MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408211200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408211200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 22 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 38 1 950 494 SFC 934 643 29.2 17.2 48 12.0 20.8 149 14 308.3 310.8 296.4 348.8 13.37 3 900 974 25.5 16.5 58 9.0 19.2 152 21 307.8 310.3 296.1 347.8 13.24 4 850 1473 20.8 14.6 67 6.2 16.6 159 26 307.9 310.3 295.6 345.3 12.37 5 800 1997 19.4 12.3 64 7.0 14.7 182 24 311.8 313.9 295.9 346.6 11.34 6 750 2551 17.4 7.4 52 10.0 11.2 185 19 315.4 317.1 294.9 342.5 8.65 7 700 3136 14.0 -7.9 21 21.9 3.5 211 14 318.0 318.5 291.1 327.8 3.00 8 650 3755 9.2 -23.9 8 33.1 -2.0 219 18 319.4 319.5 289.5 322.3 0.85 9 600 4409 3.1 -21.8 14 25.0 -5.3 217 15 319.8 320.0 289.9 323.6 1.11 10 550 5104 -3.5 -16.3 37 12.7 -8.2 223 17 319.9 320.3 290.7 326.4 1.95 11 500 5847 -10.7 -16.6 62 5.9 -12.7 234 23 320.0 320.4 290.9 327.0 2.09 12 450 6645 -18.0 -21.4 74 3.5 -18.9 238 26 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.9 1.53 13 400 7516 -22.7 -25.1 80 2.4 -23.2 231 36 325.5 325.7 291.7 329.9 1.24 14 350 8481 -30.0 -33.4 73 3.3 -30.6 230 49 328.2 328.4 291.9 330.6 0.66 15 300 9557 -39.7 -43.3 68 3.7 -39.9 234 57 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.5 0.28 16 250 10778 -48.3 -57.4 34 9.1 -48.6 243 62 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.07 17 200 12222 -54.5 -65.7 24 11.2 -54.7 244 68 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.03 18 150 14071 -53.0 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 241 37 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16653 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 257 22 414.7 414.7 307.1 414.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.52 m Freezing level: 576.50 mb = 4735.50 m = 15536.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.08 mb = 3525.75 m = 11567.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.34 % Est. max temperature: 33.73 C = 92.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.85 mb = 2160.98 m = 7089.75 ft T: 18.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.09 C/km ThetaE index: 24.29 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.29 mb = 3436.13 m = 11273.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.36 C = 102.85 F Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lifted Index: -6.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.23 C Showalter Index: -6.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.73 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.48 C Cross Totals Index: 25.25 C K Index: 24.15 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 549.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2141.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 298.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.40 mb = 2198.78 m = 7213.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.40 mb = 4322.05 m = 14179.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.40 mb = 12338.89 m = 40481.43 ft B at Equ Level: 2121.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.40 mb = 15161.31 m = 49741.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.5 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 234.5 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.2 neg: -13.9 tot: 95.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.39 Bulk Rich Number: 53.86 Bulk Shear: 39.75 m/s