MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408041200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 5 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 111 1 950 559 SFC 941 644 20.7 14.1 66 6.6 16.4 109 11 299.0 300.9 291.9 330.5 10.79 3 900 1024 16.4 13.1 81 3.3 14.3 113 16 298.4 300.3 291.5 329.3 10.61 4 850 1512 17.5 10.6 64 6.9 13.1 149 12 304.5 306.2 292.4 332.8 9.47 5 800 2029 16.5 6.7 52 9.7 10.6 246 7 308.7 310.2 292.3 332.4 7.73 6 750 2576 13.1 4.7 57 8.3 8.2 275 14 310.8 312.1 292.5 333.0 7.18 7 700 3151 8.7 3.3 69 5.4 5.6 291 14 312.1 313.4 292.7 333.7 6.95 8 650 3760 4.2 1.4 82 2.8 2.7 287 19 313.7 315.0 292.9 334.2 6.53 9 600 4407 0.1 -0.3 98 0.3 -0.1 285 23 316.2 317.4 293.3 336.1 6.27 10 550 5100 -3.6 -3.9 98 0.3 -3.7 283 30 319.8 320.8 293.5 336.7 5.23 11 500 5848 -8.4 -8.6 98 0.2 -8.5 280 37 322.8 323.6 293.3 335.9 3.98 12 450 6657 -13.9 -14.5 95 0.7 -14.1 281 47 325.8 326.3 293.1 335.1 2.76 13 400 7543 -18.7 -23.3 67 4.6 -20.0 284 49 330.7 331.0 293.3 335.9 1.46 14 350 8524 -25.9 -34.3 45 8.4 -27.3 282 47 333.9 334.0 293.3 336.2 0.60 15 300 9622 -34.6 -42.6 44 8.0 -35.5 279 45 336.5 336.6 293.7 337.7 0.30 16 250 10864 -45.3 -49.6 62 4.3 -45.6 281 49 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.3 0.16 17 200 12333 -49.5 -71.7 6 22.3 -50.0 288 69 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 14180 -57.4 -80.9 4 23.5 -57.7 291 65 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16721 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 301 33 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.46 m Freezing level: 599.09 mb = 4419.47 m = 14499.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.77 mb = 4383.06 m = 14379.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.19 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.48 mb = 1476.93 m = 4845.52 ft T: 17.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 1.16 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.34 mb = 3123.47 m = 10247.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.46 C = 92.22 F Cap Strength: 6.38 C Lifted Index: 2.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.06 C Showalter Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.89 C Cross Totals Index: 19.00 C K Index: 31.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7156.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.19 mb = 1785.37 m = 5857.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.2 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 308.2 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.7 neg: -1.1 tot: 146.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 174.06 m/s