MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308091200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308091200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 10 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 32 1 950 483 SFC 933 643 25.3 11.2 41 14.1 16.3 82 12 304.4 306.1 292.1 331.3 8.97 3 900 955 21.6 10.1 48 11.6 14.4 88 18 303.8 305.4 291.6 329.6 8.63 4 850 1448 18.2 10.1 59 8.1 13.1 128 15 305.2 306.9 292.5 332.8 9.19 5 800 1965 15.2 9.1 67 6.0 11.4 205 14 307.3 309.0 293.0 335.0 9.13 6 750 2508 11.0 6.2 72 4.9 8.2 253 19 308.6 310.0 292.4 332.8 7.93 7 700 3080 6.8 1.0 67 5.7 3.7 275 25 310.0 311.1 291.2 328.3 5.90 8 650 3683 1.8 -2.5 73 4.3 -0.3 281 28 311.0 311.9 290.7 326.4 4.90 9 600 4324 -2.3 -5.9 77 3.6 -3.9 288 29 313.5 314.2 290.7 326.6 4.12 10 550 5010 -6.0 -7.4 90 1.4 -6.7 293 30 316.9 317.7 291.6 329.8 3.97 11 500 5749 -10.6 -12.6 86 1.9 -11.4 300 32 320.1 320.6 291.6 329.7 2.91 12 450 6554 -14.9 -20.4 63 5.4 -16.6 306 35 324.4 324.8 291.8 330.3 1.68 13 400 7434 -20.6 -34.7 27 14.1 -23.2 308 40 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.0 0.50 14 350 8407 -27.6 -38.8 33 11.3 -29.1 305 41 331.6 331.6 292.5 333.0 0.38 15 300 9496 -36.5 -42.3 55 5.7 -37.1 302 49 333.9 334.0 293.1 335.1 0.31 16 250 10733 -46.0 -52.1 50 6.1 -46.3 304 59 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.12 17 200 12177 -57.6 -61.6 61 3.9 -57.7 301 74 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.05 18 150 13970 -57.9 -75.0 9 17.1 -58.1 296 44 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16535 -56.1 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 307 27 419.3 419.3 307.6 419.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.90 m Freezing level: 627.97 mb = 3965.63 m = 13010.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.10 mb = 3632.24 m = 11916.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.39 % Est. max temperature: 28.53 C = 83.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 757.99 mb = 2419.00 m = 7936.25 ft T: 11.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 8.64 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.17 mb = 3066.12 m = 10059.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.69 C = 87.24 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.85 C Cross Totals Index: 20.79 C K Index: 33.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 162.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.74 mb = 2443.97 m = 8018.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.74 mb = 3924.13 m = 12874.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 490.74 mb = 5891.94 m = 19330.28 ft B at Equ Level: 16.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 450.74 mb = 6540.97 m = 21459.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.4 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 315.4 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 393.1 neg: -9.4 tot: 383.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 216.52 m/s