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

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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT  2 AUG 25
Station: 46.16,-103.38
Latitude:   46.16
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   165                                                                 
  1  950   612                                                                 
SFC  918   909  18.8  17.4  91  1.5  17.8 126  13 299.2 301.7 294.1 339.3 13.73
  3  900  1078  17.1  16.6  97  0.4  16.8 128  19 299.1 301.5 293.9 338.0 13.35
  4  850  1565  14.8  14.6  99  0.2  14.7 151  27 301.6 303.9 293.9 338.1 12.36
  5  800  2077  12.5  11.6  94  1.0  11.9 172  16 304.5 306.5 293.5 336.7 10.77
  6  750  2617   9.9   7.4  85  2.5   8.4 167  15 307.3 308.9 292.7 333.6  8.67
  7  700  3188   6.9   2.7  75  4.2   4.5 143  14 310.1 311.4 291.9 330.6  6.64
  8  650  3794   3.1  -0.7  76  3.9   1.1 109  14 312.5 313.6 291.7 330.0  5.58
  9  600  4438  -0.6  -6.4  64  5.9  -3.3  56  16 315.5 316.2 291.2 328.1  3.94
 10  550  5126  -6.0  -9.3  77  3.3  -7.4  52  16 316.9 317.6 291.2 328.1  3.43
 11  500  5867 -10.4 -12.5  84  2.2 -11.2  60  15 320.4 321.0 291.7 330.0  2.92
 12  450  6671 -14.9 -16.9  84  2.1 -15.6  73  11 324.6 325.0 292.3 332.3  2.26
 13  400  7553 -20.3 -22.6  82  2.3 -21.0 111   7 328.5 328.9 292.8 334.0  1.55
 14  350  8528 -27.4 -30.0  78  2.7 -27.9 171  10 331.9 332.0 293.1 335.1  0.90
 15  300  9618 -36.5 -39.5  74  3.0 -36.8 206  11 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.5  0.41
 16  250 10850 -47.5 -51.1  67  3.5 -47.7 132   8 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9  0.14
 17  200 12290 -54.1 -61.4  40  7.3 -54.3 245   9 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3  0.05
 18  150 14139 -54.9 -80.8   3 25.9 -55.3 289  24 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5  0.00
 19  100 16704 -59.5 -87.0   2 27.5 -59.9 312  25 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7  0.00
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Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick:      5702.27 m
Freezing level:          607.49 mb =  4341.46 m = 14243.46 ft
Wetbulb zero:            637.11 mb =  3954.84 m = 12975.04 ft
Precipitable water:        1.41 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum:     81.60 %
Est. max temperature:     25.73 C =   78.31 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.54 mb =  1091.82 m =  3582.04 ft T:   17.01 C
700-500 lapse rate:        6.44 C/km
ThetaE index:              9.98 C Layer  800.0- 500.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL):   854.30 mb =  1521.82 m =  4992.78 ft
  Mean mixing ratio:      12.63 g/kg
  Conv temperature:       20.96 C =   69.73 F
Cap Strength:              0.20 C
Lifted Index:             -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index @300 mb:     -1.24 C
Lifted Index @700 mb:     -0.17 C
Showalter Index:          -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index:       50.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
  Vertical Totals Index:  25.17 C
  Cross Totals Index:     24.94 C
K Index:                  35.52   Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index:             264.94   Risk: None
Energy Index:             -1.67   Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms

Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+):               497.39 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel:          31.54 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-):      6.34 J/kg
Cap Strength:              0.20 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL):     860.86 mb =  1456.66 m =  4779.00 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC):     725.86 mb =  2888.02 m =  9475.03 ft
Equ Level (EL):          235.86 mb = 11225.86 m = 36829.80 ft
B at Equ Level:          488.99 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL):    175.86 mb = 13116.69 m = 43033.22 ft

Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m):            107.1 at   15.7 knts
Storm direction:                 137.1 at   11.8 knts
Shear (0-3000m)              pos:    1.8 neg:    2.9 tot:    4.7 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m):     -23.3 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos:   65.9 neg:  -12.8 tot:   53.0 m^2/s^2
                             ave:   17.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel:   0.26
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz:    8.4 stream:    2.2 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index:          0.20
Bulk Rich Number:         45.30
Bulk Shear:               10.98 m/s