MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 7 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 71
1 950 525
SFC 937 644 29.4 16.1 45 13.3 20.2 173 7 308.2 310.6 295.7 345.8 12.40
3 900 1004 25.3 15.0 53 10.4 18.3 182 8 307.6 309.9 295.2 343.8 11.98
4 850 1503 20.4 13.9 66 6.5 16.1 192 10 307.5 309.7 295.1 343.3 11.86
5 800 2023 16.2 11.6 74 4.6 13.2 229 17 308.4 310.5 294.6 341.2 10.78
6 750 2570 12.6 10.0 84 2.7 10.9 258 24 310.3 312.2 294.7 341.8 10.31
7 700 3146 8.4 6.5 88 1.8 7.3 268 32 311.7 313.4 294.0 338.7 8.74
8 650 3753 3.7 -3.2 61 6.8 0.3 279 37 313.1 314.0 291.1 327.9 4.66
9 600 4399 0.6 -20.4 19 20.9 -6.4 285 40 316.8 317.0 289.0 321.1 1.26
10 550 5090 -4.4 -21.0 26 16.6 -9.6 290 41 318.9 319.2 289.8 323.4 1.30
11 500 5832 -10.2 -28.2 21 18.0 -14.7 287 47 320.5 320.7 289.8 323.2 0.75
12 450 6634 -16.3 -31.1 27 14.8 -19.4 283 54 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.0 0.63
13 400 7507 -23.4 -34.1 37 10.8 -25.2 279 61 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.5 0.53
14 350 8470 -29.3 -51.1 10 21.8 -31.2 277 67 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.10
15 300 9555 -36.9 -55.3 13 18.4 -38.0 277 80 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.07
16 250 10794 -43.4 -57.3 20 13.9 -44.0 274 97 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.8 0.07
17 200 12284 -47.2 -71.2 5 24.0 -47.8 269 93 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01
18 150 14143 -57.0 -80.6 4 23.6 -57.2 271 67 371.9 371.9 300.9 372.0 0.00
19 100 16702 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 283 29 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5760.55 m
Freezing level: 594.05 mb = 4480.94 m = 14701.06 ft
Wetbulb zero: 647.87 mb = 3779.71 m = 12400.48 ft
Precipitable water: 1.31 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.48 %
Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.17 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.41 mb = 2320.16 m = 7611.98 ft T: 14.27 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km
ThetaE index: 20.74 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 742.97 mb = 2648.24 m = 8688.34 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg
Conv temperature: 31.65 C = 88.97 F
Cap Strength: 1.62 C
Lifted Index: -5.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.19 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C
Showalter Index: -4.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 54.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 30.65 C
Cross Totals Index: 24.18 C
K Index: 42.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 350.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: -3.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 1349.15 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 51.95 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.55 J/kg
Cap Strength: 1.62 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.50 mb = 2319.20 m = 7608.83 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.50 mb = 3056.69 m = 10028.40 ft
Equ Level (EL): 237.50 mb = 11136.51 m = 36536.66 ft
B at Equ Level: 1330.19 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.50 mb = 14248.96 m = 46747.98 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.3 at 32.3 knts
Storm direction: 306.3 at 24.2 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 264.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 264.0 m^2/s^2
ave: 88.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 1.56
Bulk Rich Number: 8.78
Bulk Shear: 153.68 m/s
