MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308181200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 19 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 -56 1 950 409 SFC 926 643 35.5 6.9 17 28.5 17.5 261 7 315.5 316.8 293.5 336.8 6.77 3 900 899 33.7 5.6 17 28.1 16.3 263 13 316.3 317.5 293.4 336.4 6.34 4 850 1410 28.7 4.7 22 24.1 14.1 265 14 316.2 317.5 293.3 336.2 6.29 5 800 1943 23.6 3.7 27 20.0 11.7 266 13 316.3 317.5 293.3 336.1 6.22 6 750 2500 18.2 2.9 36 15.2 9.3 270 14 316.3 317.5 293.4 336.3 6.30 7 700 3085 13.3 1.2 44 12.0 6.5 273 19 317.2 318.3 293.4 336.2 5.98 8 650 3703 8.2 -0.1 56 8.4 3.7 267 22 318.3 319.4 293.6 336.9 5.83 9 600 4357 2.8 -3.0 66 5.8 -0.2 246 23 319.4 320.4 293.3 336.0 5.13 10 550 5057 -1.1 -7.7 61 6.6 -4.1 241 34 322.8 323.5 293.2 335.7 3.90 11 500 5809 -6.9 -8.8 86 1.9 -7.7 246 38 324.7 325.4 293.7 337.8 3.94 12 450 6625 -11.8 -12.9 92 1.1 -12.2 255 40 328.4 329.0 294.1 339.1 3.15 13 400 7516 -17.0 -33.9 22 16.9 -20.5 251 50 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.9 0.54 14 350 8502 -24.1 -35.4 35 11.3 -26.1 250 62 336.2 336.3 293.9 338.2 0.54 15 300 9609 -31.5 -55.2 8 23.7 -33.4 253 67 340.9 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.07 16 250 10874 -41.6 -54.6 23 13.0 -42.3 252 68 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.7 0.09 17 200 12351 -50.3 -66.8 13 16.5 -50.7 247 61 353.1 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.02 18 150 14179 -61.8 -78.0 10 16.1 -62.0 249 50 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16669 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 255 24 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5865.22 m Freezing level: 563.98 mb = 4861.37 m = 15949.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.05 mb = 4329.42 m = 14203.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.95 % Est. max temperature: 36.28 C = 97.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 612.46 mb = 4189.23 m = 13744.03 ft T: 4.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 0.75 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 548.14 mb = 5083.68 m = 16678.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.66 C = 108.78 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.59 C Cross Totals Index: 11.53 C K Index: 28.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 121.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4761.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 598.94 mb = 4371.49 m = 14341.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.1 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 284.1 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.8 neg: -0.6 tot: 17.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 22.24 m/s