MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307311200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307311200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 1 AUG 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 93 1 950 551 SFC 940 643 31.6 17.5 43 14.2 21.6 149 4 310.2 312.7 296.9 351.3 13.47 3 900 1033 27.1 16.1 51 11.1 19.5 156 4 309.5 311.9 296.3 348.6 12.87 4 850 1535 22.2 15.1 64 7.1 17.3 165 4 309.4 311.8 296.3 348.3 12.77 5 800 2058 17.3 13.2 77 4.1 14.6 191 3 309.6 311.8 295.8 346.1 12.00 6 750 2608 15.4 -4.4 25 19.7 5.5 312 15 313.3 314.0 290.3 325.0 3.69 7 700 3186 10.2 -7.2 29 17.3 2.1 307 19 313.7 314.4 290.0 324.0 3.19 8 650 3796 4.8 -9.8 34 14.5 -1.6 300 22 314.4 314.9 289.8 323.4 2.80 9 600 4440 -0.9 -18.8 24 17.9 -7.0 303 24 315.0 315.3 288.7 319.8 1.44 10 550 5128 -5.5 -26.9 17 21.4 -11.2 295 32 317.5 317.7 288.8 320.2 0.77 11 500 5869 -9.9 -37.1 9 27.3 -15.2 294 38 321.0 321.0 289.4 322.1 0.32 12 450 6673 -14.3 -43.3 7 28.9 -18.9 289 41 325.2 325.3 290.6 325.9 0.18 13 400 7555 -20.4 -48.3 6 27.9 -23.8 285 44 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.12 14 350 8529 -27.5 -53.9 6 26.5 -29.7 280 55 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.07 15 300 9621 -35.1 -46.0 32 10.9 -36.1 277 69 335.9 336.0 293.5 336.7 0.21 16 250 10866 -44.2 -48.2 64 4.1 -44.5 275 85 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.2 0.19 17 200 12326 -53.3 -64.1 25 10.9 -53.5 277 91 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 14156 -60.0 -81.2 5 21.3 -60.2 275 63 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16663 -63.5 -85.5 3 22.0 -63.7 286 31 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.89 m Freezing level: 608.30 mb = 4333.13 m = 14216.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.50 mb = 3527.95 m = 11574.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.49 % Est. max temperature: 31.71 C = 89.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.99 mb = 2428.19 m = 7966.39 ft T: 15.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 31.44 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.20 mb = 2889.63 m = 9480.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.88 C = 94.78 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -6.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -6.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.04 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.09 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 29.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1848.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.69 mb = 2431.51 m = 7977.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.69 mb = 3177.66 m = 10425.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.69 mb = 12303.28 m = 40364.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1847.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.69 mb = 16035.14 m = 52608.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.7 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 325.7 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 24.08 Bulk Shear: 76.76 m/s