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

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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE  5 AUG 25
Station: 46.11,-103.46
Latitude:   46.11
Longitude: -103.46
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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    66                                                                 
  1  950   524                                                                 
SFC  909   917  29.7  11.9  33 17.8  17.9 124  10 311.2 313.0 294.5 340.8  9.64
  3  900  1006  28.4  10.6  33 17.9  16.8 125  11 310.8 312.5 293.9 338.2  8.92
  4  850  1509  23.5   9.4  41 14.1  14.6 127  12 310.8 312.4 293.7 337.7  8.77
  5  800  2033  18.4   8.6  53  9.8  12.3 128  12 310.8 312.4 293.8 337.8  8.81
  6  750  2582  13.1   7.5  69  5.5   9.7 129  11 310.8 312.4 293.7 337.6  8.73
  7  700  3157   8.3   2.7  67  5.7   5.1 148   5 311.7 313.0 292.3 332.3  6.64
  8  650  3766   5.1  -4.1  51  9.2   0.5 283  16 314.7 315.6 291.3 328.6  4.34
  9  600  4413  -0.0  -9.6  48  9.6  -4.1 281  19 316.1 316.7 290.6 326.1  3.07
 10  550  5103  -5.3 -16.3  42 11.0  -9.2 286  22 317.8 318.2 290.0 324.3  1.95
 11  500  5842 -11.1 -24.9  31 13.8 -14.7 283  24 319.5 319.7 289.7 323.0  1.01
 12  450  6641 -16.6 -34.9  19 18.3 -20.0 280  22 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.0  0.44
 13  400  7515 -22.5 -39.8  19 17.3 -25.0 281  22 325.8 325.8 290.8 326.9  0.30
 14  350  8482 -29.2 -44.4  22 15.2 -30.9 287  32 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.1  0.21
 15  300  9563 -38.3 -46.9  40  8.6 -38.9 288  38 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.1  0.19
 16  250 10789 -48.3 -55.2  45  6.9 -48.6 288  45 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.6  0.09
 17  200 12235 -52.8 -68.3  14 15.4 -53.2 272  38 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2  0.02
 18  150 14082 -53.2 -82.1   2 28.9 -53.7 244  22 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4  0.00
 19  100 16656 -58.9 -86.5   2 27.6 -59.3 196   7 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9  0.00
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Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick:      5776.24 m
Freezing level:          600.31 mb =  4408.71 m = 14464.09 ft
Wetbulb zero:            644.16 mb =  3838.58 m = 12593.62 ft
Precipitable water:        1.01 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum:     49.67 %
Est. max temperature:     29.28 C =   84.70 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.15 mb =  3143.06 m = 10311.75 ft T:    8.45 C
700-500 lapse rate:        7.25 C/km
ThetaE index:             14.85 C Layer  750.0- 450.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL):   662.70 mb =  3606.73 m = 11832.96 ft
  Mean mixing ratio:       8.86 g/kg
  Conv temperature:       32.35 C =   90.22 F
Cap Strength:              1.25 C
Lifted Index:             -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index @300 mb:     -3.03 C
Lifted Index @700 mb:      0.83 C
Showalter Index:          -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index:       55.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
  Vertical Totals Index:  34.62 C
  Cross Totals Index:     20.57 C
K Index:                  38.40   Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index:             285.20   Risk: None
Energy Index:             -2.85   Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable

Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+):               760.74 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel:          39.01 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-):     40.64 J/kg
Cap Strength:              1.25 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL):     691.95 mb =  3251.82 m = 10668.56 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC):     616.95 mb =  4187.59 m = 13738.64 ft
Equ Level (EL):          236.95 mb = 11136.40 m = 36536.32 ft
B at Equ Level:          757.61 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL):    166.95 mb = 13394.37 m = 43944.25 ft

Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m):            271.4 at   16.5 knts
Storm direction:                 301.4 at   12.4 knts
Shear (0-3000m)              pos:    4.5 neg:    0.0 tot:    4.5 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m):     121.3 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos:   96.3 neg:    0.0 tot:   96.3 m^2/s^2
                             ave:   32.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel:   0.71
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz:    6.3 stream:    4.5 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index:          0.07
Bulk Rich Number:          8.09
Bulk Shear:               94.07 m/s