MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407171200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407171200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 18 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 138 1 950 591 SFC 944 644 28.3 10.6 33 17.7 17.0 77 4 306.4 308.0 292.3 332.2 8.54 3 900 1066 23.4 8.8 39 14.6 14.4 81 4 305.6 307.1 291.6 329.5 7.91 4 850 1560 18.5 7.8 50 10.7 12.0 85 3 305.5 307.0 291.5 329.2 7.83 5 800 2076 13.5 6.8 64 6.7 9.6 90 3 305.6 307.0 291.5 329.1 7.78 6 750 2615 9.7 -3.4 39 13.1 3.3 327 4 307.1 307.8 288.5 319.4 3.95 7 700 3185 7.9 -33.6 3 41.5 -3.0 318 10 311.2 311.2 286.1 312.3 0.32 8 650 3791 4.4 -36.5 3 40.9 -5.4 322 12 313.9 314.0 287.1 314.9 0.26 9 600 4436 0.5 -34.9 5 35.4 -7.9 324 13 316.7 316.8 288.1 317.9 0.33 10 550 5127 -4.2 -28.7 13 24.6 -10.6 326 15 319.1 319.3 289.2 321.4 0.65 11 500 5871 -9.3 -30.4 16 21.1 -14.3 327 17 321.6 321.8 289.9 323.8 0.61 12 450 6676 -14.9 -39.0 11 24.1 -19.1 327 16 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.5 0.29 13 400 7554 -21.7 -40.6 16 18.9 -24.4 326 15 326.8 326.8 291.1 327.8 0.28 14 350 8521 -29.4 -41.1 31 11.7 -30.7 323 13 329.2 329.2 291.8 330.3 0.30 15 300 9604 -37.4 -51.7 21 14.2 -38.4 315 10 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 16 250 10836 -46.9 -57.9 28 10.9 -47.3 314 13 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.06 17 200 12292 -50.9 -71.5 7 20.7 -51.3 321 39 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14149 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.6 323 39 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16712 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 335 23 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.66 m Freezing level: 594.67 mb = 4510.14 m = 14796.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.67 mb = 2910.14 m = 9547.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.00 % Est. max temperature: 27.63 C = 81.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.31 mb = 2845.99 m = 9337.12 ft T: 8.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 19.90 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.27 mb = 3824.71 m = 12548.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.84 C = 96.51 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.56 C Showalter Index: 2.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.87 C Cross Totals Index: 17.14 C K Index: -5.83 Risk: None Sweat Index: 116.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6477.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.81 mb = 2885.80 m = 9467.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.8 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 359.8 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.1 neg: -0.7 tot: 16.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 18.69 m/s