MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 5 SEP 24
Station: 46.18,-103.40
Latitude: 46.18
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 142
1 950 594
SFC 916 912 25.1 8.6 35 16.6 14.9 18 7 305.9 307.3 291.5 329.0 7.66
3 900 1068 23.5 7.8 37 15.7 13.9 17 9 305.7 307.1 291.2 328.0 7.39
4 850 1562 18.6 7.0 47 11.6 11.7 15 10 305.6 307.0 291.2 328.0 7.41
5 800 2077 13.6 5.9 60 7.7 9.1 12 10 305.6 307.0 291.0 327.7 7.28
6 750 2616 8.9 1.4 59 7.5 4.9 353 12 306.2 307.3 289.8 323.6 5.67
7 700 3183 5.1 -3.7 53 8.7 0.9 333 14 308.1 308.9 289.0 321.1 4.17
8 650 3784 0.9 -2.0 81 2.9 -0.5 309 15 310.0 311.0 290.5 325.9 5.10
9 600 4423 -3.4 -5.6 85 2.2 -4.4 297 16 312.1 312.9 290.4 325.4 4.19
10 550 5104 -8.2 -17.6 46 9.5 -11.2 297 14 314.4 314.7 288.8 320.1 1.74
11 500 5839 -11.7 -31.2 18 19.5 -16.0 292 12 318.7 318.8 289.0 320.7 0.56
12 450 6639 -15.7 -37.0 14 21.3 -19.5 286 12 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.9 0.36
13 400 7517 -21.3 -46.5 8 25.2 -24.4 289 14 327.3 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.15
14 350 8486 -29.2 -45.2 20 16.0 -30.9 292 28 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.19
15 300 9567 -37.8 -41.2 70 3.4 -38.1 249 32 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.35
16 250 10797 -48.4 -52.0 66 3.6 -48.6 219 36 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.13
17 200 12223 -57.2 -70.0 18 12.8 -57.4 272 28 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.02
18 150 14049 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.2 269 35 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00
19 100 16632 -57.4 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 266 27 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5696.83 m
Freezing level: 639.19 mb = 3921.97 m = 12867.20 ft
Wetbulb zero: 668.05 mb = 3561.83 m = 11685.67 ft
Precipitable water: 0.86 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.70 %
Est. max temperature: 25.34 C = 77.60 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.77 mb = 2977.14 m = 9767.39 ft T: 6.47 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km
ThetaE index: 7.96 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 685.16 mb = 3356.88 m = 11013.24 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 7.41 g/kg
Conv temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F
Cap Strength: 1.72 C
Lifted Index: 0.44 C Risk: Showers probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.74 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.48 C
Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 49.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 30.32 C
Cross Totals Index: 18.73 C
K Index: 28.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 116.27 Risk: None
Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 19.49 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 6.24 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.58 J/kg
Cap Strength: 1.72 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.48 mb = 3014.89 m = 9891.26 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.48 mb = 4297.68 m = 14099.82 ft
Equ Level (EL): 509.48 mb = 5693.94 m = 18680.68 ft
B at Equ Level: 18.53 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 469.48 mb = 6317.00 m = 20724.82 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.0 at 12.7 knts
Storm direction: 347.0 at 9.5 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.1 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -20.3 tot: -20.3 m^2/s^2
ave: -6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.82
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -2.6 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.00
Bulk Rich Number: 1.16
Bulk Shear: 16.79 m/s
