MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 17 AUG 24
Station: 48.22,-103.64
Latitude: 48.22
Longitude: -103.64
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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 112
1 950 563
SFC 941 650 26.8 12.1 40 14.6 17.2 77 6 305.2 307.0 292.7 333.7 9.49
3 900 1036 22.1 11.0 49 11.1 15.1 77 6 304.3 306.0 292.2 331.8 9.20
4 850 1529 17.4 10.0 62 7.3 12.8 76 5 304.3 306.0 292.2 331.7 9.13
5 800 2043 12.4 9.0 80 3.3 10.3 75 5 304.3 306.0 292.1 331.5 9.06
6 750 2580 7.7 5.1 84 2.6 6.2 333 3 304.9 306.3 290.9 327.0 7.34
7 700 3145 4.8 -5.0 49 9.7 0.3 303 9 307.8 308.5 288.6 319.5 3.78
8 650 3747 2.9 -16.2 23 19.1 -4.0 283 7 312.3 312.6 288.0 317.8 1.66
9 600 4390 -0.7 -22.1 18 21.4 -7.4 282 8 315.3 315.5 288.4 319.0 1.08
10 550 5078 -5.1 -25.3 19 20.2 -10.8 270 5 318.0 318.2 289.1 321.1 0.89
11 500 5819 -10.5 -28.1 22 17.6 -14.9 221 6 320.2 320.3 289.6 322.9 0.76
12 450 6619 -16.6 -33.9 21 17.3 -19.9 212 10 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.1 0.48
13 400 7493 -22.7 -40.5 18 17.8 -25.2 216 16 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.5 0.28
14 350 8457 -29.9 -44.5 23 14.6 -31.4 194 18 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.21
15 300 9536 -37.9 -50.9 24 13.1 -38.7 173 26 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.12
16 250 10767 -47.7 -55.1 42 7.4 -48.0 174 33 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.09
17 200 12221 -48.7 -71.1 6 22.4 -49.2 245 24 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.01
18 150 14107 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 273 26 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00
19 100 16689 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 287 19 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5707.03 m
Freezing level: 609.90 mb = 4262.60 m = 13984.74 ft
Wetbulb zero: 697.03 mb = 3179.28 m = 10430.59 ft
Precipitable water: 0.93 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.03 %
Est. max temperature: 26.01 C = 78.82 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.32 mb = 2476.93 m = 8126.32 ft T: 8.56 C
700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km
ThetaE index: 15.93 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 758.79 mb = 2482.80 m = 8145.58 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 9.23 g/kg
Conv temperature: 26.37 C = 79.46 F
Cap Strength: 1.04 C
Lifted Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.09 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C
Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 48.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 27.90 C
Cross Totals Index: 20.57 C
K Index: 28.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 136.37 Risk: None
Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 87.30 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 13.21 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.02 J/kg
Cap Strength: 1.01 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.15 mb = 2445.99 m = 8024.81 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.15 mb = 2610.94 m = 8565.96 ft
Equ Level (EL): 687.15 mb = 3295.25 m = 10811.07 ft
B at Equ Level: 12.21 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 637.15 mb = 3907.27 m = 12818.99 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.2 at 6.3 knts
Storm direction: 303.2 at 4.8 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 162.3 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -10.8 tot: -9.9 m^2/s^2
ave: -3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.56
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.00
Bulk Rich Number: 4.74
Bulk Shear: 18.43 m/s
