MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407181200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 19 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 96 1 950 555 SFC 941 643 32.0 12.0 29 20.1 18.8 3 3 310.6 312.3 294.1 339.3 9.38 3 900 1037 27.5 10.2 34 17.4 16.4 356 3 309.9 311.5 293.4 336.5 8.70 4 850 1538 22.6 9.1 42 13.5 14.1 350 3 309.8 311.4 293.3 336.0 8.55 5 800 2061 17.5 8.2 54 9.4 11.7 342 3 309.8 311.5 293.3 336.0 8.54 6 750 2607 12.5 5.1 61 7.3 8.2 330 3 310.1 311.5 292.5 332.8 7.39 7 700 3182 8.7 -4.2 40 12.9 2.4 334 13 312.2 312.9 290.2 324.9 4.01 8 650 3790 4.4 -4.3 53 8.7 0.1 334 18 313.9 314.7 291.0 327.5 4.27 9 600 4436 0.2 -10.6 44 10.9 -4.3 331 18 316.4 317.0 290.5 325.7 2.84 10 550 5127 -4.0 -19.1 30 15.2 -9.1 318 21 319.4 319.7 290.2 324.6 1.53 11 500 5872 -9.3 -20.5 40 11.2 -12.8 308 24 321.7 322.0 290.8 326.9 1.50 12 450 6676 -15.8 -25.9 41 10.2 -18.3 301 25 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.0 1.03 13 400 7552 -21.8 -26.2 68 4.4 -22.8 297 27 326.7 326.9 291.9 330.7 1.13 14 350 8520 -29.1 -37.2 46 8.1 -30.3 293 30 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.1 0.45 15 300 9601 -38.2 -52.1 22 13.9 -39.1 291 32 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.10 16 250 10830 -47.0 -57.9 28 10.9 -47.4 288 44 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.06 17 200 12280 -54.4 -65.5 24 11.1 -54.6 286 32 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 14139 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.7 304 21 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16721 -57.9 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.3 339 18 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.18 m Freezing level: 597.04 mb = 4477.03 m = 14688.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.46 mb = 3809.02 m = 12496.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.50 % Est. max temperature: 31.37 C = 88.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 702.87 mb = 3147.55 m = 10326.48 ft T: 8.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 14.49 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.19 mb = 3575.68 m = 11731.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.72 C = 94.50 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.89 C Cross Totals Index: 18.37 C K Index: 28.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 418.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.29 mb = 3201.69 m = 10504.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.29 mb = 4525.46 m = 14847.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.29 mb = 10742.23 m = 35243.12 ft B at Equ Level: 417.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.29 mb = 12843.85 m = 42138.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.4 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 351.4 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 15.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 24.63 Bulk Shear: 16.97 m/s