MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 18 AUG 24
Station: 46.14,-103.59
Latitude: 46.14
Longitude: -103.59
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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 89
1 950 545
SFC 910 926 27.3 13.3 42 14.0 18.0 130 12 308.7 310.7 294.6 341.0 10.63
3 900 1023 25.8 12.8 45 13.0 17.2 132 14 308.1 310.0 294.2 339.6 10.39
4 850 1522 20.8 11.6 56 9.2 14.8 133 15 307.9 309.8 294.0 338.7 10.15
5 800 2042 15.7 10.7 72 5.0 12.5 134 15 307.9 309.8 294.0 338.7 10.16
6 750 2588 14.2 3.4 48 10.9 8.0 262 5 312.0 313.3 292.3 332.3 6.51
7 700 3166 10.6 -7.7 27 18.3 2.1 293 15 314.2 314.8 290.0 324.1 3.07
8 650 3779 6.6 -4.8 44 11.4 1.0 273 25 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.7 4.13
9 600 4429 1.1 -10.9 40 11.9 -4.0 277 32 317.3 317.9 290.7 326.4 2.78
10 550 5120 -4.2 -22.8 22 18.7 -9.8 281 40 319.1 319.3 289.6 323.0 1.11
11 500 5864 -9.1 -33.3 12 24.1 -14.5 282 40 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.6 0.46
12 450 6669 -14.8 -41.0 9 26.2 -19.1 287 45 324.6 324.6 290.4 325.5 0.24
13 400 7549 -20.8 -47.8 7 27.0 -24.1 287 54 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.13
14 350 8522 -27.2 -52.8 7 25.6 -29.5 288 61 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.4 0.08
15 300 9615 -34.9 -50.7 19 15.8 -36.1 289 70 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.12
16 250 10862 -43.8 -60.7 14 16.9 -44.5 290 75 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.04
17 200 12333 -50.8 -71.7 7 20.9 -51.2 292 79 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.01
18 150 14182 -55.8 -81.5 3 25.7 -56.1 287 47 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00
19 100 16733 -61.7 -86.4 2 24.6 -62.0 270 15 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5774.89 m
Freezing level: 589.93 mb = 4567.84 m = 14986.17 ft
Wetbulb zero: 640.04 mb = 3904.03 m = 12808.35 ft
Precipitable water: 0.92 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.08 %
Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.33 mb = 2685.18 m = 8809.55 ft T: 13.63 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km
ThetaE index: 14.59 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 669.34 mb = 3536.34 m = 11602.03 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 10.24 g/kg
Conv temperature: 34.00 C = 93.20 F
Cap Strength: 4.00 C
Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.23 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.21 C
Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 50.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 29.92 C
Cross Totals Index: 20.75 C
K Index: 23.25 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 242.23 Risk: None
Energy Index: -2.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 340.27 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 26.09 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 191.30 J/kg
Cap Strength: 4.00 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.67 mb = 2669.99 m = 8759.72 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 597.67 mb = 4459.42 m = 14630.47 ft
Equ Level (EL): 287.67 mb = 9901.66 m = 32485.38 ft
B at Equ Level: 337.94 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.67 mb = 12084.91 m = 39648.19 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.1 at 27.0 knts
Storm direction: 307.1 at 20.3 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 6.7 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.2 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.3 neg: -14.6 tot: 115.7 m^2/s^2
ave: 38.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.22
Bulk Rich Number: 1.67
Bulk Shear: 203.24 m/s
