MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208021200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208021200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 3 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 -5 1 950 452 SFC 930 643 30.2 10.2 29 20.1 17.3 299 16 309.8 311.3 293.2 335.5 8.40 3 900 932 26.8 8.4 31 18.5 15.3 298 22 309.2 310.6 292.4 332.7 7.68 4 850 1432 21.9 7.4 39 14.5 13.0 295 24 309.1 310.5 292.4 332.4 7.60 5 800 1954 16.8 6.3 50 10.6 10.5 293 26 309.1 310.5 292.3 332.1 7.49 6 750 2498 11.8 2.9 54 8.9 6.8 289 32 309.4 310.6 291.3 328.8 6.29 7 700 3071 7.6 -5.8 38 13.4 1.3 290 42 310.9 311.6 289.4 322.1 3.54 8 650 3676 3.2 -12.5 30 15.7 -3.0 280 46 312.6 313.1 288.7 320.0 2.25 9 600 4318 -1.4 -21.6 20 20.2 -7.7 276 49 314.5 314.7 288.2 318.3 1.14 10 550 5006 -5.4 -37.4 6 32.1 -12.0 277 50 317.7 317.8 288.3 318.7 0.28 11 500 5747 -9.2 -42.2 5 33.0 -15.0 277 59 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.5 0.19 12 450 6554 -14.0 -26.0 36 12.0 -17.1 277 64 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.2 1.02 13 400 7437 -20.3 -33.7 29 13.4 -22.8 277 71 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.6 0.55 14 350 8409 -28.2 -40.5 30 12.3 -29.7 276 72 330.8 330.8 292.3 332.0 0.32 15 300 9495 -37.2 -50.8 23 13.7 -38.1 277 74 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.5 0.12 16 250 10727 -46.5 -61.0 18 14.5 -47.0 270 82 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.04 17 200 12178 -54.9 -66.9 21 12.0 -55.1 264 93 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14007 -56.2 -80.6 3 24.4 -56.5 276 73 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16574 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 271 23 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.94 m Freezing level: 615.11 mb = 4124.10 m = 13530.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.91 mb = 3249.01 m = 10659.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.69 % Est. max temperature: 29.70 C = 85.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 693.85 mb = 3143.09 m = 10311.85 ft T: 7.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 17.18 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.62 mb = 3580.96 m = 11748.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.78 C = 91.01 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: 0.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: 0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.14 C Cross Totals Index: 16.60 C K Index: 25.12 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 686.70 mb = 3227.68 m = 10589.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.70 mb = 4295.51 m = 14092.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 541.70 mb = 5123.96 m = 16810.69 ft B at Equ Level: 5.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 501.70 mb = 5720.93 m = 18769.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.6 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 311.6 at 32.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.0 neg: -15.0 tot: 62.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 74.35 m/s