MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 16 AUG 24
Station: 48.15,-103.70
Latitude: 48.15
Longitude: -103.70
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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 77
1 950 530
SFC 938 642 28.1 10.6 34 17.5 17.0 352 11 306.8 308.5 292.5 332.9 8.61
3 900 1006 23.9 9.3 39 14.6 14.8 352 15 306.2 307.7 292.0 331.0 8.20
4 850 1501 19.0 8.4 50 10.6 12.5 351 15 306.1 307.6 291.9 330.8 8.17
5 800 2018 14.0 7.4 64 6.6 10.0 350 16 306.1 307.6 291.9 330.5 8.08
6 750 2557 8.7 6.4 86 2.3 7.3 349 16 306.0 307.5 291.8 330.4 8.08
7 700 3124 4.1 2.3 88 1.8 3.1 336 17 307.0 308.3 290.8 326.8 6.46
8 650 3723 0.7 -2.2 81 2.9 -0.7 335 18 309.8 310.7 290.4 325.3 5.00
9 600 4363 -1.5 -13.7 39 12.2 -6.1 339 17 314.4 314.8 289.3 321.7 2.22
10 550 5052 -4.5 -25.8 17 21.3 -10.5 349 18 318.8 318.9 289.3 321.7 0.85
11 500 5796 -8.3 -35.2 9 26.9 -14.1 11 19 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.3 0.38
12 450 6604 -14.4 -35.5 15 21.1 -18.5 16 20 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.6 0.41
13 400 7484 -20.7 -44.1 10 23.4 -23.9 20 19 328.1 328.1 291.4 328.8 0.19
14 350 8457 -27.8 -52.5 8 24.7 -30.0 25 19 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.08
15 300 9546 -36.1 -48.9 26 12.8 -37.1 3 10 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.1 0.15
16 250 10783 -47.2 -57.0 32 9.8 -47.5 324 6 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.07
17 200 12232 -53.2 -66.2 19 13.1 -53.4 10 23 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.03
18 150 14087 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 277 14 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00
19 100 16679 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 260 12 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5719.09 m
Freezing level: 633.88 mb = 3929.55 m = 12892.06 ft
Wetbulb zero: 659.59 mb = 3604.85 m = 11826.81 ft
Precipitable water: 1.01 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.61 %
Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.26 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.24 mb = 2821.70 m = 9257.42 ft T: 6.56 C
700-500 lapse rate: 4.66 C/km
ThetaE index: 11.24 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 722.17 mb = 2867.85 m = 9408.86 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 8.26 g/kg
Conv temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F
Cap Strength: 1.52 C
Lifted Index: 2.31 C Risk: None
Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.38 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C
Showalter Index: 2.55 C Risk: Showers probable
Total Totals Index: 44.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C
Cross Totals Index: 16.74 C
K Index: 33.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 150.71 Risk: None
Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 34.73 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 8.33 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.04 J/kg
Cap Strength: 2.23 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.49 mb = 2830.20 m = 9285.31 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.49 mb = 3001.69 m = 9847.95 ft
Equ Level (EL): 610.49 mb = 4224.49 m = 13859.70 ft
B at Equ Level: 33.89 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 540.49 mb = 5188.06 m = 17021.00 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 351.3 at 17.1 knts
Storm direction: 21.3 at 12.8 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.7 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: -2.8 tot: 4.2 m^2/s^2
ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.00
Bulk Rich Number: 20.23
Bulk Shear: 1.72 m/s
