MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308101200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308101200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 11 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 -12 1 950 440 SFC 928 643 28.2 9.5 31 18.7 16.4 286 13 307.9 309.4 292.4 332.4 8.06 3 900 917 25.1 8.5 35 16.6 14.8 286 18 307.3 308.8 292.0 330.9 7.75 4 850 1414 20.1 7.2 43 12.9 12.3 287 19 307.3 308.7 291.7 330.1 7.52 5 800 1932 15.1 6.3 56 8.7 9.9 287 20 307.2 308.6 291.7 330.0 7.51 6 750 2474 9.8 5.3 73 4.5 7.2 288 21 307.2 308.6 291.7 329.9 7.45 7 700 3042 4.4 3.2 92 1.2 3.7 291 22 307.4 308.7 291.3 328.4 6.89 8 650 3641 0.6 -2.5 80 3.1 -0.9 300 26 309.6 310.5 290.2 324.8 4.90 9 600 4279 -3.5 -7.2 76 3.7 -5.1 294 26 312.1 312.8 289.9 323.8 3.71 10 550 4961 -7.8 -14.5 58 6.7 -10.2 286 31 314.8 315.3 289.4 322.2 2.26 11 500 5697 -11.6 -27.4 26 15.8 -15.4 286 36 318.9 319.0 289.3 321.7 0.81 12 450 6496 -16.7 -35.6 18 18.9 -20.1 283 38 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.8 0.41 13 400 7368 -23.1 -39.4 21 16.2 -25.5 285 40 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.1 0.31 14 350 8331 -30.7 -45.5 22 14.8 -32.1 288 43 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.19 15 300 9404 -40.6 -50.3 34 9.7 -41.1 288 47 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.7 0.13 16 250 10617 -50.1 -58.9 35 8.7 -50.4 280 50 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.7 0.05 17 200 12050 -53.8 -67.6 17 13.8 -54.1 265 43 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 13913 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 282 38 380.9 380.9 302.4 381.0 0.00 19 100 16529 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.3 293 23 424.0 424.0 308.2 424.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.70 m Freezing level: 643.16 mb = 3728.45 m = 12232.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.17 mb = 3515.66 m = 11534.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.27 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.90 mb = 2972.67 m = 9752.72 ft T: 5.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 10.72 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.12 mb = 3005.08 m = 9859.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.77 C Cross Totals Index: 18.83 C K Index: 37.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 187.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.27 mb = 3003.34 m = 9853.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.27 mb = 3061.73 m = 10044.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.27 mb = 10147.41 m = 33291.61 ft B at Equ Level: 184.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 218.27 mb = 11488.35 m = 37690.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.4 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 318.4 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 41.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 14.10 Bulk Shear: 13.28 m/s