MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2108301200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2108301200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 31 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 24 1 950 480 SFC 933 643 29.8 10.8 31 19.0 17.5 143 8 309.0 310.6 293.2 335.7 8.74 3 900 960 26.3 9.8 35 16.5 15.8 147 10 308.6 310.2 292.9 334.4 8.47 4 850 1459 21.4 9.0 45 12.3 13.7 151 10 308.6 310.2 292.9 334.6 8.53 5 800 1980 16.3 7.9 57 8.5 11.2 155 11 308.6 310.1 292.8 334.1 8.37 6 750 2524 11.2 5.4 67 5.9 7.8 163 10 308.8 310.2 292.2 331.7 7.51 7 700 3096 7.5 -6.1 38 13.6 1.1 277 7 310.7 311.4 289.3 321.7 3.46 8 650 3700 2.7 -6.2 52 8.9 -1.4 281 16 312.0 312.7 289.9 323.7 3.69 9 600 4341 -2.8 -10.2 57 7.4 -5.8 277 21 312.9 313.4 289.5 322.3 2.94 10 550 5023 -8.4 -16.9 50 8.5 -11.2 279 27 314.1 314.4 288.8 320.2 1.85 11 500 5755 -13.4 -27.5 29 14.1 -16.7 277 29 316.7 316.9 288.6 319.5 0.80 12 450 6549 -18.2 -40.0 13 21.8 -21.5 277 30 320.4 320.4 289.2 321.3 0.26 13 400 7416 -24.9 -35.7 36 10.7 -26.5 277 30 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.3 0.46 14 350 8371 -31.9 -46.1 23 14.2 -33.2 281 27 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.17 15 300 9443 -39.8 -50.5 31 10.7 -40.4 279 27 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.8 0.12 16 250 10663 -48.9 -57.9 34 9.0 -49.2 273 31 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.06 17 200 12114 -51.4 -73.0 6 21.6 -51.8 282 46 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 13960 -56.5 -82.1 3 25.6 -56.8 281 46 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 19 100 16524 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 278 32 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.20 m Freezing level: 625.48 mb = 4014.66 m = 13171.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.51 mb = 3362.28 m = 11030.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.65 % Est. max temperature: 29.42 C = 84.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 707.17 mb = 3011.43 m = 9879.89 ft T: 8.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 12.88 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.52 mb = 3302.23 m = 10833.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.90 C = 89.42 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.24 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 30.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 847.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 707.04 mb = 3012.92 m = 9884.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.04 mb = 3674.90 m = 12056.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.04 mb = 10873.29 m = 35673.11 ft B at Equ Level: 833.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.04 mb = 13080.00 m = 42912.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.1 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 295.1 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.3 neg: -4.5 tot: 50.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 11.08 Bulk Shear: 76.52 m/s