MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308051200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308051200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 6 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 129 1 950 581 SFC 943 644 27.5 7.8 29 19.7 15.5 5 10 305.7 307.0 290.9 327.0 7.04 3 900 1055 22.7 6.2 34 16.5 13.0 6 13 304.9 306.1 290.2 324.9 6.61 4 850 1547 17.8 5.3 44 12.5 10.6 6 13 304.8 306.1 290.2 324.7 6.58 5 800 2061 12.8 4.4 56 8.5 8.0 6 13 304.8 306.1 290.2 324.7 6.55 6 750 2598 7.9 1.1 62 6.8 4.4 357 13 305.2 306.2 289.4 322.1 5.54 7 700 3163 4.0 -1.5 68 5.4 1.3 333 15 306.9 307.8 289.3 322.0 4.91 8 650 3761 0.2 -5.4 66 5.6 -2.4 327 16 309.1 309.9 289.2 321.4 3.92 9 600 4398 -3.5 -12.0 52 8.5 -6.8 340 16 312.0 312.5 288.8 320.2 2.54 10 550 5081 -7.1 -15.4 52 8.3 -10.1 337 17 315.6 316.0 289.5 322.5 2.10 11 500 5818 -10.6 -23.6 33 13.1 -14.2 330 20 320.2 320.4 290.0 324.1 1.14 12 450 6622 -15.0 -31.2 24 16.2 -18.5 316 23 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.7 0.63 13 400 7502 -21.1 -31.1 40 10.0 -23.1 300 23 327.6 327.7 291.7 330.2 0.71 14 350 8472 -28.6 -36.2 48 7.7 -29.7 285 24 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.1 0.49 15 300 9558 -36.7 -43.6 49 6.9 -37.3 266 32 333.7 333.7 293.0 334.7 0.27 16 250 10793 -46.5 -52.2 52 5.7 -46.7 240 44 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.5 0.12 17 200 12241 -51.4 -69.0 11 17.6 -51.8 241 41 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.02 18 150 14129 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 270 17 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 19 100 16728 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 230 14 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.20 m Freezing level: 647.87 mb = 3788.48 m = 12429.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.79 mb = 3364.09 m = 11036.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.39 % Est. max temperature: 26.69 C = 80.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.83 mb = 3095.24 m = 10154.87 ft T: 4.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 6.80 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.73 mb = 3424.11 m = 11233.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.63 C = 85.33 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: 3.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Showalter Index: 3.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.41 C Cross Totals Index: 15.86 C K Index: 28.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 109.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8275.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 704.81 mb = 3107.12 m = 10193.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.9 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 9.9 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -4.1 tot: -3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.02 Bulk Shear: 7.03 m/s