MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 18 AUG 25
Station: 46.16,-103.32
Latitude: 46.16
Longitude: -103.32
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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 55
1 950 510
SFC 909 902 29.5 17.5 48 12.0 20.9 166 2 311.0 313.6 297.4 353.6 13.94
3 900 994 28.1 17.0 51 11.2 20.3 171 2 310.5 313.1 297.1 352.2 13.64
4 850 1497 23.1 15.9 64 7.2 18.1 218 2 310.4 312.9 297.0 351.6 13.50
5 800 2022 18.2 14.2 77 4.0 15.5 273 5 310.5 313.0 296.5 349.7 12.83
6 750 2573 15.5 2.9 43 12.6 8.3 314 15 313.4 314.6 292.6 333.2 6.31
7 700 3153 11.3 -1.3 42 12.6 4.6 302 15 315.0 315.9 291.9 330.8 4.98
8 650 3766 6.3 -5.1 44 11.4 0.8 318 16 316.1 316.9 291.5 329.1 4.03
9 600 4416 1.2 -9.1 46 10.3 -3.3 323 16 317.5 318.2 291.2 328.0 3.21
10 550 5109 -4.1 -12.7 51 8.6 -7.5 310 14 319.3 319.8 291.2 328.0 2.62
11 500 5853 -9.8 -16.8 57 7.0 -12.2 292 16 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.0 2.06
12 450 6657 -14.7 -22.4 52 7.7 -16.9 266 18 324.8 325.1 291.6 329.7 1.41
13 400 7539 -20.4 -27.5 53 7.0 -22.1 252 21 328.4 328.6 292.3 332.0 1.00
14 350 8512 -28.1 -35.4 50 7.3 -29.2 248 20 330.9 331.0 292.5 332.9 0.54
15 300 9599 -36.0 -51.5 19 15.5 -37.1 243 25 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.11
16 250 10849 -41.2 -68.1 4 26.9 -42.1 236 41 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.02
17 200 12342 -48.8 -76.0 3 27.2 -49.3 238 49 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.5 0.01
18 150 14183 -60.1 -80.5 5 20.4 -60.3 237 45 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.00
19 100 16692 -62.0 -86.5 2 24.5 -62.2 242 18 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5797.77 m
Freezing level: 588.37 mb = 4577.50 m = 15017.85 ft
Wetbulb zero: 640.76 mb = 3882.60 m = 12738.02 ft
Precipitable water: 1.23 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.82 %
Est. max temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.92 mb = 2416.19 m = 7927.04 ft T: 16.28 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km
ThetaE index: 25.64 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 724.41 mb = 2865.03 m = 9399.58 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 13.45 g/kg
Conv temperature: 32.62 C = 90.72 F
Cap Strength: 2.02 C
Lifted Index: -7.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.47 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C
Showalter Index: -7.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 58.65 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Vertical Totals Index: 32.94 C
Cross Totals Index: 25.71 C
K Index: 36.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 403.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: -4.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 1932.88 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 62.18 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.71 J/kg
Cap Strength: 2.02 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.83 mb = 2428.28 m = 7966.70 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.83 mb = 3298.45 m = 10821.55 ft
Equ Level (EL): 217.83 mb = 11770.36 m = 38616.21 ft
B at Equ Level: 1924.60 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.83 mb = 16225.11 m = 53231.35 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.9 at 13.0 knts
Storm direction: 329.9 at 9.8 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.5 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.1 neg: -4.5 tot: 37.6 m^2/s^2
ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.41
Bulk Rich Number: 75.95
Bulk Shear: 25.45 m/s
