MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407091200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407091200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 10 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 91 1 950 548 SFC 940 643 30.3 12.6 34 17.8 18.5 3 4 308.9 310.7 294.0 338.6 9.76 3 900 1027 25.9 10.5 38 15.4 16.1 355 5 308.2 309.9 293.2 335.4 8.92 4 850 1526 21.1 9.7 48 11.4 13.8 347 5 308.2 309.9 293.2 335.3 8.90 5 800 2046 16.0 8.7 62 7.3 11.4 340 6 308.2 309.9 293.1 335.1 8.85 6 750 2590 10.7 7.6 81 3.1 8.8 334 7 308.2 309.8 293.0 334.9 8.78 7 700 3160 6.1 4.2 88 1.9 5.0 327 17 309.2 310.6 292.2 331.9 7.41 8 650 3764 2.3 -1.2 78 3.5 0.5 333 27 311.5 312.5 291.2 328.4 5.39 9 600 4407 -0.5 -11.5 43 11.1 -5.0 341 25 315.6 316.1 290.0 324.2 2.63 10 550 5098 -3.6 -28.0 13 24.4 -10.2 340 28 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.3 0.70 11 500 5844 -8.1 -39.4 6 31.4 -14.2 343 29 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.2 0.25 12 450 6652 -14.5 -35.5 15 21.0 -18.6 343 33 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.6 0.41 13 400 7531 -21.8 -34.8 30 13.0 -24.0 344 37 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.5 0.50 14 350 8497 -29.5 -44.0 23 14.5 -31.1 348 36 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.22 15 300 9577 -38.5 -51.0 26 12.5 -39.2 354 38 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.12 16 250 10804 -47.8 -59.0 27 11.2 -48.2 356 44 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.05 17 200 12248 -54.8 -67.9 18 13.1 -55.1 350 41 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14099 -51.8 -81.0 2 29.2 -52.3 333 29 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16698 -57.4 -85.3 2 27.9 -57.8 317 13 416.8 416.8 307.3 416.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.76 m Freezing level: 608.84 mb = 4293.45 m = 14085.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.52 mb = 3819.70 m = 12531.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.84 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 725.72 mb = 2861.94 m = 9389.44 ft T: 8.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 16.36 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.38 mb = 3003.87 m = 9855.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.37 C = 86.67 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: 0.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.12 C Cross Totals Index: 17.72 C K Index: 36.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 315.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.45 mb = 2933.80 m = 9625.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.45 mb = 3108.09 m = 10197.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 574.45 mb = 4752.63 m = 15592.43 ft B at Equ Level: 39.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.45 mb = 12429.14 m = 40777.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.1 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 9.1 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 57.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 10.99 Bulk Shear: 28.72 m/s