MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25
Station: 46.16,-103.46
Latitude: 46.16
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 -0
1 950 459
SFC 903 918 33.3 18.3 41 15.0 22.4 181 7 315.5 318.4 299.0 361.6 14.79
3 900 950 32.7 17.9 42 14.7 22.1 181 7 315.2 317.9 298.8 360.3 14.51
4 850 1461 27.4 16.5 51 10.9 19.7 187 9 314.9 317.6 298.4 358.6 14.05
5 800 1994 22.3 15.5 65 6.8 17.5 192 9 314.9 317.6 298.4 358.4 13.97
6 750 2551 17.2 13.0 76 4.2 14.4 214 10 315.3 317.7 297.7 354.8 12.69
7 700 3138 14.8 -7.2 21 22.0 4.1 256 22 318.9 319.5 291.5 329.3 3.19
8 650 3758 10.1 -12.4 19 22.4 0.3 248 26 320.3 320.8 291.1 328.0 2.27
9 600 4415 4.1 -12.5 29 16.6 -2.9 241 27 320.9 321.3 291.4 329.0 2.43
10 550 5114 -2.4 -14.2 40 11.8 -7.0 243 31 321.2 321.7 291.5 329.0 2.31
11 500 5860 -9.3 -16.5 56 7.2 -11.8 242 34 321.6 322.1 291.3 328.7 2.10
12 450 6664 -15.7 -25.1 44 9.4 -18.1 244 44 323.4 323.7 290.9 327.3 1.10
13 400 7540 -21.4 -38.8 19 17.4 -24.1 247 42 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.4 0.33
14 350 8511 -28.3 -46.5 16 18.1 -30.2 254 44 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.17
15 300 9596 -36.6 -41.2 62 4.6 -37.1 255 46 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.1 0.34
16 250 10834 -46.7 -50.5 65 3.8 -46.9 259 46 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.15
17 200 12273 -57.7 -62.5 54 4.8 -57.8 258 58 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.04
18 150 14074 -57.9 -78.7 5 20.7 -58.2 253 35 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.01
19 100 16636 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.8 250 17 417.0 417.0 307.3 417.0 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5860.46 m
Freezing level: 568.47 mb = 4855.79 m = 15930.88 ft
Wetbulb zero: 645.15 mb = 3819.52 m = 12531.07 ft
Precipitable water: 1.25 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.66 %
Est. max temperature: 33.07 C = 91.52 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.23 mb = 2813.22 m = 9229.61 ft T: 16.15 C
700-500 lapse rate: 8.87 C/km
ThetaE index: 33.64 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 683.50 mb = 3337.37 m = 10949.25 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 14.16 g/kg
Conv temperature: 37.04 C = 98.66 F
Cap Strength: 1.89 C
Lifted Index: -9.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.92 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.89 C
Showalter Index: -9.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 62.67 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Vertical Totals Index: 36.80 C
Cross Totals Index: 25.88 C
K Index: 31.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 523.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: -5.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 3787.49 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 87.03 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.71 J/kg
Cap Strength: 1.87 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.48 mb = 2833.65 m = 9296.63 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.48 mb = 3751.81 m = 12308.95 ft
Equ Level (EL): 160.48 mb = 13651.16 m = 44786.74 ft
B at Equ Level: 3739.25 J/kg
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 24.4 knts
Storm direction: 270.1 at 18.3 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.5 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.5 neg: -2.0 tot: 57.5 m^2/s^2
ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 1.11
Bulk Rich Number: 63.96
Bulk Shear: 59.22 m/s
