MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 13 AUG 24
Station: 48.17,-103.67
Latitude: 48.17
Longitude: -103.67
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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
1 950 544
SFC 939 643 26.8 9.8 34 17.0 16.1 146 11 305.4 306.9 291.7 329.9 8.13
3 900 1017 22.3 8.7 42 13.7 14.0 149 13 304.5 306.0 291.2 328.1 7.85
4 850 1509 17.5 7.5 52 9.9 11.5 152 14 304.5 305.9 291.0 327.6 7.69
5 800 2023 12.5 6.8 68 5.7 9.1 154 14 304.5 305.9 291.1 327.8 7.76
6 750 2560 8.3 3.3 71 5.0 5.5 180 11 305.6 306.8 290.3 325.3 6.49
7 700 3129 6.8 -5.9 40 12.7 0.9 271 11 310.0 310.7 289.1 321.1 3.51
8 650 3733 2.8 -8.5 43 11.3 -2.1 289 16 312.1 312.7 289.3 322.0 3.09
9 600 4374 -1.9 -11.4 48 9.5 -5.7 291 20 314.0 314.5 289.6 322.6 2.67
10 550 5060 -6.8 -13.9 57 7.1 -9.4 292 24 316.0 316.5 289.9 323.8 2.37
11 500 5796 -12.1 -17.8 62 5.8 -13.9 288 22 318.3 318.7 290.2 324.6 1.88
12 450 6594 -17.6 -23.1 62 5.5 -19.1 282 19 321.1 321.3 290.5 325.6 1.32
13 400 7463 -24.1 -33.3 42 9.2 -25.6 277 19 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.7 0.58
14 350 8422 -31.2 -39.1 45 8.0 -32.1 273 18 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.1 0.37
15 300 9496 -39.1 -50.2 30 11.0 -39.8 267 21 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.13
16 250 10725 -46.2 -63.0 13 16.9 -46.7 274 40 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.03
17 200 12189 -49.8 -70.5 7 20.7 -50.3 279 60 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01
18 150 14059 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 284 50 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.6 0.00
19 100 16639 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 289 33 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.8 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5703.84 m
Freezing level: 620.13 mb = 4115.97 m = 13503.68 ft
Wetbulb zero: 685.25 mb = 3302.21 m = 10833.88 ft
Precipitable water: 0.96 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.64 %
Est. max temperature: 26.18 C = 79.12 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.20 mb = 2757.90 m = 9048.13 ft T: 7.79 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km
ThetaE index: 6.71 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 669.14 mb = 3496.15 m = 11470.16 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 7.85 g/kg
Conv temperature: 32.63 C = 90.74 F
Cap Strength: 3.10 C
Lifted Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.28 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.10 C
Showalter Index: 0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 49.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 29.56 C
Cross Totals Index: 19.62 C
K Index: 24.36 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 144.12 Risk: None
Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 8.28 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 4.07 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 184.58 J/kg
Cap Strength: 3.04 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.74 mb = 2740.60 m = 8991.36 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 498.74 mb = 5815.13 m = 19078.29 ft
Equ Level (EL): 408.74 mb = 7303.11 m = 23960.04 ft
B at Equ Level: 8.14 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 368.74 mb = 8047.33 m = 26401.69 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.9 at 16.9 knts
Storm direction: 297.9 at 12.7 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.4 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 78.6 m^2/s^2
ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.00
Bulk Rich Number: 0.10
Bulk Shear: 86.09 m/s
