MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307151200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307151200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 16 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 86 1 950 535 SFC 938 643 25.4 8.6 34 16.9 15.1 314 13 304.1 305.4 290.7 326.5 7.46 3 900 1006 21.0 7.0 40 14.0 12.7 312 17 303.1 304.4 290.0 324.1 7.00 4 850 1496 16.2 6.2 52 10.0 10.4 310 18 303.1 304.4 290.0 324.2 7.02 5 800 2006 11.2 5.2 66 6.1 7.8 308 19 303.1 304.4 289.9 323.9 6.92 6 750 2541 6.0 4.2 88 1.8 5.0 306 20 303.1 304.4 289.9 323.9 6.92 7 700 3101 1.5 0.9 96 0.6 1.2 307 31 304.1 305.2 289.3 321.8 5.84 8 650 3695 -1.9 -3.4 90 1.5 -2.6 313 41 306.8 307.7 289.0 321.0 4.59 9 600 4328 -5.5 -8.3 81 2.8 -6.7 312 46 309.7 310.3 288.9 320.4 3.40 10 550 5005 -8.8 -19.7 41 10.9 -12.1 313 50 313.6 313.9 288.2 318.5 1.46 11 500 5737 -13.1 -31.2 20 18.1 -16.9 314 54 317.1 317.2 288.4 319.1 0.56 12 450 6532 -18.3 -37.1 18 18.8 -21.4 315 58 320.2 320.3 289.2 321.5 0.35 13 400 7399 -24.5 -41.2 20 16.6 -26.6 315 61 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.1 0.26 14 350 8356 -32.0 -44.0 29 12.0 -33.1 315 62 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.5 0.22 15 300 9425 -40.8 -53.2 25 12.5 -41.4 314 62 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.09 16 250 10639 -50.0 -59.7 31 9.7 -50.3 313 62 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.05 17 200 12076 -53.7 -67.8 16 14.1 -53.9 314 60 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.02 18 150 13944 -50.2 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 312 43 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 19 100 16570 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.8 313 24 425.0 425.0 308.3 425.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.08 m Freezing level: 677.98 mb = 3362.88 m = 11032.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.23 mb = 3283.95 m = 10773.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.12 % Est. max temperature: 24.50 C = 76.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.85 mb = 2739.80 m = 8988.74 ft T: 4.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 5.70 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.10 mb = 2770.43 m = 9089.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.90 C = 76.82 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: 0.82 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.31 C Cross Totals Index: 19.33 C K Index: 34.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.50 mb = 2743.71 m = 9001.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.50 mb = 2912.08 m = 9553.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 556.50 mb = 4913.91 m = 16121.54 ft B at Equ Level: 55.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 436.50 mb = 6755.90 m = 22164.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.4 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 342.4 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 125.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 61.34 m/s