MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2308201200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2308201200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 21 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 190 1 950 624 SFC 948 643 13.1 12.0 93 1.1 12.4 93 8 290.6 292.3 287.8 316.9 9.31 3 900 1076 10.2 9.1 93 1.1 9.6 130 19 292.0 293.4 287.1 315.1 8.09 4 850 1550 8.3 4.5 77 3.7 6.2 155 21 294.8 295.9 286.4 312.9 6.23 5 800 2051 7.5 6.6 94 0.8 7.0 150 12 299.1 300.5 289.3 321.7 7.68 6 750 2584 7.8 7.2 96 0.6 7.5 135 12 305.1 306.7 291.9 330.8 8.56 7 700 3154 7.4 7.1 98 0.3 7.2 212 19 310.7 312.4 294.0 338.6 9.09 8 650 3763 4.3 3.2 92 1.1 3.7 235 29 313.8 315.2 293.6 337.0 7.41 9 600 4410 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.1 242 46 316.2 317.4 293.3 336.1 6.29 10 550 5104 -2.8 -3.1 98 0.3 -3.0 242 54 320.8 321.8 294.0 338.7 5.55 11 500 5855 -6.5 -6.9 97 0.4 -6.7 247 56 325.1 326.0 294.4 340.2 4.55 12 450 6672 -11.4 -12.4 93 0.9 -11.8 256 60 328.8 329.5 294.3 340.0 3.29 13 400 7566 -16.5 -18.2 87 1.6 -17.1 260 62 333.5 334.0 294.7 341.6 2.29 14 350 8558 -22.7 -24.8 83 2.1 -23.2 264 71 338.1 338.4 295.1 343.5 1.46 15 300 9672 -30.2 -32.8 78 2.6 -30.7 261 80 342.8 342.9 295.7 345.8 0.81 16 250 10944 -40.4 -43.8 70 3.4 -40.7 261 90 346.0 346.1 296.0 347.3 0.31 17 200 12420 -53.2 -56.8 65 3.6 -53.4 267 101 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.9 0.09 18 150 14217 -62.5 -72.2 26 9.6 -62.6 272 88 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16720 -63.5 -85.9 3 22.4 -63.7 273 41 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.25 m Freezing level: 599.10 mb = 4422.05 m = 14507.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.30 mb = 4392.08 m = 14409.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.11 % Est. max temperature: 21.68 C = 71.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.51 mb = 779.51 m = 2557.42 ft T: 12.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 4.04 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.34 mb = 3833.61 m = 12577.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.15 C = 97.08 F Cap Strength: 11.24 C Lifted Index: 12.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.21 C Showalter Index: 13.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.75 C Cross Totals Index: 11.01 C K Index: 18.98 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 5.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12003.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.83 mb = 1320.86 m = 4333.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.6 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 261.6 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 366.0 neg: -85.2 tot: 280.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 221.75 m/s