MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307131200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307131200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 14 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 38 1 950 491 SFC 934 643 27.4 10.8 35 16.6 16.8 307 13 306.5 308.2 292.5 332.9 8.73 3 900 966 23.6 9.2 40 14.4 14.6 307 18 305.8 307.3 291.8 330.4 8.14 4 850 1460 18.6 8.3 51 10.3 12.3 306 19 305.7 307.2 291.7 330.1 8.11 5 800 1976 13.7 7.4 66 6.2 9.9 305 19 305.7 307.2 291.7 330.2 8.11 6 750 2515 8.4 6.3 87 2.1 7.2 304 20 305.7 307.2 291.7 329.9 8.02 7 700 3081 4.0 -1.4 68 5.4 1.3 309 26 307.0 307.9 289.4 322.2 4.93 8 650 3680 0.6 -3.1 76 3.7 -1.2 307 30 309.7 310.5 290.0 324.3 4.68 9 600 4317 -3.8 -8.5 70 4.7 -5.8 303 32 311.7 312.3 289.5 322.4 3.36 10 550 4998 -8.5 -12.1 75 3.6 -9.8 299 31 314.0 314.5 289.6 322.9 2.75 11 500 5729 -13.9 -18.4 68 4.5 -15.3 297 31 316.1 316.4 289.4 322.1 1.79 12 450 6521 -19.7 -29.6 41 10.0 -21.7 299 30 318.5 318.7 289.0 321.1 0.73 13 400 7383 -26.1 -39.5 27 13.4 -27.8 304 27 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.3 0.31 14 350 8335 -32.7 -47.3 22 14.6 -33.9 304 27 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.3 0.15 15 300 9403 -40.4 -53.9 22 13.5 -41.1 303 25 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.8 0.08 16 250 10625 -46.7 -62.2 15 15.5 -47.2 295 42 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.04 17 200 12095 -48.7 -75.4 3 26.7 -49.3 296 59 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 18 150 13977 -50.5 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.1 296 50 383.0 383.0 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16594 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 296 28 422.1 422.1 308.0 422.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.40 m Freezing level: 643.12 mb = 3767.63 m = 12360.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.03 mb = 3386.53 m = 11110.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.41 % Est. max temperature: 26.62 C = 79.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.85 mb = 2715.97 m = 8910.55 ft T: 6.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 8.03 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.83 mb = 2806.35 m = 9207.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.25 C = 81.06 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 35.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 547.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.91 mb = 2748.99 m = 9018.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.91 mb = 2919.51 m = 9578.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 283.91 mb = 9772.26 m = 32060.82 ft B at Equ Level: 537.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.91 mb = 11652.26 m = 38228.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.8 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 332.8 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 35.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 41.35 Bulk Shear: 13.23 m/s