MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107081200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107081200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 9 JUL 21 Station: KISN Latitude: 48.17 Longitude: -103.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 30 1 950 479 SFC 938 589 25.1 18.3 66 6.8 20.4 69 14 303.7 306.4 295.7 346.1 14.25 3 900 953 22.8 16.3 67 6.5 18.4 100 21 305.0 307.5 295.3 344.1 13.08 4 850 1449 19.5 14.4 72 5.1 16.1 127 18 306.6 308.8 295.1 343.3 12.21 5 800 1969 15.6 12.0 79 3.6 13.2 145 18 307.8 309.9 294.6 341.2 11.06 6 750 2513 11.3 9.2 86 2.2 10.0 157 20 308.9 310.7 294.0 338.6 9.76 7 700 3086 7.2 5.5 89 1.7 6.2 164 20 310.5 312.0 293.2 335.6 8.15 8 650 3693 3.4 2.2 92 1.2 2.8 169 22 312.9 314.2 292.9 334.5 6.93 9 600 4337 -1.7 -4.5 81 2.8 -3.0 159 16 314.1 315.0 291.3 328.7 4.58 10 550 5021 -8.1 -13.9 63 5.8 -10.2 188 17 314.5 314.9 289.4 322.2 2.37 11 500 5754 -13.5 -18.8 65 5.2 -15.1 209 24 316.5 316.9 289.5 322.3 1.74 12 450 6546 -18.9 -21.4 80 2.5 -19.6 224 34 319.5 319.8 290.2 324.7 1.54 13 400 7414 -23.7 -24.3 95 0.6 -23.8 246 40 324.2 324.5 291.4 328.9 1.34 14 350 8381 -28.5 -28.7 98 0.2 -28.5 267 44 330.4 330.6 292.8 334.0 1.02 15 300 9468 -36.0 -37.9 83 1.9 -36.2 278 50 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.5 0.49 16 250 10711 -44.6 -48.0 69 3.4 -44.8 284 62 339.8 339.9 294.5 340.6 0.20 17 200 12185 -47.7 -51.4 65 3.8 -47.9 282 44 357.3 357.4 298.3 358.0 0.17 18 150 14070 -51.0 -71.6 7 20.7 -51.5 303 26 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.4 0.02 19 100 16639 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.6 313 28 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.66 m Freezing level: 616.62 mb = 4123.10 m = 13527.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.09 mb = 3994.53 m = 13105.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.36 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.80 mb = 1451.40 m = 4761.77 ft T: 19.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 23.82 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.27 mb = 2179.33 m = 7149.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.50 C = 85.09 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: -8.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -8.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.96 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.04 C Cross Totals Index: 27.92 C K Index: 45.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 472.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1722.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.06 mb = 1840.53 m = 6038.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.06 mb = 2545.88 m = 8352.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.06 mb = 11062.25 m = 36293.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1715.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.06 mb = 14195.36 m = 46572.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.7 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 201.7 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 169.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.70 Bulk Rich Number: 20.68 Bulk Shear: 83.27 m/s