MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307011200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 2 JUL 23 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 35 1 950 496 SFC 935 643 33.3 10.4 25 23.0 18.4 259 7 312.5 314.1 294.0 338.7 8.47 3 900 980 29.4 8.5 27 20.9 16.2 259 8 311.8 313.3 293.3 335.8 7.74 4 850 1484 24.5 7.5 34 16.9 14.0 260 9 311.8 313.2 293.2 335.6 7.69 5 800 2010 19.3 6.6 43 12.8 11.6 261 9 311.7 313.2 293.2 335.4 7.64 6 750 2560 14.0 5.5 57 8.5 8.9 263 10 311.8 313.2 293.1 335.2 7.57 7 700 3136 8.4 4.4 76 4.0 6.1 264 10 311.8 313.2 293.1 335.1 7.53 8 650 3743 3.4 -4.3 57 7.6 -0.3 289 12 312.8 313.6 290.6 326.3 4.28 9 600 4386 -1.5 -12.8 42 11.3 -5.9 302 16 314.4 314.9 289.4 322.2 2.38 10 550 5072 -5.9 -29.8 13 23.9 -11.8 304 19 317.1 317.2 288.5 319.2 0.59 11 500 5812 -10.8 -36.1 10 25.4 -15.7 295 20 319.9 320.0 289.1 321.2 0.35 12 450 6612 -16.4 -38.5 13 22.1 -20.1 285 21 322.7 322.7 289.9 323.8 0.30 13 400 7486 -22.6 -43.1 14 20.6 -25.2 278 22 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.5 0.21 14 350 8450 -30.0 -49.9 13 19.9 -31.7 286 23 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.11 15 300 9529 -38.2 -52.5 21 14.3 -39.1 288 25 331.5 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.10 16 250 10758 -47.1 -59.8 22 12.8 -47.5 279 26 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.05 17 200 12205 -55.1 -69.8 14 14.7 -55.3 276 31 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.6 0.02 18 150 14033 -56.2 -80.0 4 23.7 -56.6 283 30 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16604 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 277 16 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.64 m Freezing level: 615.25 mb = 4189.99 m = 13746.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.59 mb = 3710.72 m = 12174.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.37 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 669.59 mb = 3500.08 m = 11483.06 ft T: 5.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 19.56 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.93 mb = 3656.33 m = 11995.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.48 C = 92.27 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.23 C Cross Totals Index: 18.29 C K Index: 38.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 542.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 663.58 mb = 3573.92 m = 11725.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.58 mb = 3760.83 m = 12338.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.58 mb = 10530.94 m = 34549.89 ft B at Equ Level: 541.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.58 mb = 12924.58 m = 42402.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.2 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 316.2 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 14.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 67.12 Bulk Shear: 8.08 m/s