MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 20 AUG 24
Station: 48.31,-103.67
Latitude: 48.31
Longitude: -103.67
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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 101
1 950 556
SFC 939 659 30.4 17.4 46 12.9 21.2 146 12 309.0 311.5 296.6 349.9 13.46
3 900 1038 27.0 16.5 53 10.5 19.6 151 20 309.3 311.8 296.5 349.5 13.24
4 850 1540 22.2 15.6 66 6.5 17.7 154 21 309.4 311.9 296.5 349.7 13.26
5 800 2063 17.1 14.6 85 2.5 15.4 158 21 309.3 311.8 296.5 349.3 13.14
6 750 2612 13.4 9.8 79 3.6 11.2 189 20 311.2 313.1 294.9 342.5 10.22
7 700 3190 10.6 -3.5 37 14.0 3.5 178 20 314.2 315.0 291.0 327.7 4.23
8 650 3802 6.3 -9.9 30 16.2 -0.9 168 22 316.0 316.6 290.3 325.1 2.77
9 600 4451 0.9 -12.5 36 13.4 -4.5 167 22 317.2 317.6 290.3 325.2 2.44
10 550 5141 -5.2 -15.9 43 10.7 -9.0 176 20 318.0 318.4 290.2 324.7 2.01
11 500 5881 -11.3 -15.8 69 4.5 -12.9 187 21 319.2 319.6 290.7 326.6 2.22
12 450 6686 -13.4 -15.4 85 1.9 -14.2 231 23 326.3 326.8 293.1 335.1 2.57
13 400 7574 -18.7 -20.8 83 2.1 -19.4 259 32 330.7 331.0 293.6 337.0 1.82
14 350 8554 -25.8 -28.5 78 2.7 -26.3 252 34 334.0 334.2 293.8 337.8 1.04
15 300 9652 -34.6 -37.6 74 3.0 -35.0 239 38 336.6 336.7 294.0 338.5 0.50
16 250 10896 -45.1 -48.6 68 3.5 -45.3 231 40 339.0 339.1 294.3 339.8 0.19
17 200 12349 -52.9 -69.8 11 16.9 -53.2 247 61 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02
18 150 14184 -56.5 -82.1 3 25.6 -56.8 264 52 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00
19 100 16724 -61.5 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.8 288 11 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5779.96 m
Freezing level: 592.51 mb = 4554.28 m = 14941.68 ft
Wetbulb zero: 659.91 mb = 3676.98 m = 12063.43 ft
Precipitable water: 1.45 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.82 %
Est. max temperature: 31.07 C = 87.93 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.73 mb = 2292.38 m = 7520.83 ft T: 15.55 C
700-500 lapse rate: 8.14 C/km
ThetaE index: 24.63 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 755.66 mb = 2548.01 m = 8359.50 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 13.29 g/kg
Conv temperature: 32.27 C = 90.08 F
Cap Strength: 0.95 C
Lifted Index: -8.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.02 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C
Showalter Index: -8.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 60.50 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Vertical Totals Index: 33.52 C
Cross Totals Index: 26.98 C
K Index: 35.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 480.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: -4.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 1768.35 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 59.47 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.52 J/kg
Cap Strength: 0.95 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.69 mb = 2347.59 m = 7701.97 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.69 mb = 3324.19 m = 10906.01 ft
Equ Level (EL): 198.69 mb = 12390.66 m = 40651.27 ft
B at Equ Level: 1761.52 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.69 mb = 15650.73 m = 51346.92 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.7 at 20.7 knts
Storm direction: 204.7 at 15.5 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.4 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.0 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.3 neg: -5.3 tot: 52.0 m^2/s^2
ave: 17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.63
Bulk Rich Number: 173.78
Bulk Shear: 10.18 m/s
