MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307211200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307211200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 22 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 96 1 950 551 SFC 940 643 29.7 8.3 26 21.4 16.4 304 10 308.2 309.6 291.9 330.5 7.30 3 900 1028 25.1 6.6 31 18.4 14.0 304 13 307.3 308.6 291.2 328.2 6.82 4 850 1525 20.2 5.8 39 14.4 11.7 302 14 307.3 308.6 291.2 328.1 6.80 5 800 2043 15.2 4.8 50 10.3 9.2 301 14 307.3 308.6 291.2 328.0 6.76 6 750 2585 9.9 3.8 66 6.1 6.5 300 15 307.3 308.6 291.1 327.8 6.72 7 700 3152 4.3 2.5 88 1.9 3.3 300 16 307.3 308.5 290.9 327.2 6.54 8 650 3751 0.3 -6.5 60 6.8 -2.7 322 25 309.3 310.0 288.9 320.6 3.60 9 600 4389 -2.8 -18.3 29 15.5 -7.9 326 27 312.8 313.1 288.1 317.8 1.50 10 550 5072 -6.6 -28.7 15 22.1 -12.1 323 28 316.2 316.3 288.2 318.5 0.65 11 500 5809 -11.4 -33.8 14 22.3 -16.0 320 29 319.1 319.2 288.9 320.7 0.44 12 450 6607 -17.5 -32.8 25 15.3 -20.4 316 29 321.3 321.4 289.8 323.2 0.54 13 400 7476 -24.5 -33.8 42 9.3 -26.0 315 30 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.2 0.55 14 350 8433 -31.9 -43.3 31 11.4 -33.1 315 33 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.6 0.24 15 300 9503 -40.3 -52.0 28 11.7 -40.9 314 38 328.6 328.6 291.4 329.0 0.10 16 250 10720 -49.5 -60.6 26 11.1 -49.8 312 42 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.04 17 200 12155 -55.6 -66.8 23 11.2 -55.8 313 49 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.02 18 150 14009 -51.4 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 309 46 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16605 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 314 25 417.8 417.8 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.37 m Freezing level: 645.63 mb = 3806.62 m = 12488.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.65 mb = 3474.24 m = 11398.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 687.53 mb = 3297.52 m = 10818.49 ft T: 3.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 12.70 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.25 mb = 3371.67 m = 11061.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.46 C = 85.03 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: 0.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: 0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.63 C Cross Totals Index: 17.21 C K Index: 35.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 685.99 mb = 3315.68 m = 10878.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.99 mb = 3615.48 m = 11861.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 620.99 mb = 4114.61 m = 13499.20 ft B at Equ Level: 16.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 530.99 mb = 5343.99 m = 17532.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.5 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 345.5 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 45.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.77 Bulk Shear: 14.01 m/s