MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25
Station: 46.14,-103.43
Latitude: 46.14
Longitude: -103.43
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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 100
1 950 552
SFC 912 915 25.7 16.6 57 9.2 19.4 136 6 306.9 309.3 295.8 346.3 13.11
3 900 1028 23.8 15.9 61 7.9 18.4 137 6 306.0 308.4 295.3 344.2 12.72
4 850 1524 18.9 14.8 77 4.1 16.1 142 5 306.0 308.3 295.2 343.7 12.57
5 800 2042 15.4 10.6 73 4.8 12.4 284 3 307.6 309.5 293.9 338.2 10.12
6 750 2589 14.0 2.1 45 11.8 7.3 320 12 311.7 312.9 291.8 330.3 5.96
7 700 3166 9.9 -2.8 41 12.7 3.4 309 11 313.5 314.3 291.0 327.6 4.46
8 650 3776 4.8 -3.9 53 8.7 0.5 302 14 314.4 315.3 291.3 328.5 4.41
9 600 4422 -0.3 -7.8 57 7.4 -3.7 302 16 315.7 316.4 290.9 327.2 3.55
10 550 5111 -5.6 -11.3 64 5.7 -7.8 301 14 317.5 318.1 290.9 327.1 2.94
11 500 5852 -10.3 -19.1 48 8.8 -13.1 294 11 320.5 320.8 290.6 326.2 1.69
12 450 6655 -15.9 -22.3 58 6.4 -17.6 289 7 323.3 323.6 291.2 328.2 1.43
13 400 7531 -21.8 -41.9 14 20.1 -24.6 350 5 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.6 0.24
14 350 8499 -28.9 -41.5 29 12.6 -30.4 46 5 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.29
15 300 9585 -36.8 -44.0 48 7.1 -37.5 90 4 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.5 0.26
16 250 10822 -46.2 -53.2 45 6.9 -46.6 122 12 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.8 0.11
17 200 12270 -53.1 -69.8 11 16.8 -53.4 233 9 348.7 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.02
18 150 14126 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.3 293 17 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00
19 100 16691 -59.7 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 315 22 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5752.61 m
Freezing level: 603.35 mb = 4379.04 m = 14366.76 ft
Wetbulb zero: 643.52 mb = 3856.93 m = 12653.82 ft
Precipitable water: 1.14 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.56 %
Est. max temperature: 29.48 C = 85.07 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.35 mb = 2070.00 m = 6791.25 ft T: 15.36 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km
ThetaE index: 18.73 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 725.78 mb = 2863.60 m = 9394.90 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg
Conv temperature: 31.26 C = 88.27 F
Cap Strength: 2.64 C
Lifted Index: -4.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.61 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C
Showalter Index: -4.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 54.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 29.19 C
Cross Totals Index: 25.11 C
K Index: 31.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 305.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: -3.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 1281.68 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 50.63 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.89 J/kg
Cap Strength: 2.59 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.29 mb = 2123.98 m = 6968.36 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.29 mb = 3559.99 m = 11679.62 ft
Equ Level (EL): 217.29 mb = 11732.14 m = 38490.80 ft
B at Equ Level: 1265.30 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.29 mb = 14241.52 m = 46723.57 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.6 at 10.5 knts
Storm direction: 330.6 at 7.9 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.7 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.3 neg: -3.0 tot: 30.3 m^2/s^2
ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.26
Bulk Rich Number: 36.81
Bulk Shear: 34.81 m/s
