MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307231200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307231200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 24 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 1 950 500 SFC 935 643 34.7 13.0 27 21.7 20.0 159 2 313.8 315.7 295.6 345.1 10.09 3 900 987 30.6 11.9 32 18.7 18.1 178 2 313.0 314.9 295.1 343.3 9.77 4 850 1493 25.6 10.7 39 14.9 15.8 197 2 313.0 314.8 294.9 342.5 9.54 5 800 2022 20.5 9.4 49 11.0 13.4 214 3 313.0 314.7 294.8 341.8 9.32 6 750 2574 15.3 6.5 56 8.8 9.9 267 5 313.2 314.8 293.9 338.4 8.12 7 700 3154 10.6 -2.7 39 13.4 3.8 302 14 314.3 315.1 291.3 328.5 4.47 8 650 3765 5.4 -9.4 33 14.9 -1.1 290 18 315.1 315.7 290.1 324.5 2.88 9 600 4412 0.9 -18.4 22 19.3 -5.8 295 23 317.2 317.5 289.4 322.2 1.50 10 550 5104 -3.9 -24.4 19 20.5 -9.9 303 29 319.4 319.6 289.6 322.8 0.96 11 500 5848 -9.3 -25.5 26 16.2 -13.7 303 34 321.7 321.9 290.3 325.0 0.96 12 450 6653 -15.5 -30.2 27 14.7 -18.7 303 37 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.3 0.69 13 400 7529 -22.1 -38.7 21 16.6 -24.6 304 40 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.5 0.33 14 350 8495 -29.6 -41.9 29 12.3 -31.0 304 45 328.8 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.27 15 300 9575 -38.2 -49.6 29 11.5 -38.9 302 48 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.14 16 250 10802 -47.9 -58.7 28 10.8 -48.3 305 61 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.06 17 200 12241 -55.9 -67.5 22 11.5 -56.1 306 80 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.02 18 150 14062 -57.1 -80.6 4 23.6 -57.3 308 73 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16622 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 302 30 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.94 m Freezing level: 590.60 mb = 4542.26 m = 14902.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.24 mb = 3623.48 m = 11887.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.94 % Est. max temperature: 33.94 C = 93.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 683.17 mb = 3354.63 m = 11005.86 ft T: 8.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 22.91 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.55 mb = 3532.83 m = 11590.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.67 C = 96.20 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.93 C Cross Totals Index: 20.02 C K Index: 32.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1407.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 684.09 mb = 3343.52 m = 10969.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.09 mb = 3776.19 m = 12388.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.09 mb = 12270.15 m = 40255.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1387.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.09 mb = 15009.73 m = 49243.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.3 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 327.3 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 46.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 28.58 Bulk Shear: 49.26 m/s