MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308261200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308261200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 27 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 119 1 950 569 SFC 942 643 24.9 12.5 46 12.4 16.9 159 11 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.1 9.72 3 900 1040 20.5 11.3 56 9.2 14.7 164 16 302.6 304.3 291.9 330.5 9.39 4 850 1530 17.1 9.7 62 7.3 12.5 197 22 304.0 305.7 291.9 330.7 8.94 5 800 2047 16.6 5.4 48 11.2 10.0 252 18 308.8 310.2 291.8 330.4 7.04 6 750 2593 12.6 6.2 65 6.4 8.8 261 20 310.2 311.7 293.0 334.7 7.96 7 700 3168 8.2 4.9 80 3.3 6.2 267 23 311.5 313.0 293.2 335.6 7.77 8 650 3776 3.8 -1.2 70 4.9 1.2 277 20 313.2 314.2 291.7 330.2 5.41 9 600 4421 -1.2 -4.2 80 2.9 -2.7 279 23 314.7 315.6 291.6 329.6 4.68 10 550 5109 -5.0 -23.0 23 18.0 -10.3 288 27 318.2 318.4 289.3 322.0 1.10 11 500 5854 -8.3 -36.9 8 28.7 -14.2 298 32 323.0 323.0 290.0 324.2 0.32 12 450 6661 -14.9 -38.0 12 23.1 -19.0 293 35 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.32 13 400 7538 -22.1 -46.5 9 24.4 -25.0 289 37 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.15 14 350 8504 -29.5 -54.4 7 24.9 -31.4 287 40 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.2 0.07 15 300 9588 -36.2 -60.2 7 24.0 -37.5 286 56 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.04 16 250 10831 -43.9 -65.4 7 21.6 -44.6 285 63 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.02 17 200 12311 -47.0 -74.7 3 27.6 -47.7 281 66 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 18 150 14187 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.7 285 53 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16724 -61.6 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.9 291 27 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.14 m Freezing level: 612.34 mb = 4261.77 m = 13982.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.59 mb = 3969.41 m = 13022.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.52 % Est. max temperature: 30.67 C = 87.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.12 mb = 2206.08 m = 7237.70 ft T: 15.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 1.61 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.38 mb = 3305.69 m = 10845.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.48 C = 92.27 F Cap Strength: 5.80 C Lifted Index: 2.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.52 C Showalter Index: 2.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 17.97 C K Index: 31.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6542.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.88 mb = 2295.41 m = 7530.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.8 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 301.8 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 219.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 129.90 m/s