MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 18 AUG 24
Station: 48.15,-103.64
Latitude: 48.15
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 105
1 950 558
SFC 941 640 27.1 12.2 40 14.9 17.4 129 10 305.5 307.3 292.9 334.2 9.54
3 900 1032 22.6 11.2 49 11.4 15.3 132 13 304.8 306.5 292.4 332.7 9.32
4 850 1525 17.7 10.0 61 7.7 12.9 134 13 304.7 306.4 292.3 332.0 9.12
5 800 2040 14.3 4.0 50 10.4 8.5 180 6 306.4 307.6 290.5 325.9 6.37
6 750 2581 10.8 3.0 58 7.8 6.4 253 10 308.3 309.5 291.0 327.7 6.33
7 700 3153 7.3 -0.3 59 7.5 3.3 285 17 310.5 311.5 290.9 327.3 5.37
8 650 3758 3.0 -9.0 41 12.0 -2.2 284 20 312.4 312.9 289.3 321.9 2.98
9 600 4400 -1.2 -19.7 23 18.5 -7.3 282 24 314.7 314.9 288.5 319.2 1.33
10 550 5088 -5.2 -24.9 20 19.6 -10.8 283 30 317.9 318.0 289.0 321.1 0.92
11 500 5828 -10.3 -27.2 24 16.9 -14.6 282 33 320.5 320.6 289.8 323.4 0.82
12 450 6630 -16.1 -36.4 16 20.3 -19.8 281 36 323.0 323.0 290.1 324.3 0.38
13 400 7504 -22.5 -42.8 14 20.3 -25.2 280 41 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.6 0.22
14 350 8469 -30.1 -48.2 15 18.1 -31.7 281 46 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.7 0.14
15 300 9548 -37.4 -56.6 12 19.2 -38.4 285 60 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.06
16 250 10788 -44.2 -64.3 9 20.1 -44.9 289 83 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.03
17 200 12261 -48.9 -70.6 6 21.7 -49.4 289 80 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.01
18 150 14136 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.6 288 51 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00
19 100 16712 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 262 20 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5723.33 m
Freezing level: 614.64 mb = 4212.25 m = 13819.56 ft
Wetbulb zero: 670.03 mb = 3510.16 m = 11516.12 ft
Precipitable water: 0.92 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.35 %
Est. max temperature: 28.34 C = 83.01 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.87 mb = 2504.69 m = 8217.38 ft T: 11.29 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km
ThetaE index: 8.56 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 702.34 mb = 3125.15 m = 10253.01 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 9.27 g/kg
Conv temperature: 31.94 C = 89.48 F
Cap Strength: 2.84 C
Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.22 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.97 C
Showalter Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 48.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 28.00 C
Cross Totals Index: 20.33 C
K Index: 30.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 179.29 Risk: None
Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 93.50 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 13.67 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 148.03 J/kg
Cap Strength: 2.84 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.66 mb = 2484.88 m = 8152.40 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 533.66 mb = 5321.96 m = 17460.29 ft
Equ Level (EL): 323.66 mb = 9016.65 m = 29581.82 ft
B at Equ Level: 92.07 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 273.66 mb = 10173.23 m = 33376.33 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.3 at 20.7 knts
Storm direction: 305.3 at 15.5 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.0 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 93.4 m^2/s^2
ave: 31.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.04
Bulk Rich Number: 0.74
Bulk Shear: 126.37 m/s
