MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408071200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408071200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 8 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 153 1 950 595 SFC 945 644 20.7 3.3 32 17.4 11.2 352 13 298.7 299.7 286.8 314.0 5.14 3 900 1057 15.8 1.7 39 14.1 8.4 351 16 297.7 298.6 286.1 312.0 4.81 4 850 1537 11.1 0.9 49 10.2 5.9 350 17 297.7 298.6 286.0 312.0 4.80 5 800 2038 6.1 -0.2 64 6.3 3.1 349 17 297.7 298.6 285.9 311.7 4.73 6 750 2563 2.1 -7.9 47 10.0 -2.0 337 21 298.8 299.3 284.3 307.3 2.80 7 700 3116 -0.7 -6.1 67 5.4 -3.0 325 22 301.7 302.4 286.2 312.3 3.47 8 650 3707 -2.3 -14.1 40 11.8 -6.5 319 24 306.4 306.7 286.3 312.7 1.98 9 600 4338 -5.4 -14.5 49 9.1 -8.6 311 28 309.9 310.3 287.6 316.5 2.07 10 550 5015 -9.2 -19.9 41 10.7 -12.4 301 35 313.2 313.4 288.1 317.9 1.43 11 500 5745 -14.1 -21.1 55 7.0 -16.0 294 40 315.9 316.1 288.9 320.7 1.42 12 450 6538 -19.2 -31.9 31 12.8 -21.5 289 44 319.1 319.3 289.1 321.2 0.58 13 400 7401 -25.8 -34.3 45 8.5 -27.2 287 47 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.3 0.52 14 350 8352 -34.0 -44.2 35 10.2 -34.9 287 44 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.7 0.21 15 300 9411 -42.6 -52.2 35 9.5 -43.1 288 49 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.7 0.10 16 250 10621 -48.3 -60.0 25 11.7 -48.7 280 69 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.05 17 200 12090 -46.9 -74.9 3 28.0 -47.5 277 65 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.01 18 150 13991 -49.0 -78.9 2 29.9 -49.7 280 55 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.7 0.01 19 100 16613 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 279 29 422.3 422.3 308.0 422.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5592.66 m Freezing level: 712.54 mb = 2977.40 m = 9768.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 769.92 mb = 2349.62 m = 7708.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.10 % Est. max temperature: 19.86 C = 67.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.33 mb = 2797.85 m = 9179.18 ft T: 0.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 6.65 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.16 mb = 3790.10 m = 12434.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.70 C = 83.67 F Cap Strength: 6.25 C Lifted Index: 6.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.28 C Showalter Index: 7.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.14 C Cross Totals Index: 14.97 C K Index: 20.66 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 84.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11306.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.10 mb = 2800.37 m = 9187.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.2 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 342.2 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -3.3 tot: -1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 44.21 m/s