MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308071200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308071200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 8 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 94 1 950 545 SFC 939 643 27.0 6.4 27 20.6 14.7 256 6 305.5 306.7 290.3 325.0 6.43 3 900 1018 22.6 5.0 32 17.6 12.4 259 7 304.8 305.9 289.8 323.3 6.10 4 850 1511 17.8 4.2 41 13.6 10.0 262 7 304.8 305.9 289.8 323.2 6.09 5 800 2024 12.8 3.3 52 9.5 7.5 265 7 304.8 305.9 289.7 323.2 6.07 6 750 2561 7.5 2.3 69 5.2 4.7 267 7 304.7 305.9 289.7 323.0 6.02 7 700 3124 2.0 1.1 93 1.0 1.5 272 7 304.7 305.8 289.6 322.7 5.92 8 650 3718 -1.1 -11.5 45 10.4 -5.1 326 15 307.8 308.2 287.2 315.5 2.44 9 600 4353 -3.7 -21.1 25 17.4 -9.0 333 15 311.8 312.0 287.3 315.8 1.18 10 550 5033 -8.4 -21.6 34 13.1 -12.2 324 16 314.1 314.3 288.2 318.2 1.24 11 500 5765 -13.1 -32.7 17 19.7 -17.0 315 16 317.1 317.2 288.3 318.9 0.49 12 450 6560 -18.4 -38.2 16 19.8 -21.5 308 18 320.1 320.1 289.1 321.2 0.31 13 400 7424 -25.8 -41.9 21 16.1 -27.7 307 22 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.3 0.24 14 350 8375 -33.6 -48.1 22 14.5 -34.8 303 26 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.9 0.14 15 300 9438 -42.0 -55.5 21 13.6 -42.6 303 29 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.07 16 250 10648 -50.5 -62.2 24 11.6 -50.8 300 35 330.9 331.0 292.0 331.1 0.04 17 200 12084 -53.0 -70.3 10 17.3 -53.3 302 39 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13960 -48.6 -78.6 2 30.0 -49.4 293 30 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.3 0.01 19 100 16595 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.5 301 13 423.6 423.6 308.2 423.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.36 m Freezing level: 667.23 mb = 3513.26 m = 11526.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.35 mb = 3258.45 m = 10690.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.35 % Est. max temperature: 26.22 C = 79.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 694.23 mb = 3190.22 m = 10466.46 ft T: 1.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 9.51 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.45 mb = 3245.57 m = 10648.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.80 C = 80.23 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.83 C Cross Totals Index: 17.26 C K Index: 34.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 80.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8013.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 693.60 mb = 3197.49 m = 10490.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.1 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 337.1 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.01 Bulk Shear: 10.98 m/s