MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308021200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308021200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 3 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 87 1 950 547 SFC 940 643 32.2 13.3 32 18.9 19.5 58 5 310.8 312.7 294.8 342.2 10.25 3 900 1029 27.6 11.8 37 15.8 17.2 57 5 310.0 311.8 294.2 339.6 9.70 4 850 1531 22.7 10.7 47 12.0 15.0 56 5 309.9 311.7 294.1 339.1 9.55 5 800 2054 17.6 9.6 59 8.0 12.5 54 5 309.9 311.7 294.0 338.8 9.43 6 750 2601 12.9 3.5 53 9.3 7.5 38 5 310.5 311.8 292.0 330.9 6.58 7 700 3176 9.4 -13.3 19 22.6 0.1 334 5 312.8 313.2 288.5 319.3 1.96 8 650 3786 6.7 -33.4 4 40.0 -4.0 296 7 316.5 316.6 288.0 317.8 0.35 9 600 4437 2.0 -24.8 12 26.8 -6.2 306 9 318.5 318.6 289.2 321.4 0.86 10 550 5131 -3.1 -34.2 7 31.1 -10.4 310 14 320.4 320.5 289.3 321.8 0.38 11 500 5876 -8.7 -39.9 6 31.2 -14.6 310 18 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.3 0.24 12 450 6682 -14.9 -44.6 6 29.7 -19.3 300 23 324.5 324.6 290.3 325.2 0.16 13 400 7562 -20.8 -42.1 13 21.3 -23.8 293 28 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.24 14 350 8536 -26.4 -31.2 64 4.8 -27.3 275 43 333.1 333.3 293.3 336.1 0.80 15 300 9631 -34.7 -42.5 45 7.8 -35.5 270 56 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.6 0.30 16 250 10877 -45.0 -49.2 62 4.3 -45.2 269 64 339.2 339.3 294.3 339.9 0.17 17 200 12332 -52.8 -64.3 24 11.5 -53.1 269 65 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.2 0.03 18 150 14169 -57.2 -80.8 4 23.5 -57.5 276 62 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16711 -61.0 -88.1 2 27.1 -61.3 296 22 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.14 m Freezing level: 580.29 mb = 4710.39 m = 15453.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.35 mb = 3195.50 m = 10483.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.50 % Est. max temperature: 31.44 C = 88.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 714.74 mb = 3002.54 m = 9850.72 ft T: 10.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 24.43 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.94 mb = 3648.82 m = 11971.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.99 C = 98.57 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.71 C Showalter Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.41 C Cross Totals Index: 19.40 C K Index: 19.48 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 358.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.44 mb = 3017.65 m = 9900.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 568.44 mb = 4867.70 m = 15969.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.44 mb = 10650.29 m = 34941.49 ft B at Equ Level: 357.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.44 mb = 12711.73 m = 41704.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.9 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 350.9 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: -1.1 tot: 2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 21.03 Bulk Shear: 17.04 m/s