MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108021200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108021200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 3 AUG 21 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 108 1 950 566 SFC 948 589 32.5 5.6 19 26.9 16.3 69 7 310.4 311.6 291.5 329.1 6.04 3 900 1047 27.2 4.3 23 22.9 13.7 66 8 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.5 5.79 4 850 1547 22.3 3.4 29 19.0 11.4 64 8 309.5 310.6 290.9 327.3 5.74 5 800 2068 17.2 2.4 37 14.9 8.9 62 8 309.5 310.6 290.9 327.1 5.67 6 750 2613 11.9 1.3 48 10.6 6.1 61 9 309.5 310.6 290.8 326.9 5.63 7 700 3185 7.7 -9.5 28 17.2 0.3 36 16 311.0 311.5 288.6 319.5 2.66 8 650 3791 4.7 -17.7 18 22.3 -3.4 2 17 314.2 314.5 288.5 319.1 1.46 9 600 4440 2.3 -20.6 16 23.0 -5.5 337 18 318.8 319.1 289.7 323.1 1.23 10 550 5137 -1.3 -23.3 17 22.0 -8.2 327 21 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.3 1.07 11 500 5889 -6.5 -22.7 26 16.2 -11.5 334 21 325.1 325.4 291.6 329.4 1.24 12 450 6703 -11.9 -23.7 37 11.7 -15.3 332 25 328.2 328.5 292.4 332.7 1.26 13 400 7594 -17.8 -21.6 72 3.9 -18.9 324 31 331.9 332.2 293.8 337.9 1.70 14 350 8578 -24.7 -29.2 66 4.5 -25.7 326 34 335.4 335.6 294.1 339.0 0.97 15 300 9681 -33.6 -38.4 62 4.9 -34.2 332 38 338.1 338.2 294.3 339.9 0.46 16 250 10932 -43.8 -49.7 52 5.9 -44.1 335 46 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.7 0.16 17 200 12390 -55.2 -61.7 44 6.5 -55.3 335 50 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.05 18 150 14198 -60.3 -79.7 6 19.3 -60.5 342 38 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16725 -60.6 -87.9 2 27.2 -60.9 348 30 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.41 m Freezing level: 567.44 mb = 4893.91 m = 16055.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.56 mb = 3225.26 m = 10581.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.87 % Est. max temperature: 31.63 C = 88.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 640.25 mb = 3913.62 m = 12839.79 ft T: 4.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 10.02 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 534.57 mb = 5361.48 m = 17589.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.26 C = 113.47 F Cap Strength: 6.28 C Lifted Index: 5.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.14 C Showalter Index: 6.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.82 C Cross Totals Index: 9.87 C K Index: 15.01 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 77.57 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7656.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 641.34 mb = 3899.93 m = 12794.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 358.5 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 28.5 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 174.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -22.8 tot: -22.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 26.69 m/s