MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407201200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407201200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 21 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 132 1 950 590 SFC 944 643 31.5 13.5 33 18.0 19.4 47 6 309.7 311.7 294.6 341.3 10.34 3 900 1072 26.9 12.0 39 15.0 17.1 42 7 309.3 311.1 294.1 339.2 9.81 4 850 1572 22.0 10.8 49 11.2 14.8 35 7 309.2 311.0 294.0 338.6 9.62 5 800 2094 16.9 10.0 64 6.9 12.5 29 7 309.2 311.0 294.0 338.7 9.68 6 750 2640 11.6 8.9 84 2.7 9.9 25 7 309.2 311.0 293.9 338.4 9.60 7 700 3212 6.4 5.7 95 0.7 5.9 3 10 309.5 311.1 293.0 334.7 8.21 8 650 3816 2.0 -3.2 68 5.2 -0.6 353 15 311.2 312.1 290.5 325.8 4.65 9 600 4458 -1.5 -12.0 44 10.6 -5.7 355 12 314.4 314.9 289.6 322.7 2.53 10 550 5145 -5.3 -24.3 21 19.1 -10.7 2 10 317.8 318.0 289.1 321.2 0.97 11 500 5885 -10.1 -29.7 18 19.6 -14.7 4 9 320.8 320.9 289.7 323.1 0.65 12 450 6689 -15.4 -32.7 21 17.3 -18.9 1 9 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.9 0.54 13 400 7567 -21.5 -41.1 15 19.5 -24.3 3 8 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.0 0.26 14 350 8535 -29.2 -44.6 21 15.4 -30.9 17 11 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.21 15 300 9616 -38.0 -51.8 22 13.8 -38.9 34 14 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.11 16 250 10842 -48.2 -58.2 31 10.0 -48.6 27 14 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.06 17 200 12284 -54.8 -66.1 23 11.4 -55.0 357 16 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.03 18 150 14142 -51.4 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 337 30 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16736 -57.3 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.7 348 25 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.45 m Freezing level: 621.23 mb = 4185.19 m = 13730.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.35 mb = 3761.72 m = 12341.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.28 % Est. max temperature: 31.02 C = 87.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.80 mb = 2900.75 m = 9516.79 ft T: 9.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 17.53 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.36 mb = 2951.55 m = 9683.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.21 C = 88.18 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.10 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: 42.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 965.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.91 mb = 2945.33 m = 9663.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.91 mb = 3002.91 m = 9851.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.91 mb = 11440.35 m = 37533.52 ft B at Equ Level: 962.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.91 mb = 13810.33 m = 45308.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 8.1 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 38.1 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 230.06 Bulk Shear: 4.20 m/s