DEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407301200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407301200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 31 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 3 1 950 463 SFC 931 643 33.1 7.3 20 25.8 17.0 324 5 312.6 313.9 292.8 334.1 6.91 3 900 947 29.5 5.8 22 23.7 15.1 323 5 311.9 313.1 292.2 331.9 6.44 4 850 1451 24.5 4.7 28 19.8 12.7 317 5 311.8 313.0 292.1 331.4 6.30 5 800 1977 19.4 3.8 36 15.6 10.3 306 4 311.9 313.1 292.1 331.5 6.31 6 750 2526 14.1 2.8 46 11.3 7.7 238 6 311.9 313.1 292.1 331.5 6.27 7 700 3103 9.6 0.4 53 9.2 4.6 241 21 313.1 314.1 291.9 330.7 5.62 8 650 3713 4.4 -2.1 62 6.6 1.1 241 27 314.0 314.9 291.7 329.9 5.03 9 600 4358 -0.5 -7.7 58 7.2 -3.7 230 32 315.5 316.2 290.9 327.0 3.57 10 550 5046 -6.1 -12.0 63 6.0 -8.4 234 34 316.9 317.4 290.6 325.9 2.76 11 500 5785 -10.9 -18.1 55 7.2 -13.2 239 35 319.8 320.1 290.6 326.0 1.84 12 450 6587 -16.2 -22.2 60 6.0 -17.9 251 37 322.8 323.1 291.1 327.8 1.43 13 400 7462 -22.1 -26.0 71 3.9 -23.0 259 37 326.3 326.5 291.8 330.3 1.15 14 350 8430 -29.0 -35.0 57 5.9 -29.9 260 39 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.7 0.56 15 300 9512 -37.7 -44.2 51 6.4 -38.3 256 39 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.25 16 250 10743 -47.8 -51.8 63 4.0 -48.0 252 44 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.13 17 200 12178 -56.4 -61.6 52 5.2 -56.5 244 42 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.05 18 150 14022 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.7 261 35 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.2 0.00 19 100 16633 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.9 256 26 422.7 422.7 308.0 422.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.46 m Freezing level: 605.44 mb = 4288.22 m = 14068.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.82 mb = 3852.62 m = 12639.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.44 % Est. max temperature: 32.45 C = 90.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 639.81 mb = 3840.12 m = 12598.67 ft T: 3.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 5.57 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 608.01 mb = 4251.48 m = 13948.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.73 C = 96.32 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.41 C Cross Totals Index: 15.57 C K Index: 30.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 635.65 mb = 3892.72 m = 12771.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 560.65 mb = 4894.76 m = 16058.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 390.65 mb = 7633.70 m = 25044.66 ft B at Equ Level: 50.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 300.65 mb = 9496.65 m = 31156.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 70.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 64.05 m/s