MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108141200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108141200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 15 AUG 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 84 1 950 546 SFC 945 589 33.2 5.2 17 28.0 16.3 173 4 311.3 312.4 291.6 329.6 5.86 3 900 1028 28.3 3.9 21 24.5 14.0 175 4 310.7 311.8 291.2 328.1 5.61 4 850 1530 23.9 0.8 22 23.1 11.0 207 5 311.2 312.1 290.6 326.1 4.77 5 800 2054 19.3 -0.9 26 20.2 8.5 246 8 311.7 312.6 290.5 325.8 4.47 6 750 2603 14.7 -6.2 23 20.9 4.6 281 12 312.5 313.2 289.6 322.8 3.21 7 700 3180 10.2 -11.1 21 21.4 1.0 295 13 313.8 314.3 289.2 321.4 2.33 8 650 3791 6.1 -18.1 16 24.2 -2.8 302 10 315.8 316.1 288.9 320.6 1.41 9 600 4440 1.6 -24.2 13 25.8 -6.4 324 9 318.0 318.2 289.1 321.1 0.90 10 550 5133 -3.4 -30.0 11 26.5 -10.3 326 12 320.0 320.1 289.4 322.1 0.58 11 500 5877 -9.4 -31.3 15 21.8 -14.5 310 15 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.5 0.56 12 450 6681 -15.8 -38.8 12 22.9 -19.7 299 16 323.3 323.4 290.1 324.4 0.30 13 400 7556 -21.8 -47.9 8 26.1 -24.8 301 18 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.1 0.13 14 350 8525 -28.6 -56.7 5 28.1 -30.7 313 24 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.05 15 300 9610 -37.2 -58.6 9 21.5 -38.2 310 27 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.05 16 250 10845 -45.8 -63.0 13 17.1 -46.4 298 23 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.0 0.03 17 200 12301 -53.5 -68.5 14 15.0 -53.8 305 24 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14132 -56.7 -80.4 4 23.6 -57.1 322 28 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16682 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.3 331 17 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.58 m Freezing level: 583.97 mb = 4662.17 m = 15295.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.66 mb = 3338.67 m = 10953.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.94 % Est. max temperature: 33.70 C = 92.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 628.29 mb = 4066.19 m = 13340.34 ft T: 4.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 9.00 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 550.10 mb = 5131.68 m = 16836.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.74 C = 107.13 F Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lifted Index: 2.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 33.33 C Cross Totals Index: 10.26 C K Index: 12.77 Risk: None Sweat Index: 34.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7470.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 620.73 mb = 4164.50 m = 13662.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.7 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 327.7 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.4 neg: -0.7 tot: 49.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 22.57 m/s