MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2406301200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2406301200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 1 JUL 24 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 94 1 950 541 SFC 939 643 24.3 12.8 49 11.5 16.8 135 16 302.8 304.7 292.3 332.3 9.92 3 900 1011 19.8 11.1 57 8.7 14.4 139 23 302.0 303.7 291.6 329.5 9.28 4 850 1500 15.0 10.3 73 4.8 12.1 142 25 301.9 303.6 291.5 329.4 9.28 5 800 2010 12.9 9.7 81 3.2 10.9 161 21 304.9 306.7 292.6 333.3 9.46 6 750 2555 13.9 7.8 67 6.1 10.2 202 15 311.7 313.4 294.1 339.1 8.89 7 700 3135 11.3 -1.3 41 12.6 4.6 225 14 315.0 315.9 291.9 330.7 4.95 8 650 3749 7.2 -5.3 41 12.5 1.1 250 19 317.1 317.8 291.7 329.8 3.96 9 600 4400 1.7 -9.1 44 10.9 -3.1 262 23 318.1 318.8 291.3 328.6 3.20 10 550 5094 -3.8 -13.6 47 9.7 -7.6 275 28 319.5 320.0 291.0 327.6 2.44 11 500 5838 -9.9 -16.1 60 6.2 -12.1 277 33 320.9 321.4 291.2 328.2 2.17 12 450 6640 -16.4 -23.3 55 6.9 -18.3 278 33 322.6 322.9 290.9 327.1 1.30 13 400 7515 -22.0 -35.7 28 13.6 -24.3 267 36 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.0 0.46 14 350 8482 -28.8 -50.9 10 22.1 -30.7 263 38 329.9 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.10 15 300 9569 -36.2 -60.7 6 24.4 -37.5 261 44 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.04 16 250 10809 -45.0 -62.5 12 17.5 -45.6 260 63 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.03 17 200 12275 -51.0 -70.3 8 19.3 -51.4 256 95 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14120 -56.0 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.3 255 75 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16684 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 273 40 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.10 m Freezing level: 584.43 mb = 4616.38 m = 15145.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.09 mb = 3912.30 m = 12835.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.93 % Est. max temperature: 27.73 C = 81.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.76 mb = 2086.78 m = 6846.32 ft T: 13.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 11.49 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.19 mb = 3847.40 m = 12622.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.41 C = 101.14 F Cap Strength: 6.95 C Lifted Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.95 C Showalter Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.96 C Cross Totals Index: 20.20 C K Index: 22.62 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7367.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.17 mb = 2103.78 m = 6902.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.1 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 272.1 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.0 neg: -0.2 tot: 154.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 162.64 m/s