MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 22 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 24
1 950 482
SFC 905 918 28.8 18.8 55 10.0 21.6 138 16 310.8 313.6 298.2 357.4 15.28
3 900 966 28.0 18.4 56 9.6 21.2 139 18 310.4 313.2 298.0 356.2 15.01
4 850 1470 23.4 17.0 67 6.4 18.9 152 26 310.6 313.4 297.7 354.9 14.50
5 800 1998 22.6 9.0 42 13.6 13.8 193 27 315.2 316.9 295.1 343.4 9.03
6 750 2557 20.4 -3.1 20 23.5 7.8 209 19 318.7 319.5 292.2 331.8 4.05
7 700 3146 15.0 -4.3 26 19.3 5.1 215 17 319.1 319.9 292.3 332.1 3.98
8 650 3766 9.3 -8.5 28 17.8 1.0 221 17 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.6 3.09
9 600 4421 3.4 -13.1 29 16.5 -3.4 224 18 320.0 320.5 291.1 327.8 2.33
10 550 5119 -2.5 -13.6 42 11.1 -6.9 232 23 321.1 321.6 291.5 329.3 2.43
11 500 5866 -8.7 -13.7 67 5.1 -10.6 242 31 322.5 323.0 292.1 331.3 2.64
12 450 6673 -15.0 -18.6 74 3.6 -16.1 241 40 324.4 324.8 292.0 331.1 1.96
13 400 7551 -21.1 -34.3 30 13.1 -23.5 242 44 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.4 0.52
14 350 8521 -28.5 -42.2 26 13.7 -30.1 234 50 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.27
15 300 9606 -36.8 -50.4 23 13.5 -37.8 241 57 333.4 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.13
16 250 10844 -45.7 -54.6 36 8.9 -46.1 241 78 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.5 0.09
17 200 12293 -55.9 -66.3 26 10.4 -56.1 245 84 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.03
18 150 14112 -55.9 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.2 251 46 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00
19 100 16666 -59.7 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 237 11 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5842.15 m
Freezing level: 571.12 mb = 4823.92 m = 15826.32 ft
Wetbulb zero: 638.96 mb = 3905.83 m = 12814.25 ft
Precipitable water: 1.07 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.19 %
Est. max temperature: 36.20 C = 97.16 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.20 mb = 2193.11 m = 7195.15 ft T: 21.79 C
700-500 lapse rate: 8.72 C/km
ThetaE index: 25.62 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 676.46 mb = 3431.83 m = 11259.13 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg
Conv temperature: 37.14 C = 98.86 F
Cap Strength: 6.45 C
Lifted Index: -6.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.02 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.66 C
Showalter Index: -7.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 57.75 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Vertical Totals Index: 32.06 C
Cross Totals Index: 25.69 C
K Index: 29.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 612.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: -4.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 2577.61 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 71.80 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 263.52 J/kg
Cap Strength: 6.43 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.28 mb = 2530.95 m = 8303.54 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.28 mb = 3927.38 m = 12884.94 ft
Equ Level (EL): 177.28 mb = 13055.62 m = 42832.88 ft
B at Equ Level: 2540.61 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.28 mb = 16223.65 m = 53226.55 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.4 at 24.3 knts
Storm direction: 249.4 at 18.2 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.2 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.8 neg: -16.8 tot: 190.0 m^2/s^2
ave: 63.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 3.32
Bulk Rich Number: 25.73
Bulk Shear: 100.17 m/s
