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,-101.34
Latitude: 48.31
Longitude: -101.34
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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 132
SFC 958 518 30.1 15.6 42 14.4 20.2 143 12 307.0 309.2 294.9 342.4 11.74
2 950 588 29.1 15.1 42 14.1 19.6 144 15 306.8 308.9 294.6 341.1 11.41
3 900 1066 24.4 14.0 52 10.3 17.5 148 18 306.6 308.7 294.4 340.6 11.27
4 850 1563 19.6 13.0 66 6.6 15.3 153 19 306.7 308.7 294.4 340.2 11.14
5 800 2082 17.2 4.6 43 12.6 9.9 185 17 309.5 310.8 291.7 330.1 6.67
6 750 2629 14.1 -5.2 26 19.3 4.6 174 15 311.9 312.5 289.6 322.9 3.45
7 700 3206 9.9 -8.8 26 18.6 1.4 159 13 313.4 313.9 289.5 322.5 2.81
8 650 3816 5.3 -8.4 36 13.7 -0.9 149 8 315.0 315.6 290.3 325.1 3.12
9 600 4464 0.3 -8.5 51 8.8 -3.6 103 5 316.5 317.2 291.0 327.4 3.36
10 550 5154 -4.8 -14.1 48 9.4 -8.3 79 4 318.4 318.9 290.6 326.2 2.33
11 500 5896 -9.9 -21.8 37 11.9 -13.4 269 4 321.0 321.2 290.5 325.6 1.34
12 450 6701 -15.0 -29.1 29 14.0 -18.2 255 7 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.1 0.77
13 400 7581 -20.3 -23.5 76 3.2 -21.1 262 14 328.6 328.9 292.7 333.6 1.44
14 350 8558 -26.1 -32.2 57 6.0 -27.2 256 17 333.5 333.7 293.4 336.2 0.74
15 300 9656 -34.7 -46.4 30 11.7 -35.8 269 20 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.2 0.20
16 250 10899 -45.5 -53.3 41 7.8 -45.9 282 32 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.11
17 200 12349 -54.6 -62.0 39 7.4 -54.8 271 65 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.05
18 150 14187 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.2 283 43 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00
19 100 16722 -60.9 -85.6 2 24.7 -61.2 310 11 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5764.10 m
Freezing level: 596.62 mb = 4510.26 m = 14797.26 ft
Wetbulb zero: 668.80 mb = 3581.21 m = 11749.23 ft
Precipitable water: 1.12 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.78 %
Est. max temperature: 32.11 C = 89.80 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.47 mb = 2335.45 m = 7662.14 ft T: 15.77 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km
ThetaE index: 19.89 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 706.45 mb = 3129.34 m = 10266.73 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg
Conv temperature: 36.19 C = 97.13 F
Cap Strength: 3.78 C
Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.09 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C
Showalter Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 52.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 29.47 C
Cross Totals Index: 22.90 C
K Index: 23.86 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 264.13 Risk: None
Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 549.30 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 33.15 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 165.52 J/kg
Cap Strength: 3.78 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.24 mb = 2370.80 m = 7778.13 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.24 mb = 4091.43 m = 13423.17 ft
Equ Level (EL): 238.24 mb = 11212.33 m = 36785.41 ft
B at Equ Level: 546.79 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.24 mb = 13453.63 m = 44138.66 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 159.0 at 10.3 knts
Storm direction: 189.0 at 7.7 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.5 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 1.5 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.5 neg: -19.2 tot: 25.2 m^2/s^2
ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.15
Bulk Rich Number: 96.83
Bulk Shear: 5.67 m/s
