MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 3 SEP 24
Station: 46.18,-103.35
Latitude: 46.18
Longitude: -103.35
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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 30
1 950 492
SFC 907 907 33.9 7.6 20 26.3 17.2 178 7 315.7 317.1 294.0 338.5 7.25
3 900 982 33.5 6.8 19 26.7 16.7 180 10 316.0 317.3 293.7 337.7 6.89
4 850 1492 28.5 5.6 23 22.9 14.4 185 12 316.0 317.3 293.6 337.2 6.73
5 800 2025 23.3 4.5 29 18.8 12.0 189 13 315.9 317.2 293.5 336.8 6.61
6 750 2582 18.5 1.1 31 17.3 8.6 211 12 316.6 317.7 292.9 334.3 5.55
7 700 3168 14.1 -9.0 19 23.1 3.3 266 10 318.1 318.7 290.9 327.3 2.77
8 650 3786 8.7 -13.9 19 22.6 -0.7 266 10 318.8 319.2 290.4 325.5 2.00
9 600 4440 2.7 -13.8 28 16.5 -3.9 272 10 319.3 319.7 290.7 326.6 2.19
10 550 5134 -4.0 -14.8 43 10.8 -8.0 277 11 319.4 319.8 290.8 326.8 2.21
11 500 5877 -11.1 -17.1 61 6.0 -13.0 286 12 319.6 319.9 290.6 326.3 2.01
12 450 6674 -17.9 -25.8 50 7.9 -19.7 271 13 320.8 321.0 290.1 324.4 1.04
13 400 7544 -23.1 -39.2 21 16.2 -25.4 273 20 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.2 0.32
14 350 8509 -29.4 -49.5 12 20.2 -31.2 281 24 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.12
15 300 9589 -38.8 -47.9 38 9.1 -39.4 290 29 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.17
16 250 10811 -49.2 -55.5 48 6.3 -49.4 294 36 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.08
17 200 12246 -54.5 -67.9 18 13.5 -54.7 293 36 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.02
18 150 14100 -54.4 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.8 281 34 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00
19 100 16650 -61.3 -85.9 2 24.6 -61.6 286 17 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5847.15 m
Freezing level: 579.58 mb = 4723.31 m = 15496.25 ft
Wetbulb zero: 658.58 mb = 3676.44 m = 12061.67 ft
Precipitable water: 0.72 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.19 %
Est. max temperature: 34.73 C = 94.51 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 619.44 mb = 4179.15 m = 13710.95 ft T: 5.10 C
700-500 lapse rate: 9.30 C/km
ThetaE index: 13.03 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 581.64 mb = 4687.76 m = 15379.59 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 6.77 g/kg
Conv temperature: 37.45 C = 99.41 F
Cap Strength: 2.80 C
Lifted Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.03 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C
Showalter Index: -3.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 56.24 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Vertical Totals Index: 39.56 C
Cross Totals Index: 16.69 C
K Index: 22.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 249.36 Risk: None
Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 740.56 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 38.49 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 163.45 J/kg
Cap Strength: 2.80 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 608.41 mb = 4325.83 m = 14192.17 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 553.41 mb = 5084.99 m = 16682.84 ft
Equ Level (EL): 233.41 mb = 11252.32 m = 36916.62 ft
B at Equ Level: 737.96 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.41 mb = 13548.28 m = 44449.20 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.7 at 11.5 knts
Storm direction: 280.7 at 8.6 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 44.6 m^2/s^2
ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.19
Bulk Rich Number: 36.27
Bulk Shear: 20.42 m/s
