MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308291200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308291200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 30 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 114 1 950 569 SFC 942 643 29.5 10.5 31 19.0 17.3 121 9 307.8 309.4 292.7 333.6 8.47 3 900 1047 25.1 9.3 37 15.8 15.1 123 10 307.3 308.9 292.3 332.2 8.18 4 850 1544 20.2 8.3 46 11.9 12.9 124 10 307.3 308.8 292.3 332.0 8.12 5 800 2062 15.1 7.3 59 7.9 10.4 125 10 307.3 308.8 292.2 331.6 8.02 6 750 2606 12.4 -3.5 33 15.9 4.5 118 8 310.0 310.8 289.5 322.4 3.93 7 700 3180 9.4 -5.0 36 14.4 2.4 145 4 312.9 313.6 290.2 324.9 3.77 8 650 3791 6.2 -7.2 38 13.4 -0.0 225 3 315.9 316.6 290.9 327.0 3.43 9 600 4442 2.3 -10.8 37 13.1 -3.3 210 4 318.8 319.4 291.2 328.0 2.80 10 550 5138 -2.5 -15.7 36 13.1 -7.5 203 6 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.0 2.05 11 500 5885 -8.2 -19.5 40 11.3 -11.9 216 9 323.0 323.3 291.3 328.6 1.63 12 450 6694 -14.4 -26.1 36 11.8 -17.4 226 14 325.2 325.4 291.3 328.7 1.01 13 400 7573 -21.4 -34.8 29 13.4 -23.7 224 18 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.0 0.50 14 350 8541 -29.1 -43.7 23 14.6 -30.7 215 22 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.4 0.23 15 300 9622 -38.0 -52.7 20 14.7 -38.9 208 24 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.10 16 250 10853 -46.3 -61.8 16 15.4 -46.8 214 26 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.3 0.04 17 200 12316 -50.3 -68.5 10 18.1 -50.8 285 33 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 18 150 14163 -58.7 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 299 32 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16678 -62.8 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 307 21 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.29 m Freezing level: 576.05 mb = 4775.24 m = 15666.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.79 mb = 3781.00 m = 12404.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.37 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 713.90 mb = 3016.60 m = 9896.86 ft T: 10.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 11.17 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.41 mb = 4169.88 m = 13680.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.10 C = 102.38 F Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lifted Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.25 C Showalter Index: 2.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.41 C Cross Totals Index: 16.56 C K Index: 22.33 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5770.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.19 mb = 3024.95 m = 9924.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 168.7 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 198.7 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: -10.3 tot: -6.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 6.44 m/s