MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408221200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408221200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 23 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 94 1 950 547 SFC 940 643 28.3 6.9 26 21.4 15.4 317 6 306.9 308.1 290.9 327.2 6.66 3 900 1023 24.1 5.6 30 18.5 13.1 316 7 306.3 307.5 290.5 325.6 6.33 4 850 1518 19.2 4.7 38 14.5 10.9 314 8 306.3 307.4 290.4 325.5 6.32 5 800 2034 14.2 3.8 49 10.4 8.3 313 8 306.3 307.4 290.4 325.4 6.28 6 750 2575 11.8 -11.1 19 22.9 2.1 310 24 309.4 309.8 287.6 316.4 2.19 7 700 3148 7.9 -3.5 44 11.4 2.3 292 26 311.3 312.1 290.2 324.6 4.22 8 650 3754 3.3 -12.1 31 15.4 -2.9 281 27 312.7 313.1 288.8 320.2 2.32 9 600 4395 -1.8 -18.5 27 16.7 -7.4 279 28 314.0 314.3 288.4 318.9 1.48 10 550 5082 -5.5 -30.3 12 24.8 -11.6 273 27 317.5 317.6 288.6 319.5 0.56 11 500 5822 -9.7 -35.8 10 26.1 -15.0 269 27 321.2 321.3 289.5 322.5 0.36 12 450 6627 -15.4 -33.9 19 18.5 -19.0 266 28 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.7 0.48 13 400 7502 -22.6 -33.7 36 11.1 -24.5 262 30 325.6 325.8 291.0 327.7 0.56 14 350 8467 -29.8 -45.8 20 16.0 -31.4 260 33 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.2 0.18 15 300 9547 -37.8 -53.2 18 15.4 -38.7 255 35 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.09 16 250 10777 -47.8 -59.0 26 11.2 -48.1 253 43 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.05 17 200 12219 -55.3 -67.0 22 11.8 -55.5 257 51 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 14059 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.7 257 46 376.5 376.5 301.6 376.5 0.00 19 100 16639 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 254 21 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.85 m Freezing level: 617.78 mb = 4167.20 m = 13671.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.90 mb = 3410.25 m = 11188.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.65 % Est. max temperature: 28.35 C = 83.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 686.43 mb = 3308.10 m = 10853.20 ft T: 6.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 10.72 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 621.97 mb = 4107.05 m = 13474.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.76 C = 94.57 F Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lifted Index: 3.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.40 C Showalter Index: 3.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.91 C Cross Totals Index: 14.44 C K Index: 22.22 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 99.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7473.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 684.92 mb = 3326.08 m = 10912.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.9 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 312.9 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -27.0 tot: -24.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 35.27 m/s