MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 12 AUG 24
Station: 48.13,-103.70
Latitude: 48.13
Longitude: -103.70
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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 126
1 950 573
SFC 943 639 24.6 10.4 41 14.2 15.7 184 7 302.8 304.3 291.1 327.9 8.43
3 900 1042 19.7 9.4 51 10.4 13.4 184 7 301.8 303.4 290.6 326.3 8.23
4 850 1530 14.9 8.3 64 6.7 10.9 182 6 301.8 303.3 290.5 325.8 8.09
5 800 2039 10.0 7.2 83 2.8 8.3 181 6 301.8 303.3 290.4 325.5 7.98
6 750 2572 5.6 3.9 89 1.6 4.7 162 5 302.6 303.9 289.6 323.0 6.79
7 700 3133 2.3 -0.1 85 2.3 1.1 17 3 305.0 306.0 289.2 321.6 5.45
8 650 3728 -1.3 -4.2 81 2.9 -2.6 343 4 307.5 308.3 289.0 320.9 4.32
9 600 4362 -4.9 -8.5 76 3.6 -6.4 290 5 310.4 311.1 289.0 321.1 3.36
10 550 5041 -8.7 -17.4 49 8.7 -11.5 273 7 313.7 314.1 288.6 319.6 1.77
11 500 5774 -12.8 -21.3 49 8.5 -15.2 282 7 317.5 317.8 289.4 322.2 1.40
12 450 6569 -18.1 -28.0 42 9.9 -20.3 281 7 320.4 320.6 289.8 323.4 0.85
13 400 7437 -24.4 -37.7 28 13.3 -26.3 297 12 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.7 0.37
14 350 8394 -32.2 -45.6 25 13.4 -33.4 281 24 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.18
15 300 9461 -41.5 -48.6 46 7.1 -41.9 257 33 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.15
16 250 10668 -51.1 -57.3 48 6.2 -51.3 257 33 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.07
17 200 12111 -50.5 -73.9 5 23.3 -51.0 292 34 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.8 0.01
18 150 13986 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 296 29 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00
19 100 16599 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.6 -55.2 308 22 422.0 422.0 308.0 422.1 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5647.98 m
Freezing level: 668.23 mb = 3511.26 m = 11519.75 ft
Wetbulb zero: 685.45 mb = 3301.81 m = 10832.58 ft
Precipitable water: 1.03 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.33 %
Est. max temperature: 23.75 C = 74.75 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.06 mb = 2407.79 m = 7899.49 ft T: 6.95 C
700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km
ThetaE index: 7.00 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 765.23 mb = 2405.95 m = 7893.44 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 8.22 g/kg
Conv temperature: 24.20 C = 75.56 F
Cap Strength: 0.28 C
Lifted Index: 0.23 C Risk: Showers probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.06 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C
Showalter Index: 0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 48.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 27.69 C
Cross Totals Index: 21.04 C
K Index: 33.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 118.75 Risk: None
Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 86.25 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 13.13 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.84 J/kg
Cap Strength: 0.76 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.43 mb = 2360.87 m = 7745.54 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.43 mb = 2523.29 m = 8278.42 ft
Equ Level (EL): 504.43 mb = 5705.82 m = 18719.66 ft
B at Equ Level: 85.53 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 324.43 mb = 8919.26 m = 29262.30 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.1 at 5.6 knts
Storm direction: 281.1 at 4.2 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -102.2 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -24.9 tot: -24.8 m^2/s^2
ave: -8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.87
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.00
Bulk Rich Number: 13.59
Bulk Shear: 6.35 m/s
