MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308041200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 5 AUG 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 119 1 950 568 SFC 942 643 21.1 16.5 75 4.6 18.0 62 7 299.3 301.6 293.4 336.2 12.62 3 900 1035 18.7 12.6 68 6.1 14.8 84 19 300.8 302.6 292.0 330.9 10.24 4 850 1522 14.4 9.5 73 4.8 11.4 95 25 301.2 302.8 290.9 327.3 8.82 5 800 2032 11.4 7.6 78 3.7 9.2 106 27 303.3 304.8 291.1 327.8 8.23 6 750 2569 8.4 6.1 85 2.4 7.1 118 24 305.7 307.2 291.6 329.5 7.87 7 700 3137 5.1 3.6 90 1.5 4.2 122 18 308.1 309.5 291.6 329.8 7.08 8 650 3739 1.3 0.5 94 0.8 0.9 125 13 310.5 311.6 291.6 329.4 6.12 9 600 4380 -1.5 -1.8 98 0.3 -1.7 143 8 314.4 315.4 292.3 332.0 5.60 10 550 5070 -4.4 -5.0 96 0.6 -4.7 216 3 318.8 319.8 292.9 334.4 4.81 11 500 5816 -8.2 -9.3 92 1.1 -8.7 319 4 323.1 323.8 293.2 335.6 3.79 12 450 6628 -12.8 -14.4 88 1.6 -13.4 319 6 327.2 327.7 293.4 336.6 2.78 13 400 7516 -18.6 -20.8 83 2.2 -19.3 277 4 330.8 331.2 293.6 337.2 1.82 14 350 8498 -25.4 -28.2 77 2.8 -26.0 229 6 334.5 334.7 293.9 338.4 1.07 15 300 9598 -33.9 -37.2 72 3.4 -34.3 216 15 337.6 337.8 294.2 339.6 0.52 16 250 10846 -45.2 -49.2 64 4.0 -45.4 224 22 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.5 0.17 17 200 12300 -50.1 -68.9 9 18.8 -50.5 244 34 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.02 18 150 14183 -53.0 -82.0 2 29.0 -53.5 267 39 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16752 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 300 23 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.21 m Freezing level: 626.74 mb = 4037.28 m = 13245.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.57 mb = 3956.68 m = 12981.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.86 % Est. max temperature: 25.34 C = 77.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.14 mb = 1225.17 m = 4019.55 ft T: 17.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 8.88 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.94 mb = 2179.80 m = 7151.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.61 C = 78.10 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: 2.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: 4.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.54 C Cross Totals Index: 17.71 C K Index: 30.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.83 mb = 1785.32 m = 5857.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.83 mb = 3753.44 m = 12314.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 638.83 mb = 3877.86 m = 12722.49 ft B at Equ Level: 7.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 598.83 mb = 4395.68 m = 14421.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 109.4 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 139.4 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.3 neg: -2.7 tot: 116.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.15 Bulk Shear: 6.69 m/s