
  5  800  2023  14.9   5.1  52  9.8   9.2 159  12 307.0 308.3 291.2 328.0  6.89
  6  750  2568  13.4  -2.7  33 16.0   5.2 288   9 311.1 311.9 290.0 324.3  4.19
  7  700  3144   9.5  -3.1  41 12.6   3.1 281  15 313.0 313.8 290.8 326.8  4.35
  8  650  3754   4.9  -5.8  46 10.7  -0.2 287  22 314.5 315.3 290.8 326.8  3.82
  9  600  4399  -1.0  -9.8  51  8.8  -4.7 291  23 314.9 315.5 290.2 324.7  3.02
 10  550  5086  -5.9 -20.3  31 14.4 -10.4 289  22 317.1 317.3 289.3 321.8  1.39
 11  500  5825 -11.0 -30.3  19 19.3 -15.4 291  30 319.7 319.8 289.3 321.9  0.62
 12  450  6624 -17.3 -24.8  52  7.5 -19.1 289  35 321.5 321.7 290.4 325.4  1.14
 13  400  7495 -23.1 -39.1  22 15.9 -25.4 278  41 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.1  0.32
 14  350  8460 -28.6 -54.4   7 25.7 -30.7 278  61 330.1 330.2 291.8 330.4  0.07
 15  300  9547 -36.2 -57.0  10 20.9 -37.4 277  70 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7  0.06
 16  250 10790 -44.0 -62.0  12 18.0 -44.6 277  81 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8  0.04
 17  200 12263 -50.0 -73.4   5 23.4 -50.4 278  88 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7  0.01
 18  150 14121 -54.8 -83.4   2 28.5 -55.2 280  58 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6  0.00
 19  100 16671 -60.0 -87.3   2 27.4 -60.3 303  36 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9  0.00
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Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick:      5739.62 m
Freezing level:          608.65 mb =  4287.29 m = 14065.74 ft
Wetbulb zero:            652.38 mb =  3723.50 m = 12216.06 ft
Precipitable water:        0.84 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum:     42.57 %
Est. max temperature:     28.83 C =   83.89 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.49 mb =  2428.65 m =  7967.91 ft T:   13.75 C
700-500 lapse rate:        7.63 C/km
ThetaE index:             12.23 C Layer  900.0- 700.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL):   668.75 mb =  3519.66 m = 11547.29 ft
  Mean mixing ratio:       9.24 g/kg
  Conv temperature:       32.38 C =   90.28 F
Cap Strength:              5.03 C
Lifted Index:             -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb:      1.92 C
Lifted Index @700 mb:      3.96 C
Showalter Index:          -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index:       51.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
  Vertical Totals Index:  29.25 C
  Cross Totals Index:     21.89 C
K Index:                  27.60   Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index:             329.37   Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible
Energy Index:             -2.39   Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable

Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+):               207.91 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel:          20.39 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-):    253.10 J/kg
Cap Strength:              5.00 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL):     750.13 mb =  2566.67 m =  8420.75 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC):     595.13 mb =  4463.43 m = 14643.63 ft
Equ Level (EL):          345.13 mb =  8559.34 m = 28081.50 ft
B at Equ Level:          204.84 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL):    255.13 mb = 10651.30 m = 34944.78 ft

Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m):            281.7 at   21.4 knts
Storm direction:                 311.7 at   16.0 knts
Shear (0-3000m)              pos:    4.9 neg:    0.9 tot:    5.8 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m):     111.3 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos:  121.5 neg:   -5.0 tot:  116.5 m^2/s^2
                             ave:   38.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel:   0.53
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz:    8.0 stream:    4.3 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index:          0.13
Bulk Rich Number:          1.30
Bulk Shear:              159.87 m/s