MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408301200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408301200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 31 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 105 1 950 559 SFC 941 643 28.1 6.1 25 22.0 15.0 258 8 306.6 307.7 290.5 325.7 6.28 3 900 1035 24.0 5.0 29 19.0 12.9 258 10 306.2 307.3 290.2 324.7 6.07 4 850 1529 19.2 4.0 37 15.1 10.5 259 11 306.2 307.3 290.2 324.6 6.02 5 800 2045 14.1 3.1 48 11.0 8.0 260 12 306.2 307.3 290.1 324.5 6.01 6 750 2585 9.2 1.2 57 8.0 4.9 269 16 306.6 307.6 289.9 323.6 5.56 7 700 3152 5.7 -7.7 37 13.4 -0.2 284 24 308.8 309.4 288.2 318.5 3.06 8 650 3754 2.5 -19.3 18 21.9 -4.8 291 28 311.8 312.1 287.5 316.1 1.27 9 600 4396 -1.4 -23.9 16 22.5 -8.0 293 36 314.5 314.7 288.0 317.7 0.93 10 550 5082 -6.1 -27.2 17 21.1 -11.6 294 40 316.9 317.0 288.6 319.5 0.75 11 500 5820 -10.8 -24.7 31 13.9 -14.5 293 43 319.9 320.1 289.8 323.4 1.03 12 450 6622 -16.1 -25.3 45 9.2 -18.4 294 46 323.0 323.2 290.8 326.8 1.09 13 400 7499 -21.0 -30.5 42 9.5 -22.9 296 47 327.7 327.8 291.8 330.4 0.75 14 350 8472 -27.7 -34.3 53 6.6 -28.7 300 48 331.4 331.6 292.7 333.7 0.60 15 300 9561 -36.1 -42.8 50 6.7 -36.8 304 55 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.6 0.29 16 250 10801 -45.7 -51.8 50 6.1 -46.0 303 62 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.13 17 200 12249 -56.4 -62.0 49 5.6 -56.5 302 65 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.05 18 150 14053 -59.9 -75.7 11 15.8 -60.1 299 52 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16595 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 287 33 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.04 m Freezing level: 617.46 mb = 4171.47 m = 13685.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.08 mb = 3127.36 m = 10260.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 680.78 mb = 3378.01 m = 11082.57 ft T: 4.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 9.64 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.01 mb = 4236.68 m = 13899.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.31 C = 95.56 F Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lifted Index: 2.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.30 C Showalter Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.98 C Cross Totals Index: 14.85 C K Index: 20.57 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6790.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 679.02 mb = 3399.01 m = 11151.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.9 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 317.9 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 53.43 m/s