MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 4 AUG 24
Station: 48.18,-103.63
Latitude: 48.18
Longitude: -103.63
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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 105
1 950 560
SFC 941 644 28.8 12.8 37 15.9 18.2 92 11 307.2 309.1 293.6 337.2 9.93
3 900 1037 24.2 11.6 45 12.5 16.1 93 12 306.4 308.2 293.2 335.4 9.60
4 850 1533 19.3 10.6 57 8.7 13.8 94 12 306.4 308.1 293.1 335.1 9.51
5 800 2051 17.8 1.1 32 16.7 8.6 337 5 310.1 311.1 290.6 326.2 5.18
6 750 2600 15.0 0.0 36 15.0 6.8 300 12 312.8 313.8 291.4 328.9 5.11
7 700 3180 11.3 0.9 49 10.3 5.5 290 18 314.9 316.1 292.6 333.4 5.85
8 650 3794 6.4 -1.4 58 7.7 2.3 297 23 316.2 317.2 292.6 333.2 5.33
9 600 4443 0.8 -6.7 57 7.5 -2.7 303 25 317.0 317.7 291.6 329.4 3.85
10 550 5135 -3.9 -21.2 25 17.4 -9.4 306 29 319.5 319.7 289.9 323.9 1.28
11 500 5880 -8.4 -29.8 16 21.4 -13.6 299 35 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.1 0.65
12 450 6689 -14.3 -29.2 27 15.0 -17.7 294 39 325.3 325.4 291.2 328.0 0.76
13 400 7568 -21.6 -30.6 44 9.0 -23.4 293 41 326.9 327.0 291.6 329.6 0.75
14 350 8536 -28.9 -32.5 71 3.7 -29.5 294 45 329.8 330.0 292.4 332.4 0.71
15 300 9622 -36.5 -39.6 73 3.2 -36.8 293 53 334.0 334.0 293.2 335.5 0.41
16 250 10859 -46.9 -50.4 67 3.6 -47.0 296 77 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.15
17 200 12303 -53.7 -65.9 21 12.2 -54.0 294 81 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03
18 150 14166 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 291 54 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.2 0.00
19 100 16727 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 307 29 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5775.26 m
Freezing level: 591.77 mb = 4557.24 m = 14951.39 ft
Wetbulb zero: 627.13 mb = 4084.40 m = 13400.11 ft
Precipitable water: 1.04 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.18 %
Est. max temperature: 32.08 C = 89.75 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 745.66 mb = 2648.76 m = 8690.07 ft T: 14.67 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km
ThetaE index: 11.01 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 655.27 mb = 3726.77 m = 12226.79 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 9.59 g/kg
Conv temperature: 37.46 C = 99.42 F
Cap Strength: 5.89 C
Lifted Index: 0.31 C Risk: Showers probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.29 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.02 C
Showalter Index: 0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 46.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C
Cross Totals Index: 19.04 C
K Index: 28.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 187.33 Risk: None
Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 116.02 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 15.23 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 386.17 J/kg
Cap Strength: 5.89 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.48 mb = 2639.55 m = 8659.83 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 471.48 mb = 6330.80 m = 20770.08 ft
Equ Level (EL): 301.48 mb = 9587.73 m = 31455.43 ft
B at Equ Level: 114.03 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.48 mb = 11642.63 m = 38197.16 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.4 at 21.6 knts
Storm direction: 333.4 at 16.2 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 5.1 tot: 5.6 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.4 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.9 neg: -22.2 tot: 45.7 m^2/s^2
ave: 15.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.03
Bulk Rich Number: 0.85
Bulk Shear: 137.17 m/s
