MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408011200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 2 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 120 1 950 580 SFC 943 644 33.3 9.6 23 23.6 18.1 5 9 311.6 313.1 293.4 336.3 8.00 3 900 1063 28.4 8.1 28 20.3 15.7 5 10 310.7 312.2 292.8 333.9 7.52 4 850 1566 23.5 7.0 35 16.5 13.4 4 10 310.7 312.1 292.7 333.6 7.40 5 800 2090 18.3 6.3 45 12.1 11.0 2 9 310.7 312.1 292.7 333.8 7.48 6 750 2637 13.0 5.3 59 7.7 8.5 360 8 310.7 312.1 292.7 333.7 7.47 7 700 3212 8.1 0.6 59 7.5 4.1 308 8 311.4 312.5 291.5 329.3 5.71 8 650 3821 6.9 -22.4 10 29.2 -3.0 295 19 316.7 316.9 288.8 320.1 0.98 9 600 4475 4.4 -31.0 6 35.4 -5.5 307 22 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.9 0.48 10 550 5176 -0.3 -35.5 5 35.2 -8.8 306 23 323.8 323.8 290.3 325.0 0.34 11 500 5929 -5.9 -39.6 5 33.7 -12.8 304 24 325.9 325.9 290.8 326.8 0.25 12 450 6744 -12.0 -41.2 7 29.1 -17.3 300 26 328.1 328.1 291.4 329.0 0.23 13 400 7632 -18.6 -51.0 4 32.4 -22.5 301 28 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.09 14 350 8612 -26.0 -44.8 16 18.7 -28.3 302 31 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.5 0.20 15 300 9707 -35.6 -48.1 27 12.5 -36.6 290 37 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.16 16 250 10948 -45.1 -59.4 19 14.3 -45.6 295 44 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.05 17 200 12402 -55.3 -65.8 26 10.4 -55.5 294 52 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 14219 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.2 305 47 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16754 -59.7 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 297 26 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.65 m Freezing level: 553.00 mb = 5133.75 m = 16842.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.11 mb = 3558.41 m = 11674.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.80 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 669.67 mb = 3576.09 m = 11732.42 ft T: 7.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 13.68 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 569.82 mb = 4890.63 m = 16045.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.23 C = 111.61 F Cap Strength: 5.17 C Lifted Index: 3.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Showalter Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.34 C Cross Totals Index: 12.86 C K Index: 28.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5131.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 667.84 mb = 3598.51 m = 11805.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.8 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 344.8 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.0 neg: -1.1 tot: 22.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 20.82 m/s