MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 24 AUG 24
Station: 46.11,-103.40
Latitude: 46.11
Longitude: -103.40
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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 38
1 950 496
SFC 907 910 29.1 17.4 49 11.7 20.8 138 18 310.8 313.4 297.4 353.4 13.92
3 900 979 28.0 16.9 51 11.1 20.2 139 22 310.4 313.0 297.0 351.9 13.59
4 850 1483 23.0 16.1 65 6.9 18.2 142 28 310.2 312.8 297.1 351.9 13.67
5 800 2008 17.9 15.0 83 2.9 15.9 145 30 310.2 312.8 297.0 351.5 13.53
6 750 2558 15.2 7.7 61 7.5 10.6 172 27 313.1 314.8 294.4 340.5 8.85
7 700 3140 12.2 0.1 43 12.1 5.5 180 24 316.0 317.0 292.6 333.4 5.49
8 650 3755 7.2 -2.5 50 9.7 2.1 184 22 317.1 318.0 292.4 332.7 4.89
9 600 4407 2.3 -4.4 61 6.6 -1.0 197 17 318.8 319.7 292.7 333.7 4.62
10 550 5105 -1.2 -17.8 27 16.6 -7.2 234 13 322.7 323.0 291.3 328.6 1.72
11 500 5859 -5.6 -33.5 9 27.9 -12.3 245 21 326.2 326.3 291.1 327.9 0.45
12 450 6674 -11.7 -30.5 19 18.8 -16.2 249 24 328.6 328.7 292.0 331.0 0.67
13 400 7564 -18.3 -27.0 47 8.6 -20.4 247 27 331.2 331.4 293.0 335.0 1.05
14 350 8547 -24.8 -27.6 78 2.8 -25.4 246 45 335.4 335.6 294.2 339.5 1.14
15 300 9650 -33.4 -37.5 67 4.1 -34.0 250 50 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.2 0.51
16 250 10902 -43.9 -49.7 52 5.8 -44.3 249 60 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.4 0.16
17 200 12361 -54.5 -64.1 30 9.6 -54.6 249 65 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.03
18 150 14168 -61.5 -79.0 8 17.5 -61.7 243 51 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01
19 100 16667 -63.0 -87.3 2 24.3 -63.3 235 23 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5820.34 m
Freezing level: 566.84 mb = 4870.28 m = 15978.41 ft
Wetbulb zero: 616.35 mb = 4188.06 m = 13740.20 ft
Precipitable water: 1.30 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.28 %
Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.63 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.25 mb = 2386.08 m = 7828.24 ft T: 16.03 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km
ThetaE index: 19.22 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 722.27 mb = 2875.42 m = 9433.69 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg
Conv temperature: 32.84 C = 91.12 F
Cap Strength: 1.64 C
Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.08 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C
Showalter Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 50.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 28.58 C
Cross Totals Index: 21.69 C
K Index: 32.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 442.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: -4.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 1641.71 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 57.30 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.45 J/kg
Cap Strength: 1.64 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.17 mb = 2364.69 m = 7758.09 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.17 mb = 3476.31 m = 11405.07 ft
Equ Level (EL): 182.17 mb = 12947.60 m = 42478.48 ft
B at Equ Level: 1635.43 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.17 mb = 15959.34 m = 52359.41 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.2 at 22.1 knts
Storm direction: 221.2 at 16.6 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.0 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.8 neg: -1.0 tot: 134.9 m^2/s^2
ave: 45.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 1.39
Bulk Rich Number: 31.73
Bulk Shear: 51.74 m/s
