MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208181200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 19 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 116 1 950 566 SFC 942 644 26.1 10.4 37 15.6 16.2 2 12 304.4 306.0 291.6 329.8 8.46 3 900 1038 21.6 9.0 45 12.5 13.8 1 16 303.8 305.2 291.1 327.9 8.05 4 850 1529 16.8 8.2 57 8.6 11.6 360 17 303.7 305.2 291.1 327.9 8.07 5 800 2041 11.7 7.2 74 4.6 9.0 358 17 303.7 305.1 291.0 327.6 7.98 6 750 2577 6.7 5.3 90 1.5 5.9 356 19 303.9 305.3 290.6 326.3 7.45 7 700 3140 2.7 -0.5 79 3.2 1.1 357 21 305.5 306.5 289.2 321.6 5.27 8 650 3736 0.5 -10.9 42 11.4 -4.1 351 23 309.5 310.0 288.0 317.7 2.56 9 600 4377 -1.0 -32.8 7 31.8 -8.7 346 31 314.9 315.0 287.5 316.3 0.40 10 550 5064 -4.9 -39.2 5 34.2 -11.8 341 40 318.2 318.3 288.5 319.1 0.23 11 500 5805 -9.9 -46.6 3 36.7 -15.6 339 44 320.9 321.0 289.2 321.4 0.12 12 450 6609 -15.4 -46.2 5 30.8 -19.8 338 51 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.3 0.13 13 400 7485 -22.6 -40.9 17 18.3 -25.1 331 54 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.7 0.27 14 350 8447 -30.8 -47.3 18 16.6 -32.3 334 56 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.15 15 300 9522 -39.4 -56.1 15 16.7 -40.2 338 66 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.06 16 250 10746 -47.1 -62.2 16 15.2 -47.6 338 68 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.04 17 200 12200 -53.2 -70.3 11 17.1 -53.5 331 63 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 14062 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 336 40 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16638 -57.7 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 343 26 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.76 m Freezing level: 634.21 mb = 3938.67 m = 12922.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.58 mb = 3260.73 m = 10697.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.99 % Est. max temperature: 25.38 C = 77.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.48 mb = 2593.66 m = 8509.29 ft T: 6.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.74 C/km ThetaE index: 11.55 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.29 mb = 2617.64 m = 8587.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.67 C = 78.21 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: 2.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: 2.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: 18.15 C K Index: 31.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.73 mb = 2601.89 m = 8536.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.73 mb = 2656.63 m = 8715.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 652.73 mb = 3702.73 m = 12147.93 ft B at Equ Level: 25.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 602.73 mb = 4340.38 m = 14239.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 346.5 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 16.5 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 19.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 30.00 m/s