MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308301200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308301200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 31 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 -1 1 950 453 SFC 930 643 30.3 14.0 37 16.3 19.3 145 15 309.8 311.9 295.0 343.0 10.89 3 900 935 27.2 13.4 43 13.7 17.9 150 22 309.5 311.6 294.9 342.5 10.83 4 850 1436 22.3 12.1 52 10.2 15.5 158 25 309.5 311.5 294.7 341.4 10.47 5 800 1959 17.6 11.0 65 6.6 13.3 175 27 309.9 311.9 294.7 341.6 10.36 6 750 2507 12.8 9.8 82 3.0 10.9 196 28 310.4 312.4 294.7 341.6 10.19 7 700 3082 8.2 7.3 94 0.9 7.6 203 24 311.6 313.3 294.3 339.9 9.18 8 650 3692 5.2 1.2 75 4.0 3.0 200 26 314.9 316.1 293.1 335.2 6.44 9 600 4342 1.7 -3.1 70 4.9 -0.7 202 26 318.1 319.1 292.9 334.4 5.06 10 550 5037 -4.1 -6.7 82 2.6 -5.3 198 31 319.2 320.0 292.5 332.9 4.21 11 500 5780 -9.5 -22.3 34 12.8 -13.3 196 34 321.4 321.7 290.5 325.8 1.27 12 450 6584 -15.6 -28.8 31 13.2 -18.6 199 35 323.6 323.8 290.7 326.4 0.78 13 400 7459 -23.1 -27.8 65 4.7 -24.1 204 39 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.4 0.97 14 350 8422 -30.3 -48.3 15 18.1 -31.9 213 42 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.5 0.14 15 300 9498 -39.5 -48.8 37 9.3 -40.1 220 45 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.15 16 250 10717 -49.4 -55.7 47 6.4 -49.6 227 51 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.08 17 200 12163 -50.8 -67.2 13 16.4 -51.2 221 38 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.02 18 150 14032 -53.4 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 233 31 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16594 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 237 14 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.45 m Freezing level: 585.31 mb = 4546.21 m = 14915.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.89 mb = 4209.32 m = 13809.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.62 C = 87.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.85 mb = 2688.44 m = 8820.23 ft T: 11.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 15.82 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.89 mb = 2883.52 m = 9460.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.65 C = 88.96 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.59 C K Index: 42.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1367.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.24 mb = 2695.43 m = 8843.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.24 mb = 3103.19 m = 10180.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.24 mb = 11597.41 m = 38048.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1342.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.24 mb = 14106.73 m = 46281.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.1 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 221.1 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 140.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 29.83 Bulk Shear: 45.85 m/s