MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 19 AUG 24
Station: 46.16,-103.59
Latitude: 46.16
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 118
1 950 573
SFC 913 925 25.5 17.3 60 8.2 19.8 120 12 306.6 309.2 296.1 347.9 13.74
3 900 1049 23.5 16.8 66 6.7 18.8 119 14 305.7 308.2 295.7 346.1 13.48
4 850 1544 18.5 15.8 84 2.7 16.7 118 16 305.5 308.0 295.7 345.7 13.41
5 800 2063 16.5 14.0 85 2.5 14.8 120 19 308.7 311.1 296.0 347.2 12.68
6 750 2613 15.5 6.9 57 8.6 10.2 111 7 313.4 315.0 294.1 339.4 8.36
7 700 3194 12.1 -20.6 8 32.7 0.2 41 11 315.9 316.1 288.6 319.5 1.06
8 650 3809 8.4 -18.9 12 27.3 -1.7 11 12 318.4 318.7 289.6 322.9 1.31
9 600 4462 2.3 -11.6 35 14.0 -3.5 355 12 318.8 319.3 291.0 327.5 2.62
10 550 5157 -3.8 -9.6 64 5.8 -6.2 328 14 319.6 320.2 291.9 330.6 3.37
11 500 5902 -8.5 -20.7 37 12.2 -12.3 325 13 322.6 322.9 291.0 327.7 1.47
12 450 6712 -12.9 -32.0 18 19.1 -17.1 317 19 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.2 0.58
13 400 7598 -19.3 -33.2 28 13.9 -22.0 292 27 329.9 330.0 292.3 332.0 0.58
14 350 8576 -26.3 -31.6 61 5.3 -27.3 280 34 333.3 333.4 293.3 336.1 0.78
15 300 9672 -34.8 -45.8 32 11.0 -35.8 276 34 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.1 0.21
16 250 10918 -43.4 -57.3 20 13.9 -44.0 277 45 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.8 0.07
17 200 12394 -50.9 -72.9 6 22.0 -51.3 278 63 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01
18 150 14223 -60.7 -81.5 5 20.8 -60.9 269 43 365.5 365.5 299.7 365.5 0.00
19 100 16738 -61.1 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 271 17 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5784.21 m
Freezing level: 580.86 mb = 4728.29 m = 15512.58 ft
Wetbulb zero: 694.94 mb = 3254.29 m = 10676.67 ft
Precipitable water: 1.12 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.07 %
Est. max temperature: 30.99 C = 87.78 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.13 mb = 1966.30 m = 6451.03 ft T: 16.88 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km
ThetaE index: 27.74 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 713.48 mb = 3033.51 m = 9952.35 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 13.35 g/kg
Conv temperature: 33.92 C = 93.06 F
Cap Strength: 3.36 C
Lifted Index: -4.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.32 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.58 C
Showalter Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 51.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 27.05 C
Cross Totals Index: 24.36 C
K Index: 10.13 Risk: None
Sweat Index: 281.81 Risk: None
Energy Index: -3.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 995.71 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 44.63 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 181.93 J/kg
Cap Strength: 3.33 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.59 mb = 1961.40 m = 6434.95 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.59 mb = 4266.28 m = 13996.80 ft
Equ Level (EL): 224.59 mb = 11627.07 m = 38146.09 ft
B at Equ Level: 984.08 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.59 mb = 14450.61 m = 47409.56 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 12.4 at 13.6 knts
Storm direction: 42.4 at 10.2 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.9 tot: 4.4 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.8 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.9 neg: -27.7 tot: -2.8 m^2/s^2
ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.15
Bulk Rich Number: 14.90
Bulk Shear: 66.84 m/s
