MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 15 AUG 24
Station: 46.16,-103.64
Latitude: 46.16
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 49
1 950 500
SFC 905 926 27.0 13.0 42 14.0 17.7 314 9 308.8 310.8 294.5 340.7 10.47
3 900 979 26.3 12.0 41 14.3 17.0 314 10 308.7 310.5 294.0 338.6 9.84
4 850 1478 21.5 10.6 50 10.8 14.5 313 13 308.6 310.4 293.7 337.5 9.49
5 800 1999 16.3 9.4 64 6.9 12.0 312 14 308.6 310.3 293.6 336.9 9.32
6 750 2544 11.1 8.3 83 2.8 9.3 312 14 308.6 310.3 293.4 336.6 9.19
7 700 3116 6.7 2.7 75 4.0 4.5 307 21 309.9 311.2 291.8 330.5 6.66
8 650 3720 2.7 -0.1 82 2.7 1.2 307 22 312.0 313.1 291.8 330.3 5.86
9 600 4363 -1.1 -4.5 78 3.4 -2.7 307 18 314.8 315.7 291.5 329.4 4.56
10 550 5052 -5.3 -11.3 63 5.9 -7.7 302 14 317.8 318.3 291.0 327.4 2.94
11 500 5794 -9.6 -18.2 50 8.6 -12.4 268 11 321.4 321.7 291.0 327.6 1.83
12 450 6599 -14.6 -23.9 45 9.3 -17.1 248 10 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.2 1.23
13 400 7479 -21.1 -32.8 34 11.7 -23.3 229 13 327.5 327.7 291.6 329.8 0.60
14 350 8448 -29.1 -38.7 39 9.6 -30.4 209 17 329.5 329.5 292.0 330.9 0.38
15 300 9532 -37.4 -48.5 30 11.1 -38.2 183 22 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.16
16 250 10764 -46.6 -60.2 20 13.5 -47.1 165 22 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.05
17 200 12229 -47.7 -69.2 7 21.5 -48.3 207 32 357.2 357.2 298.2 357.3 0.02
18 150 14120 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 233 25 380.4 380.4 302.3 380.4 0.00
19 100 16689 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.8 -58.6 259 13 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5745.35 m
Freezing level: 614.82 mb = 4172.49 m = 13689.09 ft
Wetbulb zero: 634.82 mb = 3909.86 m = 12827.46 ft
Precipitable water: 1.16 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.70 %
Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.92 mb = 2678.37 m = 8787.19 ft T: 10.06 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km
ThetaE index: 13.28 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 716.60 mb = 2921.32 m = 9584.28 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 9.57 g/kg
Conv temperature: 27.66 C = 81.78 F
Cap Strength: 0.58 C
Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.94 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C
Showalter Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 51.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 31.03 C
Cross Totals Index: 20.19 C
K Index: 37.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 208.11 Risk: None
Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 524.64 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 32.39 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.26 J/kg
Cap Strength: 0.58 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.33 mb = 2820.98 m = 9255.07 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.33 mb = 3111.64 m = 10208.68 ft
Equ Level (EL): 250.33 mb = 10755.12 m = 35285.39 ft
B at Equ Level: 520.34 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.33 mb = 12554.94 m = 41190.25 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.1 at 14.8 knts
Storm direction: 329.1 at 11.1 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -1.3 tot: 7.5 m^2/s^2
ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.02
Bulk Rich Number: 165.56
Bulk Shear: 3.17 m/s
