MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108161200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108161200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 17 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 -29 1 950 439 SFC 934 589 38.1 4.6 13 33.4 17.5 270 12 317.3 318.4 293.2 335.5 5.71 3 900 930 34.2 3.8 15 30.4 15.8 273 17 316.8 317.9 293.0 334.7 5.60 4 850 1442 29.2 2.8 18 26.4 13.6 273 18 316.7 317.8 292.9 334.3 5.52 5 800 1975 24.0 1.9 23 22.1 11.2 274 19 316.7 317.8 292.9 334.2 5.48 6 750 2533 18.6 1.1 31 17.5 8.6 274 20 316.7 317.8 292.9 334.3 5.52 7 700 3118 13.0 0.0 41 12.9 5.8 272 26 316.8 317.9 292.9 334.3 5.47 8 650 3735 7.3 -1.3 54 8.6 2.7 275 35 317.2 318.2 292.9 334.3 5.35 9 600 4386 1.7 -4.1 65 5.9 -1.2 279 44 318.1 319.1 292.6 333.3 4.71 10 550 5081 -4.1 -6.5 83 2.4 -5.2 276 45 319.3 320.1 292.6 333.2 4.29 11 500 5826 -8.5 -9.0 96 0.5 -8.7 273 42 322.7 323.4 293.2 335.4 3.86 12 450 6635 -14.3 -20.4 60 6.1 -16.2 271 42 325.3 325.6 292.0 331.1 1.68 13 400 7516 -20.9 -25.7 65 4.8 -22.1 271 44 327.8 328.1 292.3 332.0 1.18 14 350 8489 -27.2 -43.8 19 16.6 -29.2 275 38 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.22 15 300 9581 -35.1 -49.5 22 14.3 -36.2 269 34 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.14 16 250 10827 -45.0 -50.2 56 5.2 -45.2 303 25 339.2 339.3 294.3 339.9 0.15 17 200 12278 -54.7 -66.8 21 12.1 -54.9 294 27 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 14102 -59.2 -79.8 5 20.5 -59.5 272 24 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16631 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.9 247 16 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5855.31 m Freezing level: 584.94 mb = 4595.54 m = 15077.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.90 mb = 4186.68 m = 13735.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.43 % Est. max temperature: 37.50 C = 99.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 576.46 mb = 4705.69 m = 15438.44 ft T: -0.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 1.32 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 560.84 mb = 4924.84 m = 16157.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.76 C = 103.56 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: 0.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: 0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 37.69 C Cross Totals Index: 11.32 C K Index: 27.57 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 112.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 577.27 mb = 4694.53 m = 15401.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 432.27 mb = 6935.74 m = 22754.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 382.27 mb = 7846.67 m = 25743.35 ft B at Equ Level: 12.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 352.27 mb = 8442.16 m = 27697.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.4 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 304.4 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 69.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 36.41 m/s