MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308081200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308081200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 9 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 54 1 950 506 SFC 935 643 27.9 8.9 30 19.0 16.1 341 6 306.9 308.3 291.7 330.2 7.68 3 900 982 24.1 7.1 34 17.0 13.8 335 6 306.4 307.7 291.0 327.7 7.03 4 850 1477 19.3 6.4 43 12.9 11.6 327 6 306.3 307.7 291.1 327.9 7.10 5 800 1993 14.3 5.4 55 8.9 9.1 319 6 306.4 307.7 291.0 327.7 7.04 6 750 2533 9.0 4.5 73 4.5 6.4 313 6 306.3 307.6 291.0 327.7 7.05 7 700 3100 3.6 2.7 94 0.9 3.1 296 7 306.5 307.7 290.7 326.7 6.64 8 650 3697 -0.5 -2.1 89 1.5 -1.3 292 19 308.3 309.3 290.0 324.0 5.05 9 600 4332 -4.4 -6.4 86 2.0 -5.3 300 22 311.0 311.7 289.8 323.4 3.95 10 550 5013 -8.6 -9.6 93 1.0 -9.0 317 24 313.9 314.6 290.2 324.7 3.37 11 500 5745 -13.2 -13.6 97 0.4 -13.3 320 30 317.0 317.5 290.5 325.7 2.68 12 450 6540 -19.0 -19.5 96 0.5 -19.1 309 29 319.3 319.7 290.4 325.4 1.81 13 400 7404 -25.2 -29.9 65 4.7 -26.1 299 32 322.2 322.4 290.3 325.1 0.80 14 350 8360 -32.2 -41.5 39 9.3 -33.2 300 35 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.4 0.29 15 300 9428 -40.6 -48.2 44 7.6 -41.1 308 39 328.1 328.2 291.3 328.8 0.16 16 250 10647 -48.7 -56.4 40 7.7 -49.0 342 52 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.07 17 200 12081 -56.4 -66.6 27 10.2 -56.5 332 46 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 13925 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.4 -51.8 311 40 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16546 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.9 302 30 424.8 424.8 308.3 424.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.59 m Freezing level: 656.54 mb = 3618.85 m = 11872.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.91 mb = 3514.21 m = 11529.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.85 % Est. max temperature: 27.41 C = 81.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 708.24 mb = 3003.61 m = 9854.24 ft T: 4.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 4.29 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.37 mb = 3083.70 m = 10116.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.52 C = 81.54 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.48 C Cross Totals Index: 19.59 C K Index: 37.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 206.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.73 mb = 3079.48 m = 10103.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.73 mb = 3137.48 m = 10293.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.73 mb = 8627.68 m = 28305.69 ft B at Equ Level: 205.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.73 mb = 10997.15 m = 36079.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.9 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 340.9 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 34.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 11.44 Bulk Shear: 18.01 m/s