MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308011200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 2 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 57 1 950 513 SFC 936 643 32.1 17.3 41 14.8 21.6 32 9 311.0 313.6 297.1 352.1 13.41 3 900 999 29.6 14.8 41 14.8 19.4 44 11 312.0 314.2 296.3 348.4 11.85 4 850 1505 25.2 13.5 48 11.7 17.2 163 2 312.5 314.7 296.2 348.0 11.51 5 800 2033 20.3 12.4 60 7.9 15.0 212 11 312.8 315.0 296.2 348.1 11.42 6 750 2586 15.1 11.1 77 4.0 12.4 216 16 313.0 315.1 296.0 347.3 11.12 7 700 3167 10.0 9.4 96 0.7 9.6 216 19 313.6 315.6 295.8 346.5 10.63 8 650 3779 5.4 4.9 96 0.5 5.1 218 23 315.1 316.7 294.7 341.4 8.40 9 600 4429 1.0 -0.5 90 1.4 0.2 237 27 317.2 318.4 293.6 336.9 6.18 10 550 5123 -3.4 -5.0 88 1.6 -4.2 255 30 320.1 321.0 293.2 335.6 4.79 11 500 5871 -8.2 -9.8 89 1.6 -8.9 263 33 323.0 323.7 293.1 335.1 3.64 12 450 6682 -13.2 -16.5 76 3.3 -14.3 270 36 326.7 327.1 293.0 334.7 2.34 13 400 7568 -19.6 -25.3 61 5.6 -21.1 272 37 329.5 329.7 292.7 333.8 1.23 14 350 8544 -27.1 -38.3 34 11.2 -28.7 276 40 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.7 0.40 15 300 9636 -35.6 -46.9 31 11.3 -36.6 274 54 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.19 16 250 10877 -45.2 -53.1 41 7.8 -45.6 276 67 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.3 0.11 17 200 12338 -52.4 -70.9 9 18.5 -52.8 271 70 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14171 -58.6 -81.7 4 23.1 -58.8 263 60 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16689 -62.0 -84.6 3 22.7 -62.2 285 33 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.55 m Freezing level: 588.94 mb = 4582.47 m = 15034.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.78 mb = 4458.57 m = 14627.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.51 % Est. max temperature: 33.90 C = 93.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.34 mb = 2514.27 m = 8248.83 ft T: 15.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 14.32 C Layer 750.0- 300.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.48 mb = 3006.38 m = 9863.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.45 C = 94.01 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -4.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 46.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1663.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.40 mb = 2843.82 m = 9329.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.40 mb = 3138.04 m = 10295.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.40 mb = 12259.63 m = 40221.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1654.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.40 mb = 15433.71 m = 50634.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.8 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 273.8 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 157.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.41 Bulk Rich Number: 13.35 Bulk Shear: 124.65 m/s