MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 3 AUG 24
Station: 46.16,-103.43
Latitude: 46.16
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 75
1 950 543
SFC 912 915 36.7 7.6 17 29.0 18.1 139 3 318.1 319.5 294.6 341.0 7.21
3 900 1036 34.9 6.9 18 28.0 17.2 147 3 317.5 318.8 294.2 339.5 6.93
4 850 1549 29.9 5.8 22 24.1 14.9 169 3 317.4 318.7 294.1 339.0 6.80
5 800 2084 24.6 4.5 27 20.1 12.4 198 3 317.4 318.7 293.9 338.4 6.61
6 750 2643 19.2 3.6 35 15.6 9.9 228 4 317.4 318.7 293.9 338.4 6.60
7 700 3229 13.5 2.6 47 11.0 7.2 250 7 317.5 318.7 293.9 338.4 6.59
8 650 3847 7.7 1.1 63 6.6 4.0 265 12 317.6 318.9 293.8 337.9 6.39
9 600 4500 2.0 -5.8 56 7.8 -1.7 289 22 318.5 319.3 292.2 331.9 4.15
10 550 5196 -2.2 -19.6 25 17.4 -8.2 305 27 321.4 321.7 290.7 326.5 1.47
11 500 5945 -7.5 -26.7 20 19.2 -12.7 304 27 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.0 0.86
12 450 6755 -13.6 -34.0 16 20.4 -17.9 298 28 326.1 326.2 291.1 327.9 0.48
13 400 7637 -20.2 -42.3 12 22.1 -23.4 298 27 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.23
14 350 8612 -27.6 -48.2 12 20.7 -29.6 305 29 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.14
15 300 9699 -36.9 -52.6 18 15.8 -37.9 309 29 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.10
16 250 10939 -43.7 -64.7 8 21.0 -44.4 287 32 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.03
17 200 12421 -48.0 -73.4 4 25.4 -48.6 285 44 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.01
18 150 14277 -57.4 -81.0 3 23.6 -57.7 285 39 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.2 0.00
19 100 16799 -63.2 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.4 300 18 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5869.81 m
Freezing level: 576.17 mb = 4831.64 m = 15851.64 ft
Wetbulb zero: 614.96 mb = 4298.97 m = 14104.07 ft
Precipitable water: 0.91 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.06 %
Est. max temperature: 36.02 C = 96.84 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 599.59 mb = 4505.22 m = 14780.73 ft T: 2.00 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km
ThetaE index: 2.63 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 581.05 mb = 4756.52 m = 15605.21 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 6.84 g/kg
Conv temperature: 38.11 C = 100.61 F
Cap Strength: 0.99 C
Lifted Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.24 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C
Showalter Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 50.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 37.36 C
Cross Totals Index: 13.27 C
K Index: 32.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 133.88 Risk: None
Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 292.06 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 24.17 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.57 J/kg
Cap Strength: 0.99 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 597.50 mb = 4533.16 m = 14872.39 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 512.50 mb = 5751.04 m = 18868.00 ft
Equ Level (EL): 262.50 mb = 10607.38 m = 34800.68 ft
B at Equ Level: 283.07 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.50 mb = 12018.67 m = 39430.85 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.3 at 15.2 knts
Storm direction: 321.3 at 11.4 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.9 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 46.6 m^2/s^2
ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.04
Bulk Rich Number: 7.22
Bulk Shear: 40.43 m/s
