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

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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON  9 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    60                                                                 
  1  950   519                                                                 
SFC  909   912  29.2   5.9  23 23.3  15.1 157   6 310.7 311.9 291.9 330.6  6.41
  3  900  1000  28.4   5.0  23 23.4  14.4 160   7 310.7 311.9 291.6 329.6  6.07
  4  850  1502  23.4   4.2  29 19.3  12.1 168   7 310.7 311.9 291.6 329.6  6.08
  5  800  2026  18.3   3.2  37 15.1   9.7 178   7 310.7 311.8 291.6 329.4  6.04
  6  750  2573  13.0   2.1  48 10.9   6.9 194   6 310.7 311.8 291.5 329.2  5.96
  7  700  3148   8.9 -12.3  21 21.1   0.1 270  10 312.3 312.7 288.5 319.2  2.13
  8  650  3757   6.1 -33.1   4 39.2  -4.3 292   9 315.9 316.0 287.8 317.2  0.36
  9  600  4406   1.9 -38.9   3 40.9  -7.3 284  10 318.4 318.4 288.5 319.2  0.22
 10  550  5101  -2.6 -44.1   2 41.5 -10.5 285  10 321.0 321.0 289.2 321.5  0.14
 11  500  5848  -8.4 -46.2   3 37.8 -14.6 290  11 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.3  0.12
 12  450  6654 -14.7 -46.1   5 31.4 -19.3 288  10 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.3  0.14
 13  400  7533 -21.1 -32.1  37 11.0 -23.2 249   7 327.5 327.7 291.7 329.9  0.65
 14  350  8503 -28.8 -36.1  49  7.3 -29.8 210  10 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.9  0.50
 15  300  9587 -37.4 -43.7  52  6.3 -37.9 205  14 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.7  0.26
 16  250 10819 -47.1 -54.6  42  7.5 -47.4 193  19 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3  0.09
 17  200 12260 -57.2 -67.3  27 10.1 -57.4 203  26 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2  0.02
 18  150 14064 -59.7 -79.2   6 19.4 -59.9 211  13 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2  0.01
 19  100 16584 -62.2 -86.6   2 24.4 -62.4 308  11 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5  0.00
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Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick:      5787.62 m
Freezing level:          578.69 mb =  4702.07 m = 15426.57 ft
Wetbulb zero:            699.11 mb =  3158.05 m = 10360.92 ft
Precipitable water:        0.54 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum:     17.47 %
Est. max temperature:     29.20 C =   84.56 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 645.82 mb =  3808.94 m = 12496.36 ft T:    5.80 C
700-500 lapse rate:        6.39 C/km
ThetaE index:             13.37 C Layer  900.0- 600.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL):   560.55 mb =  4949.13 m = 16237.11 ft
  Mean mixing ratio:       6.09 g/kg
  Conv temperature:       38.66 C =  101.58 F
Cap Strength:              5.04 C
Lifted Index:              3.05 C Risk: None
Lifted Index @300 mb:      3.15 C
Lifted Index @700 mb:      1.44 C
Showalter Index:           3.05 C Risk: None
Total Totals Index:       44.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
  Vertical Totals Index:  31.82 C
  Cross Totals Index:     12.57 C
K Index:                  14.87   Risk: None
Sweat Index:              75.34   Risk: None
Energy Index:             -1.08   Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms

Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+):                 0.52 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel:           1.02 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-):   5323.22 J/kg
Cap Strength:              5.04 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL):     638.76 mb =  3898.06 m = 12788.76 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC):      -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft

Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m):            267.8 at    8.9 knts
Storm direction:                 297.8 at    6.7 knts
Shear (0-3000m)              pos:    2.4 neg:    0.0 tot:    2.4 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m):     133.1 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos:   34.1 neg:   -0.1 tot:   34.0 m^2/s^2
                             ave:   11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel:   0.81
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz:    3.4 stream:    2.7 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index:          0.00
Bulk Rich Number:          0.03
Bulk Shear:               20.60 m/s