MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308311200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308311200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 1 SEP 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 22 1 950 472 SFC 932 643 24.2 10.3 41 13.9 15.5 260 15 303.5 305.0 291.4 328.8 8.48 3 900 943 20.8 9.4 48 11.4 13.8 261 22 303.0 304.5 291.0 327.6 8.27 4 850 1433 16.0 8.3 60 7.7 11.4 260 24 302.9 304.4 290.9 327.2 8.13 5 800 1943 11.0 7.2 78 3.8 8.8 260 25 302.9 304.3 290.8 326.7 8.00 6 750 2478 6.2 3.5 83 2.7 4.8 265 28 303.3 304.5 289.7 323.1 6.59 7 700 3041 4.4 -10.1 34 14.6 -1.6 275 35 307.4 307.9 287.2 315.4 2.52 8 650 3641 1.9 -16.8 23 18.7 -4.7 275 37 311.2 311.5 287.5 316.4 1.58 9 600 4282 -1.7 -15.6 34 13.9 -6.7 274 41 314.2 314.5 288.9 320.4 1.89 10 550 4967 -6.0 -25.4 20 19.4 -11.3 274 45 316.9 317.1 288.7 320.0 0.88 11 500 5707 -10.4 -26.1 26 15.6 -14.5 270 50 320.3 320.5 289.8 323.5 0.91 12 450 6509 -15.7 -24.4 47 8.7 -18.0 269 57 323.5 323.7 291.0 327.6 1.18 13 400 7385 -22.3 -28.7 56 6.3 -23.7 268 60 325.9 326.1 291.5 329.1 0.90 14 350 8350 -30.0 -35.7 57 5.7 -30.8 271 62 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.2 0.52 15 300 9427 -39.2 -47.5 41 8.3 -39.8 276 65 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.17 16 250 10649 -48.7 -59.4 28 10.6 -49.1 277 66 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.05 17 200 12093 -52.3 -67.3 15 15.0 -52.7 273 52 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 13973 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.7 262 26 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.00 19 100 16577 -57.4 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 265 14 416.7 416.7 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.21 m Freezing level: 623.23 mb = 3983.87 m = 13070.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.34 mb = 2898.09 m = 9508.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.39 % Est. max temperature: 23.79 C = 74.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.04 mb = 2378.41 m = 7803.09 ft T: 7.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 13.42 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.25 mb = 2408.93 m = 7903.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.02 C = 75.23 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: 2.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 18.78 C K Index: 20.23 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.93 mb = 2379.69 m = 7807.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.93 mb = 2543.99 m = 8346.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 733.93 mb = 2654.46 m = 8708.74 ft B at Equ Level: 2.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 713.93 mb = 2879.98 m = 9448.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.0 at 37.5 knts Storm direction: 300.0 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 106.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 43.44 m/s