MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307301200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307301200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 31 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 106 1 950 563 SFC 941 644 31.2 15.8 40 15.4 20.5 109 7 309.6 311.9 295.8 346.4 12.09 3 900 1044 26.4 14.5 48 12.0 18.3 114 7 308.8 310.9 295.3 344.0 11.60 4 850 1544 21.6 13.5 60 8.1 16.1 119 7 308.7 310.9 295.2 343.6 11.49 5 800 2066 16.5 12.5 77 4.0 13.9 126 6 308.8 310.9 295.2 343.6 11.50 6 750 2612 12.3 6.3 67 6.0 8.7 292 3 310.0 311.5 292.9 334.5 8.00 7 700 3187 9.3 -3.8 39 13.1 2.8 316 18 312.8 313.6 290.5 325.8 4.12 8 650 3796 5.0 -5.4 47 10.4 0.0 302 23 314.6 315.4 290.9 327.2 3.94 9 600 4443 -0.2 -3.3 80 3.1 -1.7 292 30 315.9 316.8 292.2 331.8 5.00 10 550 5133 -5.5 -10.5 68 5.0 -7.6 293 31 317.5 318.1 291.0 327.7 3.11 11 500 5872 -11.6 -21.2 45 9.7 -14.4 292 36 318.9 319.2 289.9 323.7 1.40 12 450 6669 -17.9 -29.3 36 11.4 -20.3 291 49 320.7 320.9 289.8 323.4 0.75 13 400 7540 -22.3 -44.4 12 22.1 -25.1 288 55 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.7 0.18 14 350 8507 -29.0 -54.9 6 26.0 -31.0 287 65 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.9 0.06 15 300 9595 -35.6 -56.0 11 20.4 -36.8 288 72 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.06 16 250 10840 -43.2 -64.5 8 21.3 -43.9 286 79 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.03 17 200 12325 -48.2 -75.5 3 27.4 -48.7 287 74 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 18 150 14166 -60.2 -80.6 5 20.4 -60.4 287 51 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16669 -61.9 -85.9 3 24.0 -62.1 287 26 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.23 m Freezing level: 601.93 mb = 4418.13 m = 14495.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.44 mb = 3803.10 m = 12477.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.31 % Est. max temperature: 30.52 C = 86.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 753.31 mb = 2574.23 m = 8445.55 ft T: 12.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.78 C/km ThetaE index: 17.82 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.74 mb = 2771.55 m = 9092.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.28 C = 90.11 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -6.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: -6.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.22 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.17 C Cross Totals Index: 25.05 C K Index: 33.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1382.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.73 mb = 2558.34 m = 8393.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.73 mb = 3428.34 m = 11247.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.73 mb = 11118.77 m = 36478.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1371.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.73 mb = 14603.61 m = 47911.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.0 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 325.0 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.5 neg: -5.2 tot: 63.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 13.13 Bulk Shear: 105.27 m/s