MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2207311200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2207311200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 1 AUG 22 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 91 1 950 544 SFC 939 644 27.0 13.4 43 13.7 18.0 335 3 305.6 307.5 293.4 336.5 10.30 3 900 1018 22.6 12.1 52 10.5 15.8 326 3 304.8 306.7 292.9 334.5 9.91 4 850 1512 17.8 10.9 64 6.9 13.4 318 4 304.7 306.5 292.7 333.7 9.68 5 800 2027 15.1 3.0 44 12.1 8.3 332 18 307.2 308.4 290.4 325.4 5.94 6 750 2570 12.2 -2.4 36 14.6 4.8 329 21 309.8 310.6 289.7 323.2 4.26 7 700 3144 8.5 -5.8 36 14.3 1.7 318 24 311.9 312.6 289.7 323.1 3.54 8 650 3751 3.9 -2.7 62 6.6 0.6 311 31 313.4 314.3 291.3 328.7 4.84 9 600 4396 -0.8 -6.8 64 6.0 -3.6 308 34 315.1 315.9 291.0 327.4 3.83 10 550 5084 -5.5 -13.8 52 8.3 -8.7 304 33 317.5 318.0 290.4 325.4 2.39 11 500 5826 -9.7 -24.0 30 14.3 -13.7 297 35 321.2 321.4 290.3 325.0 1.09 12 450 6631 -14.6 -39.9 10 25.3 -18.9 304 42 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.9 0.26 13 400 7510 -21.6 -38.8 19 17.3 -24.2 305 42 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.2 0.33 14 350 8478 -29.2 -44.0 23 14.8 -30.8 304 39 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.22 15 300 9561 -37.4 -48.2 31 10.9 -38.2 303 38 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.16 16 250 10792 -46.6 -56.1 33 9.5 -47.0 305 41 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.08 17 200 12257 -49.5 -69.6 8 20.1 -50.0 302 54 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.02 18 150 14122 -54.7 -81.5 2 26.8 -55.1 295 50 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16688 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 288 28 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.19 m Freezing level: 608.87 mb = 4281.88 m = 14047.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.72 mb = 3842.19 m = 12605.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.62 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.85 mb = 2361.29 m = 7746.93 ft T: 13.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 13.40 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.58 mb = 3184.14 m = 10446.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.31 C = 91.96 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.62 C Showalter Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.49 C Cross Totals Index: 20.64 C K Index: 24.07 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 123.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 188.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.17 mb = 2368.83 m = 7771.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.17 mb = 4353.82 m = 14284.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 303.17 mb = 9487.21 m = 31125.63 ft B at Equ Level: 122.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.17 mb = 11250.05 m = 36909.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.5 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 339.5 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.2 neg: -0.4 tot: 24.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.81 Bulk Shear: 68.15 m/s