MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108151200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108151200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 16 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 19 1 950 486 SFC 939 589 37.5 3.8 12 33.7 17.1 285 6 316.2 317.3 292.6 333.2 5.34 3 900 976 33.2 2.5 14 30.7 15.1 288 7 315.7 316.7 292.2 331.9 5.09 4 850 1486 28.2 1.6 18 26.6 12.8 290 8 315.7 316.6 292.2 331.8 5.06 5 800 2017 23.0 0.8 23 22.2 10.4 291 8 315.7 316.6 292.2 331.7 5.05 6 750 2573 17.6 -0.0 30 17.6 7.8 291 8 315.6 316.6 292.2 331.8 5.09 7 700 3156 11.9 -1.0 41 12.8 5.0 293 9 315.6 316.6 292.2 331.9 5.10 8 650 3769 6.3 -5.2 44 11.5 0.7 295 10 316.1 316.9 291.4 329.0 4.00 9 600 4420 2.6 -18.5 19 21.1 -5.0 295 12 319.1 319.4 290.0 324.1 1.48 10 550 5117 -1.8 -25.1 15 23.2 -8.8 294 15 321.9 322.1 290.3 325.1 0.91 11 500 5866 -7.3 -21.2 32 13.9 -11.6 293 20 324.2 324.5 291.5 329.1 1.41 12 450 6679 -12.5 -25.1 34 12.6 -15.9 299 23 327.6 327.8 292.1 331.5 1.11 13 400 7566 -19.0 -24.9 60 5.9 -20.5 306 22 330.4 330.6 293.0 334.9 1.27 14 350 8546 -25.8 -32.0 56 6.2 -27.0 327 22 333.9 334.1 293.5 336.7 0.75 15 300 9643 -34.8 -42.5 45 7.7 -35.6 329 26 336.3 336.3 293.7 337.5 0.30 16 250 10886 -45.7 -56.9 27 11.1 -46.2 336 27 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.07 17 200 12328 -58.0 -64.9 41 6.8 -58.2 349 33 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.03 18 150 14138 -56.7 -77.6 5 21.0 -56.9 318 22 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.01 19 100 16681 -60.0 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 306 12 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.95 m Freezing level: 570.91 mb = 4825.34 m = 15830.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.71 mb = 3848.48 m = 12626.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.85 % Est. max temperature: 36.91 C = 98.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 576.67 mb = 4737.56 m = 15542.97 ft T: 0.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 1.50 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 521.58 mb = 5533.90 m = 18155.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.31 C = 111.75 F Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lifted Index: 2.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: 3.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.43 C Cross Totals Index: 8.88 C K Index: 24.22 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 55.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5677.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 575.15 mb = 4758.72 m = 15612.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.3 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 323.3 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.6 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.53 Bulk Shear: 3.72 m/s