MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407251200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407251200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 26 JUL 24 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 3 1 950 472 SFC 932 643 34.9 12.8 26 22.1 19.9 342 3 314.3 316.2 295.6 345.4 10.01 3 900 963 34.6 8.4 20 26.2 17.7 322 5 317.1 318.6 294.7 341.5 7.70 4 850 1478 31.5 4.3 18 27.2 14.8 211 10 319.2 320.4 294.0 338.9 6.15 5 800 2016 27.3 1.5 19 25.8 12.1 200 17 320.2 321.3 293.7 337.5 5.34 6 750 2580 22.2 -0.5 22 22.6 9.4 198 21 320.6 321.6 293.5 336.6 4.93 7 700 3173 16.6 -2.0 28 18.5 6.5 197 23 320.8 321.7 293.4 336.2 4.73 8 650 3796 10.5 -2.8 39 13.2 3.5 199 24 320.8 321.7 293.4 336.4 4.80 9 600 4454 4.2 -3.7 57 7.9 0.1 206 25 321.0 321.9 293.5 336.7 4.86 10 550 5154 -1.9 -5.9 74 3.9 -3.8 220 29 321.8 322.7 293.4 336.5 4.49 11 500 5904 -8.0 -11.3 77 3.3 -9.4 233 29 323.2 323.9 292.8 334.0 3.22 12 450 6715 -13.3 -14.2 93 0.9 -13.6 219 26 326.5 327.1 293.4 336.2 2.84 13 400 7601 -18.5 -22.2 73 3.7 -19.6 231 30 331.0 331.3 293.5 336.7 1.62 14 350 8586 -24.7 -28.1 73 3.4 -25.4 242 36 335.5 335.7 294.2 339.5 1.08 15 300 9689 -32.9 -36.4 71 3.5 -33.4 246 38 339.0 339.1 294.6 341.1 0.57 16 250 10944 -43.9 -47.2 70 3.3 -44.1 257 38 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.7 0.22 17 200 12406 -52.3 -63.1 26 10.8 -52.6 248 31 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.04 18 150 14231 -60.7 -80.1 6 19.4 -60.9 277 41 365.5 365.5 299.7 365.5 0.00 19 100 16756 -60.9 -85.6 2 24.7 -61.2 277 15 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5901.59 m Freezing level: 565.87 mb = 4932.14 m = 16181.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.28 mb = 4477.50 m = 14689.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.66 % Est. max temperature: 40.87 C = 105.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 677.60 mb = 3446.22 m = 11306.36 ft T: 13.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.00 C/km ThetaE index: 9.23 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 576.37 mb = 4777.63 m = 15674.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.83 C = 107.29 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.88 C Showalter Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 39.56 C Cross Totals Index: 12.39 C K Index: 25.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 168.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 306.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 605.74 mb = 4376.09 m = 14357.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 540.74 mb = 5287.83 m = 17348.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 340.74 mb = 8777.50 m = 28797.22 ft B at Equ Level: 168.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.74 mb = 12063.36 m = 39577.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.6 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 242.6 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 4.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.7 neg: -12.3 tot: 45.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.31 Bulk Shear: 72.83 m/s