MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307271200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 28 JUL 23 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 72 1 950 528 SFC 938 643 30.7 2.6 17 28.1 14.6 321 7 309.5 310.4 290.2 324.8 4.92 3 900 1007 26.3 0.8 19 25.5 12.2 317 7 308.7 309.5 289.6 322.7 4.51 4 850 1505 21.5 -0.2 24 21.7 9.8 310 7 308.6 309.5 289.5 322.4 4.42 5 800 2024 16.3 -1.0 30 17.4 7.2 303 7 308.6 309.4 289.5 322.3 4.43 6 750 2568 11.0 -1.9 40 13.0 4.4 293 7 308.6 309.4 289.5 322.3 4.42 7 700 3137 5.8 -3.4 52 9.2 1.3 280 16 308.9 309.7 289.4 322.1 4.25 8 650 3739 1.3 -2.2 77 3.5 -0.4 284 37 310.5 311.4 290.6 326.2 5.02 9 600 4378 -3.3 -9.7 61 6.5 -6.0 285 43 312.3 312.9 289.4 322.1 3.04 10 550 5061 -6.3 -16.9 43 10.6 -9.9 283 43 316.6 317.0 289.6 322.7 1.84 11 500 5799 -11.7 -19.6 52 7.9 -14.1 282 46 318.8 319.1 290.0 324.3 1.62 12 450 6597 -17.1 -25.2 49 8.1 -19.1 280 50 321.8 322.0 290.5 325.6 1.10 13 400 7469 -23.3 -27.4 69 4.1 -24.2 275 54 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.2 1.01 14 350 8432 -29.9 -42.9 27 13.0 -31.3 269 60 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.3 0.25 15 300 9515 -36.8 -56.4 11 19.6 -37.9 261 67 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.06 16 250 10752 -45.9 -61.9 15 16.0 -46.4 254 74 337.9 337.9 293.8 338.0 0.04 17 200 12204 -53.7 -69.7 12 16.0 -54.0 261 79 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14062 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -53.8 276 76 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16635 -58.6 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 258 36 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.92 m Freezing level: 635.42 mb = 3925.36 m = 12878.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.49 mb = 3596.88 m = 11800.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.81 C = 85.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 620.98 mb = 4103.46 m = 13462.63 ft T: -1.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 2.67 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 565.23 mb = 4846.55 m = 15900.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.37 C = 97.47 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: 3.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: 3.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.14 C Cross Totals Index: 11.46 C K Index: 23.72 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 59.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7987.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 616.84 mb = 4156.81 m = 13637.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.4 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 314.4 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 95.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 68.64 m/s