MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308031200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308031200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 4 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 88 1 950 546 SFC 940 643 31.7 15.0 36 16.8 20.2 129 11 310.4 312.5 295.6 345.3 11.45 3 900 1028 27.2 13.6 43 13.6 18.1 131 13 309.5 311.6 295.0 342.9 10.95 4 850 1529 22.3 12.8 55 9.5 16.0 132 13 309.5 311.5 295.0 343.0 11.00 5 800 2052 17.1 11.8 71 5.3 13.7 133 12 309.4 311.5 295.0 342.7 10.95 6 750 2599 12.2 9.3 83 2.9 10.4 138 7 309.8 311.7 294.3 340.0 9.88 7 700 3173 8.2 0.4 58 7.8 4.0 314 4 311.6 312.6 291.5 329.1 5.61 8 650 3782 5.9 -24.4 9 30.3 -3.7 103 2 315.7 315.8 288.2 318.5 0.82 9 600 4431 1.6 -31.8 6 33.4 -7.1 143 2 317.9 318.0 288.6 319.5 0.44 10 550 5124 -3.5 -38.9 4 35.4 -10.9 102 2 319.9 320.0 289.0 320.8 0.24 11 500 5867 -9.5 -34.5 11 25.0 -14.8 74 1 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.9 0.41 12 450 6671 -15.8 -26.4 39 10.7 -18.4 358 5 323.4 323.6 290.8 326.9 0.98 13 400 7550 -20.2 -24.3 70 4.1 -21.3 304 12 328.7 329.0 292.6 333.4 1.34 14 350 8525 -27.7 -31.5 71 3.7 -28.4 275 13 331.4 331.5 292.9 334.2 0.79 15 300 9621 -34.0 -43.6 37 9.6 -35.0 271 35 337.5 337.5 294.0 338.5 0.27 16 250 10867 -45.6 -55.2 33 9.6 -46.0 280 39 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.09 17 200 12321 -52.0 -72.2 7 20.2 -52.4 282 45 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14169 -55.3 -81.1 3 25.8 -55.6 279 40 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16728 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 292 19 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.52 m Freezing level: 584.52 mb = 4645.20 m = 15239.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.11 mb = 3482.53 m = 11425.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.56 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.72 mb = 2747.36 m = 9013.54 ft T: 11.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 24.49 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.30 mb = 2831.69 m = 9290.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.91 C = 89.44 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.33 C K Index: 36.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 906.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.38 mb = 2728.65 m = 8952.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.38 mb = 3015.41 m = 9892.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 653.38 mb = 3739.15 m = 12267.39 ft B at Equ Level: 12.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.38 mb = 14026.09 m = 46016.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 124.3 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 154.3 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -110.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.4 neg: -0.4 tot: 32.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 163.77 Bulk Shear: 5.53 m/s