MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 7 AUG 24
Station: 46.16,-103.46
Latitude: 46.16
Longitude: -103.46
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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 78
1 950 535
SFC 910 918 27.5 16.5 51 11.1 19.8 161 12 308.9 311.4 296.3 348.6 13.07
3 900 1014 26.0 16.0 54 10.0 19.1 162 14 308.3 310.7 296.0 347.1 12.80
4 850 1514 21.0 14.9 68 6.1 16.8 167 16 308.1 310.5 295.8 346.3 12.62
5 800 2037 19.4 4.0 36 15.4 10.4 215 10 311.8 313.1 292.2 331.7 6.39
6 750 2588 16.0 1.8 38 14.2 8.0 259 14 313.9 315.0 292.3 332.3 5.82
7 700 3169 11.0 4.3 63 6.7 7.1 292 18 314.7 316.2 293.9 338.2 7.48
8 650 3782 6.2 -2.8 52 9.0 1.6 305 19 316.0 316.9 292.1 331.3 4.79
9 600 4433 1.8 -14.4 29 16.2 -4.6 307 27 318.2 318.6 290.3 325.2 2.09
10 550 5128 -2.8 -22.1 21 19.3 -8.9 300 31 320.7 320.9 290.2 324.8 1.18
11 500 5875 -8.4 -25.8 23 17.5 -13.2 290 32 322.8 323.0 290.6 326.1 0.93
12 450 6682 -13.9 -31.9 20 18.1 -17.8 281 38 325.8 325.9 291.1 327.9 0.58
13 400 7566 -19.5 -30.9 36 11.4 -21.8 282 52 329.7 329.8 292.3 332.4 0.73
14 350 8544 -27.1 -31.9 64 4.8 -27.9 278 62 332.2 332.4 293.0 335.0 0.76
15 300 9636 -35.1 -44.6 37 9.5 -36.0 279 68 335.9 335.9 293.5 336.8 0.24
16 250 10884 -42.2 -59.5 13 17.3 -42.9 273 76 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.05
17 200 12375 -47.3 -71.3 5 24.0 -47.9 276 73 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01
18 150 14215 -60.1 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.3 266 56 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00
19 100 16730 -61.0 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 289 27 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5796.40 m
Freezing level: 580.64 mb = 4702.00 m = 15426.31 ft
Wetbulb zero: 636.98 mb = 3946.79 m = 12948.63 ft
Precipitable water: 1.04 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.65 %
Est. max temperature: 32.01 C = 89.61 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.32 mb = 2315.64 m = 7597.14 ft T: 17.68 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km
ThetaE index: 16.88 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 694.63 mb = 3232.80 m = 10606.18 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg
Conv temperature: 33.32 C = 91.98 F
Cap Strength: 4.51 C
Lifted Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.44 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C
Showalter Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 52.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 29.33 C
Cross Totals Index: 23.24 C
K Index: 37.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 445.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: -3.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 757.68 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 38.93 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 179.76 J/kg
Cap Strength: 4.51 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.02 mb = 2531.19 m = 8304.33 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.02 mb = 4036.09 m = 13241.61 ft
Equ Level (EL): 250.02 mb = 10883.71 m = 35707.27 ft
B at Equ Level: 750.60 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.02 mb = 13413.93 m = 44008.42 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.1 at 23.5 knts
Storm direction: 315.1 at 17.6 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.2 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 124.3 m^2/s^2
ave: 41.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.53
Bulk Rich Number: 5.06
Bulk Shear: 149.86 m/s
