MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 AUG 21
Station: 46.2,-103.43
Latitude: 46.20
Longitude: -103.43
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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 15
1 950 471
SFC 904 917 28.8 12.0 35 16.9 17.7 137 15 310.9 312.7 294.5 340.9 9.77
3 900 952 28.0 11.5 36 16.4 17.2 137 15 310.3 312.1 294.2 339.6 9.54
4 850 1454 22.8 10.6 46 12.2 14.9 138 22 310.0 311.8 294.0 338.9 9.45
5 800 1977 17.7 9.6 59 8.0 12.6 139 23 310.0 311.7 294.0 338.8 9.43
6 750 2525 14.4 2.0 43 12.3 7.4 157 22 312.2 313.3 291.9 330.6 5.91
7 700 3104 10.6 1.4 53 9.2 5.5 185 14 314.2 315.4 292.6 333.3 6.06
8 650 3716 5.6 0.8 71 4.8 2.9 199 11 315.2 316.4 293.0 334.9 6.23
9 600 4367 1.6 -3.1 71 4.7 -0.8 239 18 317.9 318.9 292.9 334.2 5.07
10 550 5062 -3.5 -5.6 85 2.2 -4.5 245 24 320.0 320.8 293.0 334.8 4.57
11 500 5808 -8.9 -12.7 74 3.8 -10.4 255 25 322.2 322.7 292.2 331.8 2.87
12 450 6615 -14.2 -27.4 32 13.1 -17.4 250 22 325.4 325.5 291.3 328.6 0.90
13 400 7498 -20.0 -47.5 7 27.5 -23.5 245 23 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.4 0.13
14 350 8473 -27.4 -36.7 41 9.3 -28.8 230 24 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.5 0.47
15 300 9562 -36.2 -40.3 65 4.2 -36.6 238 20 334.4 334.5 293.3 335.9 0.38
16 250 10798 -47.0 -51.4 61 4.4 -47.2 252 18 336.2 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.13
17 200 12247 -55.8 -59.9 60 4.1 -55.9 265 62 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.06
18 150 14072 -54.2 -82.6 2 28.4 -54.6 281 32 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00
19 100 16640 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 283 18 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5793.22 m
Freezing level: 584.59 mb = 4580.99 m = 15029.31 ft
Wetbulb zero: 610.76 mb = 4222.23 m = 13852.29 ft
Precipitable water: 1.13 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.43 %
Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.87 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.26 mb = 3029.56 m = 9939.37 ft T: 11.06 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km
ThetaE index: 10.24 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 663.28 mb = 3549.24 m = 11644.35 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 9.48 g/kg
Conv temperature: 32.81 C = 91.06 F
Cap Strength: 3.38 C
Lifted Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.54 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.18 C
Showalter Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 51.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 31.66 C
Cross Totals Index: 19.46 C
K Index: 33.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 374.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 390.60 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 27.95 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.89 J/kg
Cap Strength: 3.38 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.12 mb = 2995.57 m = 9827.88 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 574.12 mb = 4718.94 m = 15481.90 ft
Equ Level (EL): 234.12 mb = 11224.45 m = 36825.16 ft
B at Equ Level: 388.59 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.12 mb = 13126.15 m = 43064.27 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.3 at 20.2 knts
Storm direction: 241.3 at 15.1 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.5 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.3 neg: -12.6 tot: 75.7 m^2/s^2
ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.20
Bulk Rich Number: 5.58
Bulk Shear: 69.96 m/s
