MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2208141200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2208141200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 15 AUG 22 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 49 1 950 511 SFC 936 643 35.2 14.8 30 20.4 21.1 232 5 314.2 316.4 296.5 349.4 11.34 3 900 1000 31.2 13.6 34 17.6 19.2 235 6 313.7 315.7 296.1 347.5 10.92 4 850 1508 26.3 12.4 42 13.8 17.0 237 7 313.7 315.7 296.0 346.9 10.74 5 800 2038 21.1 11.4 54 9.7 14.7 239 7 313.6 315.7 295.9 346.7 10.67 6 750 2592 15.7 10.4 71 5.3 12.2 240 8 313.6 315.6 295.8 346.4 10.59 7 700 3173 10.2 8.4 89 1.7 9.0 247 9 313.7 315.6 295.4 344.6 9.95 8 650 3784 5.1 1.8 79 3.3 3.3 278 12 314.8 316.1 293.3 336.0 6.74 9 600 4432 0.1 -4.0 74 4.1 -1.9 298 19 316.3 317.2 292.1 331.4 4.73 10 550 5123 -4.7 -16.6 39 11.9 -8.9 293 20 318.5 318.9 290.2 324.9 1.90 11 500 5867 -8.3 -38.0 7 29.8 -14.2 302 21 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.0 0.29 12 450 6675 -14.3 -43.3 7 29.0 -18.8 295 25 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.19 13 400 7555 -20.9 -46.7 8 25.8 -24.1 280 33 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.14 14 350 8529 -27.1 -47.6 12 20.5 -29.2 275 47 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.15 15 300 9621 -35.0 -40.9 55 5.9 -35.7 271 58 336.1 336.1 293.7 337.4 0.36 16 250 10871 -43.5 -47.0 68 3.5 -43.7 267 76 341.4 341.5 294.9 342.3 0.22 17 200 12335 -52.6 -66.9 16 14.2 -52.9 271 66 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14159 -59.8 -80.3 5 20.4 -60.0 267 50 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16681 -62.3 -85.2 3 22.8 -62.6 277 11 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.50 m Freezing level: 598.80 mb = 4448.69 m = 14595.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.35 mb = 4188.34 m = 13741.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.32 % Est. max temperature: 34.63 C = 94.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 697.47 mb = 3202.39 m = 10506.41 ft T: 9.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 25.37 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.82 mb = 3233.82 m = 10609.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.85 C = 94.72 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.00 C Showalter Index: -4.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.28 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.55 C Cross Totals Index: 20.74 C K Index: 45.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1466.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.98 mb = 3220.14 m = 10564.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.98 mb = 3279.66 m = 10759.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.98 mb = 11984.13 m = 39317.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1460.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.98 mb = 15496.25 m = 50840.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.9 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 312.9 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 22.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 92.64 Bulk Shear: 15.82 m/s