MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 4 SEP 24
Station: 46.18,-103.38
Latitude: 46.18
Longitude: -103.38
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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 24
1 950 485
SFC 906 910 33.3 6.4 19 26.9 16.5 32 5 315.1 316.4 293.3 336.1 6.65
3 900 973 33.0 5.2 18 27.7 16.0 34 6 315.5 316.7 293.0 335.0 6.17
4 850 1483 28.0 3.9 21 24.1 13.6 39 6 315.5 316.6 292.9 334.3 5.97
5 800 2015 22.8 3.1 27 19.7 11.2 48 5 315.5 316.6 292.9 334.3 5.97
6 750 2570 17.4 2.2 36 15.2 8.7 63 5 315.5 316.6 292.9 334.4 5.99
7 700 3153 12.4 -3.6 33 15.9 4.2 145 6 316.2 317.0 291.6 329.6 4.19
8 650 3769 8.0 -8.1 31 16.1 0.5 207 12 318.0 318.7 291.3 328.5 3.20
9 600 4422 2.7 -9.8 39 12.5 -2.8 231 19 319.2 319.8 291.5 329.2 3.03
10 550 5118 -3.6 -10.6 58 7.0 -6.5 230 23 319.8 320.4 291.7 330.0 3.10
11 500 5862 -10.1 -13.7 75 3.6 -11.5 232 26 320.7 321.2 291.6 329.5 2.65
12 450 6665 -15.5 -18.2 80 2.7 -16.4 246 28 323.7 324.1 291.9 330.7 2.03
13 400 7543 -21.6 -23.8 82 2.2 -22.1 247 32 327.0 327.2 292.2 331.9 1.40
14 350 8513 -28.6 -31.3 77 2.7 -29.0 253 29 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.1 0.80
15 300 9599 -37.5 -40.8 71 3.4 -37.8 248 31 332.6 332.6 292.8 333.9 0.36
16 250 10826 -48.6 -52.7 63 4.1 -48.8 243 38 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.12
17 200 12259 -57.7 -65.5 37 7.7 -57.9 249 38 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.03
18 150 14073 -55.0 -81.4 2 26.4 -55.4 257 33 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00
19 100 16644 -59.2 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 273 17 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5838.47 m
Freezing level: 578.62 mb = 4719.99 m = 15485.33 ft
Wetbulb zero: 641.81 mb = 3872.40 m = 12704.56 ft
Precipitable water: 0.85 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.51 %
Est. max temperature: 33.59 C = 92.46 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 612.94 mb = 4248.27 m = 13937.72 ft T: 4.12 C
700-500 lapse rate: 8.30 C/km
ThetaE index: 5.92 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 565.62 mb = 4894.27 m = 16057.11 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 6.04 g/kg
Conv temperature: 37.63 C = 99.73 F
Cap Strength: 3.29 C
Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.04 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C
Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 52.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 38.12 C
Cross Totals Index: 14.06 C
K Index: 26.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 148.36 Risk: None
Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 113.84 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 15.09 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 162.95 J/kg
Cap Strength: 3.29 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 598.10 mb = 4447.82 m = 14592.40 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 523.10 mb = 5509.65 m = 18076.06 ft
Equ Level (EL): 253.10 mb = 10742.65 m = 35244.50 ft
B at Equ Level: 113.23 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.10 mb = 12160.16 m = 39895.04 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.1 at 15.3 knts
Storm direction: 260.1 at 11.5 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.5 neg: -1.0 tot: 84.5 m^2/s^2
ave: 28.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.02
Bulk Rich Number: 1.99
Bulk Shear: 57.12 m/s
