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

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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 21 AUG 24
Station: 46.25,-103.43
Latitude:   46.25
Longitude: -103.43
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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    91                                                                 
  1  950   543                                                                 
SFC  911   915  26.9  18.5  60  8.4  20.9 141  12 308.2 311.0 297.3 353.2 14.87
  3  900  1021  24.9  18.2  66  6.7  20.2 143  13 307.2 309.9 297.0 351.7 14.78
  4  850  1520  20.0  16.9  82  3.1  17.9 153  12 307.1 309.8 296.8 350.6 14.42
  5  800  2044  20.9  -0.2  24 21.2   9.3  36   3 313.5 314.4 291.2 328.3  4.70
  6  750  2597  16.6  -0.5  31 17.1   7.2 323   7 314.6 315.5 291.7 330.1  4.90
  7  700  3179  12.4  -6.5  26 18.9   3.2 318  14 316.3 316.9 290.9 327.2  3.37
  8  650  3794   7.6 -17.9  14 25.5  -2.0 322  19 317.6 317.9 289.5 322.4  1.44
  9  600  4445   2.5 -26.0  10 28.5  -6.1 321  21 319.0 319.1 289.3 321.7  0.77
 10  550  5140  -3.1 -30.6  10 27.5 -10.2 306  22 320.4 320.5 289.5 322.3  0.54
 11  500  5886  -8.6 -33.3  12 24.7 -14.1 289  30 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.2  0.46
 12  450  6692 -14.5 -36.4  14 21.9 -18.6 287  31 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.5  0.38
 13  400  7573 -20.8 -45.2   9 24.4 -23.9 282  33 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7  0.17
 14  350  8545 -27.9 -47.2  14 19.4 -29.9 279  31 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8  0.15
 15  300  9633 -36.8 -46.3  37  9.5 -37.6 282  39 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.3  0.20
 16  250 10868 -46.7 -54.2  42  7.6 -47.0 276  46 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1  0.10
 17  200 12309 -56.7 -65.1  34  8.4 -56.9 274  46 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0  0.03
 18  150 14146 -54.0 -82.7   2 28.7 -54.4 271  38 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1  0.00
 19  100 16694 -62.0 -86.4   2 24.5 -62.2 250   7 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0  0.00
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Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick:      5795.03 m
Freezing level:          577.89 mb =  4752.80 m = 15592.98 ft
Wetbulb zero:            668.91 mb =  3555.88 m = 11666.12 ft
Precipitable water:        0.83 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum:     27.28 %
Est. max temperature:     32.89 C =   91.21 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.04 mb =  1979.03 m =  6492.79 ft T:   20.82 C
700-500 lapse rate:        7.77 C/km
ThetaE index:             24.85 C Layer  900.0- 750.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL):   696.68 mb =  3218.46 m = 10559.12 ft
  Mean mixing ratio:      12.87 g/kg
  Conv temperature:       34.86 C =   94.74 F
Cap Strength:              5.32 C
Lifted Index:             -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb:     -6.89 C
Lifted Index @700 mb:      2.63 C
Showalter Index:          -5.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index:       54.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
  Vertical Totals Index:  28.66 C
  Cross Totals Index:     25.54 C
K Index:                  26.69   Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index:             361.12   Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible
Energy Index:             -5.07   Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable

Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+):              1704.37 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel:          58.38 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-):    229.86 J/kg
Cap Strength:              5.32 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL):     779.56 mb =  2265.82 m =  7433.70 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC):     624.56 mb =  4118.89 m = 13513.27 ft
Equ Level (EL):          184.56 mb = 12822.32 m = 42067.45 ft
B at Equ Level:         1653.54 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL):    124.56 mb = 15314.09 m = 50242.48 ft

Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m):            301.6 at   18.5 knts
Storm direction:                 331.6 at   13.9 knts
Shear (0-3000m)              pos:    0.6 neg:    4.8 tot:    5.4 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m):     150.6 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos:   42.4 neg:  -53.5 tot:  -11.1 m^2/s^2
                             ave:   -3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel:   0.19
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz:    7.1 stream:    1.4 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index:          0.38
Bulk Rich Number:         13.58
Bulk Shear:              125.48 m/s