MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308271200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 28 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 105 1 950 559 SFC 941 643 28.4 8.1 28 20.3 15.8 340 9 306.8 308.1 291.3 328.7 7.19 3 900 1035 24.1 6.7 33 17.4 13.6 338 12 306.3 307.6 290.9 327.1 6.83 4 850 1530 19.2 5.8 41 13.4 11.3 336 13 306.3 307.6 290.9 327.0 6.81 5 800 2046 14.2 4.8 53 9.3 8.8 334 13 306.2 307.5 290.8 326.8 6.77 6 750 2586 9.0 3.2 67 5.8 5.8 332 14 306.4 307.6 290.6 325.9 6.43 7 700 3154 6.7 -15.9 18 22.6 -1.7 330 22 309.8 310.1 287.1 315.0 1.58 8 650 3759 4.1 -22.9 12 27.0 -4.5 331 20 313.6 313.8 287.7 316.7 0.93 9 600 4404 0.3 -24.4 14 24.7 -7.1 330 18 316.5 316.7 288.6 319.6 0.89 10 550 5095 -3.7 -32.5 9 28.8 -10.6 323 20 319.7 319.7 289.2 321.3 0.45 11 500 5840 -9.0 -34.5 11 25.5 -14.5 320 24 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.6 0.41 12 450 6645 -15.4 -39.3 11 23.9 -19.5 322 25 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.9 0.28 13 400 7521 -21.8 -45.5 10 23.6 -24.8 320 26 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.16 14 350 8488 -29.7 -46.9 17 17.2 -31.4 315 28 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.16 15 300 9566 -38.9 -51.5 25 12.7 -39.6 311 28 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.11 16 250 10791 -46.8 -61.4 17 14.6 -47.2 311 31 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.04 17 200 12257 -49.7 -71.9 6 22.2 -50.2 303 43 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 14123 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -53.9 295 47 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16683 -60.4 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 305 33 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.00 m Freezing level: 595.73 mb = 4463.15 m = 14642.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.59 mb = 3018.85 m = 9904.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 698.71 mb = 3169.00 m = 10396.84 ft T: 6.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 13.65 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.50 mb = 4237.84 m = 13903.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.18 C = 98.92 F Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lifted Index: 3.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.11 C Showalter Index: 3.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.20 C Cross Totals Index: 14.77 C K Index: 11.43 Risk: None Sweat Index: 118.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7254.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.21 mb = 3198.27 m = 10492.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.7 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 357.7 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.2 neg: -2.1 tot: 16.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 8.04 m/s