MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 21 AUG 24
Station: 48.19,-103.54
Latitude: 48.19
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 74
1 950 529
SFC 938 647 32.0 16.3 39 15.8 21.0 168 9 310.9 313.2 296.4 349.1 12.50
3 900 1012 27.8 15.2 46 12.7 19.1 175 9 310.2 312.5 296.0 347.2 12.12
4 850 1515 22.9 14.2 58 8.7 17.0 185 9 310.2 312.4 296.0 347.0 12.07
5 800 2039 17.9 13.0 73 4.9 14.6 208 8 310.2 312.4 295.8 346.3 11.82
6 750 2587 13.6 7.3 66 6.2 9.7 263 9 311.3 312.9 293.7 337.8 8.59
7 700 3166 10.8 -6.0 30 16.8 2.7 314 20 314.5 315.1 290.5 325.7 3.48
8 650 3777 6.0 -11.0 28 17.0 -1.3 308 25 315.8 316.3 290.0 324.1 2.55
9 600 4425 0.9 -17.9 23 18.8 -5.8 299 26 317.2 317.5 289.5 322.4 1.56
10 550 5118 -3.5 -29.8 11 26.3 -10.3 297 27 319.9 320.1 289.3 322.0 0.58
11 500 5862 -9.0 -31.7 14 22.7 -14.2 277 27 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.0 0.54
12 450 6668 -15.2 -34.4 18 19.2 -18.9 271 27 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.9 0.46
13 400 7545 -21.8 -40.2 17 18.4 -24.4 270 26 326.7 326.8 291.1 327.8 0.29
14 350 8513 -28.7 -49.3 12 20.6 -30.6 270 31 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.12
15 300 9598 -37.3 -51.3 22 14.0 -38.2 274 37 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.11
16 250 10829 -47.8 -55.2 42 7.4 -48.1 272 43 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.09
17 200 12267 -55.9 -66.5 25 10.6 -56.1 267 45 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.02
18 150 14116 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 256 29 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00
19 100 16683 -60.0 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 246 10 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5788.54 m
Freezing level: 589.78 mb = 4566.90 m = 14983.08 ft
Wetbulb zero: 665.93 mb = 3577.47 m = 11736.95 ft
Precipitable water: 1.14 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.14 %
Est. max temperature: 31.65 C = 88.98 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.24 mb = 2629.52 m = 8626.92 ft T: 13.36 C
700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km
ThetaE index: 27.06 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 715.62 mb = 2980.57 m = 9778.64 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 12.16 g/kg
Conv temperature: 34.58 C = 94.24 F
Cap Strength: 1.05 C
Lifted Index: -5.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.56 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C
Showalter Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Total Totals Index: 55.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Vertical Totals Index: 31.93 C
Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C
K Index: 29.29 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 338.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible
Energy Index: -4.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 1968.67 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 62.75 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.31 J/kg
Cap Strength: 1.05 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.56 mb = 2614.76 m = 8578.52 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.56 mb = 3495.72 m = 11468.77 ft
Equ Level (EL): 192.56 mb = 12511.14 m = 41046.54 ft
B at Equ Level: 1951.94 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.56 mb = 15395.43 m = 50509.33 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.6 at 19.7 knts
Storm direction: 314.6 at 14.8 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.4 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.7 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.2 neg: -2.2 tot: 67.0 m^2/s^2
ave: 22.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.58
Bulk Rich Number: 24.63
Bulk Shear: 79.93 m/s
