MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308111200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308111200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 12 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 52 1 950 503 SFC 935 643 26.7 5.2 25 21.5 14.1 300 16 305.7 306.8 289.9 323.8 5.93 3 900 976 22.8 3.8 29 18.9 12.0 300 23 305.0 306.0 289.4 322.0 5.60 4 850 1469 17.9 3.0 37 14.9 9.6 299 24 304.9 305.9 289.3 321.8 5.58 5 800 1982 12.9 2.0 47 10.9 7.0 298 25 304.9 305.9 289.3 321.7 5.52 6 750 2519 7.6 1.0 63 6.6 4.2 297 26 304.9 305.9 289.2 321.6 5.49 7 700 3082 2.2 0.0 86 2.2 1.1 297 26 304.9 305.9 289.2 321.5 5.47 8 650 3675 -2.3 -8.7 62 6.3 -4.9 301 36 306.3 306.9 287.4 315.9 3.05 9 600 4308 -3.8 -19.3 29 15.5 -8.7 310 40 311.8 312.0 287.5 316.4 1.39 10 550 4991 -6.1 -26.5 18 20.4 -11.5 309 40 316.8 317.0 288.6 319.6 0.79 11 500 5730 -10.4 -35.3 11 24.9 -15.4 309 45 320.4 320.4 289.3 321.8 0.38 12 450 6533 -15.2 -35.5 16 20.3 -19.0 311 56 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.7 0.41 13 400 7412 -21.4 -35.0 28 13.6 -23.8 310 64 327.1 327.2 291.4 328.9 0.49 14 350 8381 -28.8 -41.5 28 12.7 -30.3 311 68 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.29 15 300 9465 -37.5 -49.6 27 12.1 -38.4 310 71 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.14 16 250 10697 -46.4 -58.0 26 11.6 -46.8 309 77 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.06 17 200 12149 -54.7 -65.8 24 11.1 -54.9 310 84 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 13985 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.1 303 60 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16574 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 299 30 420.8 420.8 307.8 420.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.90 m Freezing level: 676.00 mb = 3366.82 m = 11045.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.01 mb = 3185.69 m = 10451.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.61 % Est. max temperature: 25.94 C = 78.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 680.56 mb = 3307.67 m = 10851.81 ft T: 0.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.74 C/km ThetaE index: 7.88 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.61 mb = 3377.88 m = 11082.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.63 C = 79.93 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: 4.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: 5.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.26 C Cross Totals Index: 13.37 C K Index: 29.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 679.63 mb = 3318.50 m = 10887.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.63 mb = 3618.35 m = 11871.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 634.63 mb = 3864.38 m = 12678.25 ft B at Equ Level: 10.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 604.63 mb = 4247.32 m = 13934.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.2 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 335.2 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 85.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 28.52 m/s