MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 17 AUG 24
Station: 46.14,-103.54
Latitude: 46.14
Longitude: -103.54
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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 92
1 950 546
SFC 910 924 26.2 11.5 40 14.7 16.7 72 6 307.5 309.3 293.3 336.1 9.43
3 900 1024 25.6 10.5 39 15.1 15.9 74 6 307.9 309.6 293.0 334.9 8.87
4 850 1522 20.8 9.4 48 11.4 13.6 77 6 307.9 309.6 292.9 334.5 8.74
5 800 2042 15.8 8.5 62 7.2 11.3 79 5 307.9 309.6 292.9 334.6 8.77
6 750 2585 10.5 7.3 81 3.1 8.6 85 3 307.9 309.5 292.8 334.1 8.61
7 700 3156 7.2 -1.3 55 8.5 2.8 297 14 310.4 311.4 290.5 325.9 4.96
8 650 3762 4.0 -8.0 41 12.0 -1.4 294 22 313.5 314.1 289.9 323.8 3.22
9 600 4407 -0.4 -10.4 47 10.0 -4.6 292 22 315.6 316.2 290.3 325.0 2.89
10 550 5096 -5.3 -19.1 33 13.8 -9.8 282 22 317.8 318.1 289.6 323.0 1.53
11 500 5837 -10.3 -21.8 38 11.5 -13.7 278 25 320.5 320.7 290.3 325.1 1.34
12 450 6639 -15.9 -17.7 87 1.7 -16.5 268 25 323.2 323.6 291.8 330.4 2.12
13 400 7514 -23.4 -24.7 89 1.3 -23.7 272 22 324.6 324.8 291.5 329.1 1.29
14 350 8478 -30.0 -36.9 51 6.8 -31.0 277 28 328.3 328.3 291.7 330.0 0.46
15 300 9558 -37.6 -60.0 8 22.3 -38.7 260 22 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.04
16 250 10791 -46.0 -62.9 13 17.0 -46.5 256 25 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.03
17 200 12261 -48.5 -70.9 6 22.5 -49.0 279 44 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.01
18 150 14139 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 280 31 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00
19 100 16711 -60.1 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.4 286 15 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5745.39 m
Freezing level: 604.87 mb = 4344.23 m = 14252.54 ft
Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3554.98 m = 11663.19 ft
Precipitable water: 1.00 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.25 %
Est. max temperature: 26.62 C = 79.91 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.69 mb = 2767.07 m = 9078.21 ft T: 9.41 C
700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km
ThetaE index: 10.78 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 687.50 mb = 3303.25 m = 10837.29 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 8.82 g/kg
Conv temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F
Cap Strength: 1.41 C
Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.34 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C
Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 31.08 C
Cross Totals Index: 19.71 C
K Index: 31.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 185.51 Risk: None
Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 298.74 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 24.44 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.60 J/kg
Cap Strength: 1.41 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.52 mb = 2928.35 m = 9607.31 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 584.52 mb = 4614.06 m = 15137.82 ft
Equ Level (EL): 284.52 mb = 9916.01 m = 32532.46 ft
B at Equ Level: 293.89 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.52 mb = 11799.03 m = 38710.27 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.1 at 16.7 knts
Storm direction: 316.1 at 12.5 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 4.3 tot: 4.7 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.5 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -33.1 tot: -15.7 m^2/s^2
ave: -5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.02
Bulk Rich Number: 4.60
Bulk Shear: 64.93 m/s
