MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407311200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407311200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 1 AUG 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 76 1 950 533 SFC 938 644 30.5 12.2 33 18.3 18.4 203 2 309.2 311.0 293.9 338.2 9.52 3 900 1012 26.0 11.0 39 15.0 16.3 215 2 308.3 310.0 293.4 336.2 9.17 4 850 1511 21.1 10.0 49 11.1 14.1 225 2 308.3 310.0 293.3 336.0 9.11 5 800 2031 16.0 9.1 64 6.9 11.6 235 2 308.2 309.9 293.3 335.8 9.08 6 750 2575 10.7 7.9 83 2.8 9.0 250 2 308.2 309.9 293.2 335.5 8.96 7 700 3146 6.0 3.2 82 2.9 4.4 307 9 309.2 310.5 291.8 330.4 6.89 8 650 3749 1.9 -4.7 61 6.6 -1.2 324 16 311.1 311.9 290.0 324.2 4.14 9 600 4391 -0.4 -14.2 34 13.9 -5.7 317 15 315.7 316.1 289.6 322.6 2.11 10 550 5081 -4.0 -21.9 23 18.0 -9.6 309 15 319.4 319.6 289.8 323.5 1.20 11 500 5826 -8.0 -39.4 6 31.4 -14.1 321 16 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.2 0.25 12 450 6638 -12.5 -47.1 4 34.6 -17.8 340 19 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.0 0.12 13 400 7524 -19.4 -40.6 14 21.1 -22.7 341 21 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.28 14 350 8501 -26.8 -40.3 27 13.4 -28.6 347 22 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.8 0.33 15 300 9593 -35.4 -46.9 30 11.5 -36.4 351 23 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.3 0.19 16 250 10838 -44.2 -56.6 24 12.4 -44.7 358 28 340.3 340.4 294.5 340.6 0.07 17 200 12300 -53.7 -65.5 22 11.8 -53.9 352 25 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14135 -56.5 -81.5 3 25.1 -56.8 327 19 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16696 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 282 11 417.8 417.8 307.4 417.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.97 m Freezing level: 608.39 mb = 4283.25 m = 14052.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.71 mb = 3615.85 m = 11862.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.01 % Est. max temperature: 29.47 C = 85.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 718.84 mb = 2926.34 m = 9600.75 ft T: 7.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 15.59 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.80 mb = 2949.85 m = 9677.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.13 C = 86.23 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: 0.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.13 C Cross Totals Index: 18.02 C K Index: 36.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 65.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.07 mb = 2900.69 m = 9516.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.07 mb = 3074.60 m = 10087.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 526.07 mb = 5429.15 m = 17811.97 ft B at Equ Level: 65.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 306.07 mb = 9450.95 m = 31006.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.6 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 345.6 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 30.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.04 Bulk Shear: 16.18 m/s