MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208011200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 2 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 17 1 950 476 SFC 932 643 32.5 16.3 38 16.2 21.2 10 11 311.8 314.2 296.7 350.5 12.60 3 900 960 28.7 15.0 43 13.7 19.2 11 12 311.0 313.3 296.1 347.7 11.97 4 850 1465 23.8 14.2 55 9.6 17.2 12 10 311.1 313.4 296.2 348.0 12.05 5 800 1992 20.5 8.5 46 12.0 12.9 278 9 313.0 314.7 294.3 340.1 8.73 6 750 2545 16.7 -0.8 30 17.5 7.2 277 20 314.7 315.6 291.7 330.0 4.81 7 700 3126 11.8 -8.5 23 20.3 2.4 276 25 315.5 316.1 290.2 324.9 2.88 8 650 3739 6.2 -11.9 26 18.1 -1.4 277 29 316.0 316.4 289.9 323.7 2.36 9 600 4387 0.6 -16.7 26 17.3 -5.7 280 30 316.8 317.1 289.5 322.6 1.73 10 550 5079 -3.4 -34.1 7 30.7 -10.6 286 31 320.1 320.1 289.2 321.5 0.39 11 500 5825 -8.2 -40.3 6 32.2 -14.3 294 35 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.9 0.23 12 450 6633 -13.8 -46.7 4 32.9 -18.6 295 42 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.4 0.13 13 400 7515 -20.8 -36.4 23 15.6 -23.5 297 46 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.5 0.43 14 350 8485 -28.6 -41.0 29 12.4 -30.2 298 49 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.3 0.30 15 300 9571 -36.5 -48.8 27 12.3 -37.5 297 54 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.15 16 250 10807 -46.3 -55.9 33 9.6 -46.7 295 63 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.08 17 200 12261 -53.5 -66.4 19 13.0 -53.7 296 70 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.03 18 150 14097 -57.5 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.8 286 53 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16639 -59.7 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 285 22 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.05 m Freezing level: 592.77 mb = 4486.90 m = 14720.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.20 mb = 3510.70 m = 11517.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.20 % Est. max temperature: 34.23 C = 93.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.91 mb = 2681.74 m = 8798.24 ft T: 15.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 26.52 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.48 mb = 3215.67 m = 10549.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.23 C = 97.21 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.97 C Cross Totals Index: 22.34 C K Index: 25.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1748.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.54 mb = 2708.92 m = 8887.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.54 mb = 3606.10 m = 11830.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.54 mb = 12243.88 m = 40169.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1740.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.54 mb = 15468.33 m = 50748.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.1 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 319.1 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 5.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.5 neg: -4.9 tot: 93.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 19.46 Bulk Shear: 89.86 m/s