MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307060000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307060000F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 6 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 129 1 950 565 SFC 941 642 11.8 6.5 70 5.3 8.9 204 4 289.9 291.0 284.7 308.2 6.44 3 900 1027 17.7 5.2 44 12.5 10.6 249 17 299.7 300.9 288.1 318.1 6.18 4 850 1512 13.8 3.6 50 10.2 8.2 271 11 300.6 301.7 288.1 318.1 5.85 5 800 2019 9.1 2.2 62 6.8 5.4 292 10 300.8 301.8 287.9 317.6 5.61 6 750 2549 4.4 -1.8 64 6.2 1.4 302 11 301.3 302.2 287.0 314.8 4.46 7 700 3106 -0.2 -5.5 68 5.3 -2.5 294 11 302.3 302.9 286.5 313.4 3.63 8 650 3694 -4.4 -11.9 56 7.5 -7.1 292 13 304.0 304.4 285.8 311.4 2.37 9 600 4321 -6.4 -30.6 13 24.3 -11.8 305 13 308.8 308.9 285.5 310.5 0.50 10 550 4996 -10.2 -34.9 11 24.7 -15.0 306 15 312.0 312.0 286.5 313.2 0.36 11 500 5722 -15.1 -37.3 13 22.2 -18.8 308 18 314.7 314.7 287.3 315.8 0.31 12 450 6510 -20.7 -36.9 22 16.2 -23.2 307 20 317.2 317.3 288.3 318.5 0.36 13 400 7368 -27.8 -38.6 35 10.8 -29.1 309 21 318.9 318.9 288.8 320.1 0.34 14 350 8311 -35.7 -46.2 33 10.6 -36.5 314 22 320.7 320.7 289.2 321.3 0.17 15 300 9363 -44.6 -53.6 36 9.0 -45.0 311 24 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.8 0.09 16 250 10557 -53.3 -61.3 37 8.1 -53.4 307 26 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.0 0.04 17 200 11985 -52.4 -75.7 4 23.3 -52.8 293 34 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 13856 -50.4 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.0 288 35 383.2 383.2 302.8 383.2 0.00 19 100 16490 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.7 286 27 427.3 427.3 308.6 427.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5593.43 m Freezing level: 702.28 mb = 3080.13 m = 10105.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.08 mb = 2743.93 m = 9002.28 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.31 % Est. max temperature: 22.60 C = 72.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.17 mb = 1322.90 m = 4340.17 ft T: 15.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 7.61 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.34 mb = 2840.83 m = 9320.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.51 C = 74.32 F Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lifted Index: 3.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.06 C Showalter Index: 2.37 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.90 C Cross Totals Index: 18.71 C K Index: 27.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 84.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9867.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.98 mb = 2407.84 m = 7899.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.8 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 325.8 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.6 neg: -2.7 tot: 65.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.43 Bulk Shear: 17.40 m/s