MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208111200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208111200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 12 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 96 1 950 550 SFC 940 644 28.4 15.2 45 13.2 19.4 119 11 306.9 309.1 294.8 342.1 11.66 3 900 1027 24.0 14.2 54 9.9 17.4 125 15 306.3 308.4 294.4 340.4 11.35 4 850 1523 19.2 13.3 69 5.9 15.3 133 16 306.2 308.3 294.4 340.3 11.33 5 800 2041 15.7 12.9 84 2.8 13.8 191 14 307.8 310.1 295.1 343.4 11.77 6 750 2591 16.7 4.6 45 12.1 9.5 273 17 314.7 316.0 293.6 336.9 7.09 7 700 3175 12.8 3.0 51 9.8 7.1 303 13 316.7 318.0 293.9 338.2 6.80 8 650 3793 8.8 -0.3 52 9.2 3.8 247 18 319.0 320.1 293.7 337.4 5.75 9 600 4450 4.0 -5.1 52 9.1 -0.5 247 31 320.7 321.6 293.0 335.0 4.37 10 550 5149 -2.0 -6.1 73 4.1 -4.0 248 38 321.7 322.5 293.3 336.1 4.40 11 500 5900 -7.5 -8.9 89 1.4 -8.1 255 43 323.9 324.7 293.5 336.8 3.89 12 450 6712 -12.1 -20.0 52 7.8 -14.6 257 39 328.0 328.3 292.8 334.1 1.74 13 400 7605 -17.0 -21.5 68 4.6 -18.3 260 36 332.9 333.3 294.1 339.0 1.71 14 350 8593 -23.8 -26.6 78 2.8 -24.5 266 38 336.6 336.9 294.6 341.2 1.24 15 300 9701 -32.0 -36.8 63 4.7 -32.7 269 42 340.2 340.3 294.8 342.3 0.54 16 250 10961 -42.3 -45.9 68 3.6 -42.6 263 54 343.2 343.2 295.3 344.2 0.25 17 200 12429 -53.7 -57.6 63 3.9 -53.9 267 55 347.6 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.08 18 150 14227 -64.3 -75.3 21 11.0 -64.4 284 49 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16703 -63.7 -86.1 3 22.4 -63.9 306 14 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.45 m Freezing level: 566.94 mb = 4912.31 m = 16116.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.89 mb = 4369.59 m = 14335.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.63 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.94 mb = 2301.40 m = 7550.42 ft T: 16.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 6.53 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.81 mb = 3693.29 m = 12116.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.87 C = 103.77 F Cap Strength: 6.04 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.95 C Showalter Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.67 C Cross Totals Index: 20.75 C K Index: 30.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 395.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.12 mb = 2277.50 m = 7472.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 543.12 mb = 5248.46 m = 17219.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 413.12 mb = 7360.19 m = 24147.32 ft B at Equ Level: 45.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 333.12 mb = 8948.76 m = 29359.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.8 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 275.8 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.6 neg: -4.9 tot: 153.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 158.57 m/s