MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 14 AUG 25
Station: 46.16,-103.40
Latitude: 46.16
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 1
1 950 462
SFC 904 912 30.3 16.1 42 14.3 20.4 147 10 312.4 314.8 297.0 351.8 12.80
3 900 947 30.0 15.5 41 14.5 19.9 146 11 312.4 314.8 296.7 350.5 12.36
4 850 1454 25.2 14.1 50 11.1 17.6 153 16 312.5 314.8 296.5 349.4 11.99
5 800 1983 20.6 11.5 56 9.0 14.6 175 14 313.1 315.1 295.8 346.3 10.75
6 750 2538 18.1 1.5 33 16.6 8.6 233 11 316.2 317.3 292.9 334.2 5.68
7 700 3122 13.1 -0.2 40 13.3 5.8 252 14 317.0 318.0 292.9 334.2 5.39
8 650 3739 7.4 -3.9 45 11.3 1.7 262 17 317.3 318.1 292.1 331.5 4.41
9 600 4390 1.5 -8.5 47 10.0 -3.0 266 19 317.9 318.5 291.3 328.8 3.34
10 550 5083 -4.6 -14.3 47 9.6 -8.2 271 25 318.6 319.0 290.6 326.2 2.30
11 500 5824 -11.1 -15.0 73 3.9 -12.5 260 34 319.5 320.0 291.0 327.5 2.39
12 450 6621 -17.5 -26.8 44 9.3 -19.7 257 32 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.6 0.95
13 400 7496 -22.0 -48.5 7 26.5 -25.0 262 28 326.4 326.4 290.8 326.9 0.12
14 350 8463 -29.0 -51.5 10 22.5 -30.9 269 28 329.6 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.09
15 300 9550 -35.2 -66.3 3 31.1 -36.7 275 27 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.02
16 250 10802 -42.4 -69.8 3 27.4 -43.3 288 28 343.0 343.0 295.0 343.0 0.01
17 200 12279 -51.1 -72.0 7 20.9 -51.5 297 31 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01
18 150 14109 -59.8 -79.7 6 19.9 -60.0 301 25 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00
19 100 16631 -61.3 -86.4 2 25.1 -61.5 277 19 409.3 409.3 306.5 409.4 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5823.32 m
Freezing level: 587.76 mb = 4559.82 m = 14959.87 ft
Wetbulb zero: 632.06 mb = 3966.40 m = 13012.96 ft
Precipitable water: 1.08 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.31 %
Est. max temperature: 33.79 C = 92.82 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.51 mb = 2714.55 m = 8905.89 ft T: 16.56 C
700-500 lapse rate: 8.94 C/km
ThetaE index: 25.57 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 676.46 mb = 3406.79 m = 11176.99 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 11.83 g/kg
Conv temperature: 34.91 C = 94.85 F
Cap Strength: 3.70 C
Lifted Index: -7.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.36 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C
Showalter Index: -7.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 61.43 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Vertical Totals Index: 36.24 C
Cross Totals Index: 25.19 C
K Index: 37.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 627.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: -4.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 1839.01 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 60.65 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.61 J/kg
Cap Strength: 3.70 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.67 mb = 2887.51 m = 9473.34 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.67 mb = 3805.58 m = 12485.36 ft
Equ Level (EL): 214.67 mb = 11810.43 m = 38747.67 ft
B at Equ Level: 1832.07 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.67 mb = 15779.01 m = 51767.78 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.5 at 20.8 knts
Storm direction: 280.5 at 15.6 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 89.7 m^2/s^2
ave: 29.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.93
Bulk Rich Number: 19.57
Bulk Shear: 93.96 m/s
