MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308231200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308231200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 24 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 53 1 950 509 SFC 936 643 30.9 15.6 40 15.3 20.4 309 11 309.9 312.1 295.8 346.5 12.03 3 900 991 27.1 14.4 46 12.7 18.5 308 14 309.5 311.6 295.4 344.5 11.52 4 850 1492 22.2 13.5 58 8.7 16.3 304 14 309.4 311.5 295.4 344.3 11.49 5 800 2015 17.1 12.3 73 4.9 13.9 299 14 309.4 311.6 295.2 343.8 11.29 6 750 2562 12.6 7.4 71 5.2 9.4 288 19 310.2 311.8 293.5 336.7 8.63 7 700 3137 8.8 0.3 55 8.5 4.2 272 25 312.2 313.3 291.6 329.7 5.59 8 650 3746 4.7 -5.1 49 9.8 0.0 264 30 314.3 315.1 290.9 327.2 4.03 9 600 4393 0.3 -10.2 45 10.6 -4.1 262 32 316.5 317.1 290.6 326.0 2.92 10 550 5085 -3.4 -20.2 26 16.8 -8.9 263 26 320.1 320.3 290.2 324.8 1.39 11 500 5832 -7.1 -30.5 14 23.4 -12.9 272 30 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.6 0.60 12 450 6645 -13.3 -43.6 6 30.3 -18.2 269 35 326.5 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.18 13 400 7527 -19.9 -50.9 5 31.0 -23.5 257 42 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.09 14 350 8505 -25.8 -56.4 4 30.6 -28.4 257 56 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.05 15 300 9607 -31.9 -63.3 3 31.3 -33.8 256 62 340.3 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.03 16 250 10879 -37.8 -70.6 2 32.8 -39.2 256 60 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 17 200 12389 -45.5 -73.5 3 28.0 -46.3 253 56 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.01 18 150 14252 -58.5 -83.7 3 25.1 -58.8 252 52 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16745 -64.3 -86.6 3 22.3 -64.5 256 21 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.74 m Freezing level: 595.56 mb = 4454.33 m = 14613.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.76 mb = 3748.86 m = 12299.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 749.93 mb = 2562.75 m = 8407.87 ft T: 12.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 21.70 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.79 mb = 2744.16 m = 9003.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.86 C = 89.34 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.28 C Cross Totals Index: 20.57 C K Index: 34.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 664.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.79 mb = 2586.55 m = 8485.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.79 mb = 2986.19 m = 9797.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.79 mb = 10019.00 m = 32870.33 ft B at Equ Level: 655.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.79 mb = 12627.03 m = 41426.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.4 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 303.4 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.5 neg: -0.7 tot: 11.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 20.38 Bulk Shear: 32.62 m/s