MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308221200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308221200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 23 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 57 1 950 512 SFC 936 643 33.1 16.8 38 16.2 21.6 232 3 312.0 314.5 297.1 352.0 12.98 3 900 997 29.1 15.7 44 13.4 19.8 236 4 311.5 313.9 296.6 350.0 12.55 4 850 1502 24.2 14.7 55 9.5 17.7 241 5 311.5 313.9 296.6 349.8 12.49 5 800 2029 19.2 13.2 68 6.0 15.2 252 8 311.6 313.9 296.3 348.6 12.03 6 750 2581 16.1 2.2 39 13.9 8.2 269 25 314.0 315.2 292.5 332.8 5.98 7 700 3163 12.0 -1.0 41 12.9 5.0 261 33 315.7 316.7 292.2 332.0 5.09 8 650 3778 7.3 -1.5 53 8.8 2.7 255 36 317.3 318.3 292.9 334.2 5.28 9 600 4432 3.9 -7.4 44 11.3 -1.4 252 37 320.6 321.3 292.4 332.6 3.66 10 550 5134 -0.4 -9.6 50 9.2 -4.5 248 42 323.6 324.3 293.0 334.8 3.36 11 500 5888 -5.8 -13.3 56 7.5 -8.8 247 43 326.0 326.5 293.2 335.3 2.75 12 450 6705 -11.7 -17.9 60 6.2 -13.9 251 38 328.5 328.9 293.2 335.7 2.08 13 400 7596 -17.8 -25.9 49 8.1 -19.9 255 33 331.8 332.0 293.3 336.0 1.15 14 350 8578 -25.5 -37.0 33 11.5 -27.3 246 20 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.2 0.46 15 300 9679 -33.7 -46.8 26 13.1 -35.0 279 10 337.8 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.19 16 250 10929 -43.2 -54.9 27 11.7 -43.8 297 19 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.1 0.09 17 200 12407 -49.8 -74.9 4 25.0 -50.3 240 33 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.9 0.01 18 150 14243 -59.4 -78.7 6 19.3 -59.6 250 30 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.01 19 100 16756 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 227 17 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.55 m Freezing level: 554.55 mb = 5069.75 m = 16632.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.62 mb = 4195.50 m = 13764.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.22 % Est. max temperature: 33.30 C = 91.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.47 mb = 2688.93 m = 8821.83 ft T: 15.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 20.00 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.63 mb = 3178.94 m = 10429.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.74 C = 98.13 F Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lifted Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.05 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 31.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1168.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.75 mb = 2697.15 m = 8848.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.75 mb = 3717.36 m = 12195.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.75 mb = 11935.87 m = 39159.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1163.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.75 mb = 15385.47 m = 50476.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.7 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 282.7 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 2.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.5 neg: -5.0 tot: 44.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 14.21 Bulk Shear: 82.24 m/s