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

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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 21 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    44                                                                 
  1  950   510                                                                 
SFC  909   914  35.8  10.3  21 25.6  18.9 173  15 317.5 319.2 295.5 344.9  8.66
  3  900  1003  35.3   9.0  20 26.3  18.2 175  20 317.9 319.5 295.1 343.3  8.03
  4  850  1517  30.3   7.3  24 23.0  15.7 180  25 317.9 319.4 294.8 342.0  7.59
  5  800  2054  25.1   6.4  30 18.7  13.4 186  26 317.9 319.4 294.8 341.9  7.57
  6  750  2614  20.3   1.5  28 18.9   9.5 203  22 318.7 319.8 293.5 336.8  5.68
  7  700  3204  15.7  -2.6  28 18.3   5.9 233  16 319.9 320.7 292.9 334.5  4.51
  8  650  3826   9.9  -3.0  40 13.0   3.1 252  18 320.2 321.1 293.2 335.5  4.71
  9  600  4484   4.3  -8.1  40 12.5  -1.4 272  16 321.1 321.8 292.4 332.5  3.45
 10  550  5184  -1.8 -13.6  40 11.9  -6.5 289  15 322.0 322.4 291.7 330.1  2.42
 11  500  5933  -8.2 -14.5  61  6.3 -10.6 285  18 323.0 323.5 292.1 331.4  2.49
 12  450  6740 -14.2 -29.4  26 15.3 -17.7 277  21 325.4 325.6 291.2 328.1  0.74
 13  400  7622 -20.7 -43.3  11 22.6 -23.8 274  23 328.1 328.2 291.4 328.9  0.21
 14  350  8594 -27.6 -49.9  10 22.4 -29.7 276  33 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.1  0.11
 15  300  9688 -34.3 -53.8  12 19.6 -35.7 287  48 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4  0.08
 16  250 10943 -41.6 -64.2   7 22.6 -42.5 284  54 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4  0.03
 17  200 12424 -51.1 -71.0   8 19.9 -51.5 283  53 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8  0.01
 18  150 14249 -60.8 -79.2   7 18.4 -61.0 265  36 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3  0.01
 19  100 16748 -62.8 -85.3   3 22.5 -63.0 253  13 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3  0.00
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Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick:      5888.96 m
Freezing level:          564.59 mb =  4979.38 m = 16336.35 ft
Wetbulb zero:            615.81 mb =  4269.90 m = 14008.67 ft
Precipitable water:        0.90 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum:     34.99 %
Est. max temperature:     36.79 C =   98.21 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 628.20 mb =  4106.18 m = 13471.54 ft T:    7.55 C
700-500 lapse rate:        8.76 C/km
ThetaE index:             10.39 C Layer  900.0- 650.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL):   582.23 mb =  4725.62 m = 15503.81 ft
  Mean mixing ratio:       7.76 g/kg
  Conv temperature:       39.63 C =  103.34 F
Cap Strength:              2.65 C
Lifted Index:             -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index @300 mb:     -1.64 C
Lifted Index @700 mb:      1.76 C
Showalter Index:          -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index:       54.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
  Vertical Totals Index:  38.55 C
  Cross Totals Index:     15.55 C
K Index:                  27.58   Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index:             404.77   Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible
Energy Index:             -2.01   Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable

Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+):               544.96 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel:          33.01 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-):    149.86 J/kg
Cap Strength:              2.65 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL):     610.37 mb =  4342.79 m = 14247.83 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC):     545.37 mb =  5250.10 m = 17224.52 ft
Equ Level (EL):          275.37 mb = 10277.62 m = 33718.80 ft
B at Equ Level:          544.49 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL):    175.37 mb = 13257.46 m = 43495.08 ft

Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m):            239.9 at   19.2 knts
Storm direction:                 269.9 at   14.4 knts
Shear (0-3000m)              pos:    3.6 neg:    0.0 tot:    3.6 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m):      78.0 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos:  120.7 neg:   -0.2 tot:  120.5 m^2/s^2
                             ave:   40.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel:   0.54
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz:    6.9 stream:    3.7 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index:          0.37
Bulk Rich Number:          9.22
Bulk Shear:               59.09 m/s