MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307161200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307161200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 17 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 119 1 950 566 SFC 942 644 23.6 8.8 39 14.7 14.6 352 8 301.9 303.3 290.1 324.5 7.59 3 900 1034 18.7 7.3 48 11.4 12.0 349 9 300.8 302.1 289.4 322.1 7.16 4 850 1520 13.9 6.5 61 7.5 9.6 347 9 300.8 302.1 289.3 322.0 7.15 5 800 2027 9.0 5.5 79 3.4 7.1 344 9 300.7 302.0 289.3 321.9 7.12 6 750 2557 4.4 1.0 78 3.4 2.7 335 14 301.4 302.4 288.1 317.9 5.50 7 700 3119 4.2 -11.6 30 15.8 -2.1 330 25 307.1 307.6 286.8 314.3 2.24 8 650 3718 1.2 -18.0 22 19.3 -5.3 323 32 310.4 310.6 287.1 315.0 1.42 9 600 4356 -3.1 -14.6 41 11.5 -7.2 320 37 312.6 312.9 288.5 319.3 2.06 10 550 5038 -7.7 -15.1 55 7.4 -10.3 322 38 314.9 315.4 289.3 322.0 2.15 11 500 5773 -12.4 -18.3 61 5.9 -14.2 323 40 317.9 318.3 290.0 324.0 1.81 12 450 6569 -18.4 -24.2 60 5.8 -19.8 321 44 320.2 320.4 290.0 324.3 1.20 13 400 7435 -24.8 -30.4 60 5.5 -25.9 319 49 322.7 322.8 290.4 325.4 0.76 14 350 8390 -32.8 -39.9 49 7.2 -33.6 318 51 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.8 0.34 15 300 9457 -40.7 -52.0 29 11.3 -41.3 320 63 327.9 328.0 291.2 328.4 0.10 16 250 10675 -48.9 -58.1 34 9.1 -49.2 319 82 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.06 17 200 12113 -54.9 -68.5 17 13.5 -55.1 318 78 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 13967 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 319 51 380.8 380.8 302.4 380.8 0.00 19 100 16573 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 325 29 422.4 422.4 308.0 422.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.29 m Freezing level: 635.74 mb = 3899.78 m = 12794.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.75 mb = 2869.59 m = 9414.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.09 % Est. max temperature: 22.57 C = 72.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 757.30 mb = 2477.60 m = 8128.52 ft T: 5.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 10.21 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.66 mb = 2495.32 m = 8186.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.03 C = 73.46 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: 2.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.71 C Showalter Index: 2.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 18.89 C K Index: 17.00 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7498.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.18 mb = 2457.19 m = 8061.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.5 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 355.5 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 44.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 51.21 m/s