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
TRP 0
WND 0
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
