MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308241200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308241200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 25 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 92 1 950 547 SFC 940 643 28.7 5.6 23 23.0 15.0 283 9 307.2 308.4 290.5 325.8 6.08 3 900 1023 24.7 4.1 26 20.6 12.8 281 13 307.0 308.1 290.1 324.5 5.70 4 850 1519 19.9 3.2 33 16.7 10.4 279 14 307.0 308.0 290.0 324.3 5.65 5 800 2036 14.9 2.1 42 12.8 7.9 277 14 307.0 308.0 290.0 324.1 5.57 6 750 2577 9.7 1.6 57 8.1 5.4 274 16 307.2 308.2 290.2 324.7 5.73 7 700 3147 6.1 1.3 71 4.8 3.5 261 35 309.3 310.4 291.1 327.9 6.02 8 650 3749 1.1 -3.8 70 4.9 -1.3 252 38 310.2 311.0 290.0 324.1 4.44 9 600 4387 -2.5 -23.3 19 20.7 -8.7 254 40 313.2 313.4 287.6 316.5 0.98 10 550 5071 -6.5 -32.4 11 25.9 -12.3 260 45 316.4 316.5 288.1 318.1 0.46 11 500 5809 -11.0 -34.9 12 23.9 -15.8 264 52 319.6 319.7 289.0 321.0 0.39 12 450 6609 -16.5 -38.4 13 21.9 -20.2 266 59 322.5 322.6 289.9 323.6 0.31 13 400 7484 -21.5 -50.4 6 28.9 -24.7 267 68 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.4 0.09 14 350 8455 -27.5 -54.5 6 27.0 -29.7 267 84 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.07 15 300 9551 -33.1 -60.2 5 27.0 -34.8 267 92 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.04 16 250 10817 -38.8 -69.4 3 30.6 -40.0 267 93 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 17 200 12317 -47.6 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.2 268 80 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.00 18 150 14175 -56.4 -82.0 3 25.6 -56.7 266 64 372.9 372.9 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16714 -63.0 -85.7 3 22.7 -63.2 261 31 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.96 m Freezing level: 635.32 mb = 3936.09 m = 12913.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.21 mb = 3585.23 m = 11762.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.67 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 670.08 mb = 3501.49 m = 11487.69 ft T: 3.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 1.74 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 621.58 mb = 4105.18 m = 13468.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.20 C = 91.76 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: 2.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.02 C Showalter Index: 3.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.93 C Cross Totals Index: 14.18 C K Index: 29.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 117.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8652.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 663.88 mb = 3577.02 m = 11735.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.5 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 292.5 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.1 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.7 neg: -7.1 tot: 56.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 72.25 m/s