MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108231200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108231200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 24 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 21 1 950 473 SFC 938 589 27.1 10.2 35 16.9 16.4 123 14 305.9 307.4 292.0 331.2 8.38 3 900 948 23.4 9.0 40 14.4 14.4 126 22 305.6 307.1 291.6 329.7 8.01 4 850 1442 19.4 8.7 50 10.7 12.8 146 25 306.5 308.0 292.2 331.7 8.33 5 800 1960 15.3 7.3 59 8.0 10.5 172 26 307.5 309.0 292.3 332.0 8.05 6 750 2504 11.6 1.2 49 10.4 6.0 209 23 309.2 310.3 290.7 326.5 5.58 7 700 3076 7.8 -8.5 30 16.3 0.5 247 25 311.1 311.7 288.8 320.3 2.88 8 650 3681 3.0 -16.6 22 19.5 -4.1 253 26 312.3 312.6 287.9 317.6 1.61 9 600 4322 -2.3 -19.3 26 17.0 -7.8 259 27 313.5 313.7 288.1 318.1 1.38 10 550 5006 -6.3 -36.6 7 30.3 -12.5 254 33 316.6 316.7 288.0 317.7 0.30 11 500 5745 -10.6 -29.8 19 19.1 -15.1 250 38 320.1 320.2 289.5 322.4 0.65 12 450 6546 -16.5 -30.8 28 14.3 -19.6 249 44 322.4 322.6 290.2 324.8 0.65 13 400 7419 -22.5 -44.5 12 21.9 -25.3 250 44 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.18 14 350 8384 -30.0 -51.9 10 21.9 -31.8 252 47 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.09 15 300 9463 -38.4 -60.4 8 22.1 -39.4 253 47 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.5 0.04 16 250 10690 -47.8 -65.3 12 17.4 -48.3 252 49 334.9 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.02 17 200 12138 -52.9 -68.7 13 15.9 -53.2 254 55 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 13992 -53.7 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.1 250 58 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16569 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 250 37 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.05 m Freezing level: 621.84 mb = 4041.97 m = 13260.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.16 mb = 3144.31 m = 10315.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.03 % Est. max temperature: 29.14 C = 84.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.97 mb = 2705.60 m = 8876.53 ft T: 10.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 14.38 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.90 mb = 3422.68 m = 11229.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.96 C = 91.32 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: 0.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.21 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.02 C Cross Totals Index: 19.34 C K Index: 22.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 192.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.25 mb = 2759.32 m = 9052.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 592.25 mb = 4424.11 m = 14514.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 532.25 mb = 5260.25 m = 17257.84 ft B at Equ Level: 5.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 372.25 mb = 7938.76 m = 26045.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 334.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 334.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 203.83 m/s