MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 19 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 110
1 950 568
SFC 942 643 31.8 13.4 33 18.3 19.4 146 8 310.2 312.1 294.7 341.8 10.34
3 900 1050 27.2 12.3 40 14.9 17.3 151 9 309.5 311.4 294.3 340.1 10.02
4 850 1551 22.3 11.4 50 10.9 15.2 154 9 309.5 311.4 294.3 340.1 10.02
5 800 2073 17.2 10.2 63 7.1 12.7 158 9 309.5 311.4 294.1 339.4 9.79
6 750 2620 12.0 9.0 82 3.0 10.1 165 8 309.6 311.4 294.1 339.0 9.63
7 700 3194 9.7 -12.6 19 22.3 0.4 348 8 313.2 313.6 288.8 320.0 2.07
8 650 3805 6.2 -11.5 27 17.7 -1.3 343 18 315.9 316.4 289.9 323.9 2.43
9 600 4454 1.0 -7.6 53 8.6 -2.9 318 19 317.3 318.0 291.4 329.0 3.60
10 550 5146 -4.9 -12.2 56 7.4 -7.8 312 20 318.3 318.8 290.9 327.2 2.71
11 500 5886 -10.4 -25.4 28 14.9 -14.4 310 27 320.3 320.5 289.9 323.7 0.97
12 450 6692 -14.1 -33.7 17 19.6 -18.1 302 38 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.4 0.49
13 400 7573 -20.7 -42.2 13 21.5 -23.8 291 40 328.1 328.1 291.4 329.0 0.23
14 350 8544 -28.1 -47.0 15 18.8 -30.1 284 40 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.16
15 300 9630 -36.6 -54.3 14 17.7 -37.7 279 42 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.08
16 250 10869 -45.6 -59.1 20 13.6 -46.1 278 54 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.5 0.05
17 200 12332 -50.7 -73.5 5 22.8 -51.1 279 80 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01
18 150 14179 -56.9 -83.2 2 26.3 -57.2 270 49 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00
19 100 16723 -60.0 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.3 269 15 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5776.20 m
Freezing level: 591.43 mb = 4572.84 m = 15002.56 ft
Wetbulb zero: 687.77 mb = 3339.41 m = 10955.94 ft
Precipitable water: 1.11 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.51 %
Est. max temperature: 31.14 C = 88.06 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 722.25 mb = 2933.71 m = 9624.91 ft T: 10.73 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km
ThetaE index: 20.12 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 676.95 mb = 3470.00 m = 11384.38 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 10.08 g/kg
Conv temperature: 36.00 C = 96.80 F
Cap Strength: 1.89 C
Lifted Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.73 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.89 C
Showalter Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 54.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 32.75 C
Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C
K Index: 21.83 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 294.01 Risk: None
Energy Index: -3.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 672.07 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 36.66 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.45 J/kg
Cap Strength: 1.87 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.34 mb = 2921.14 m = 9583.68 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 608.34 mb = 4342.38 m = 14246.48 ft
Equ Level (EL): 238.34 mb = 11181.74 m = 36685.04 ft
B at Equ Level: 658.15 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.34 mb = 13438.28 m = 44088.32 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.1 at 16.4 knts
Storm direction: 341.1 at 12.3 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.4 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -158.9 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.9 neg: -58.1 tot: -40.2 m^2/s^2
ave: -13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.06
Bulk Rich Number: 8.37
Bulk Shear: 80.29 m/s
