MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408051200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408051200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 6 AUG 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 175 1 950 614 SFC 947 643 18.0 12.6 71 5.4 14.6 130 7 295.7 297.5 289.9 323.8 9.74 3 900 1073 13.2 11.2 87 2.1 12.0 133 11 295.2 296.8 289.3 321.9 9.30 4 850 1552 10.7 7.5 80 3.2 8.8 137 13 297.3 298.7 288.6 319.7 7.64 5 800 2058 10.2 5.8 74 4.4 7.7 105 5 302.0 303.4 289.9 323.7 7.25 6 750 2592 7.5 6.7 95 0.8 7.1 286 7 304.7 306.3 291.6 329.6 8.26 7 700 3159 4.5 4.0 97 0.5 4.2 294 15 307.5 308.8 291.6 329.7 7.31 8 650 3759 1.4 -0.2 89 1.6 0.5 300 15 310.5 311.6 291.3 328.5 5.79 9 600 4400 -1.8 -5.2 78 3.4 -3.4 302 16 314.1 314.9 291.1 327.9 4.34 10 550 5089 -4.8 -11.3 60 6.6 -7.4 295 20 318.4 319.0 291.2 328.1 2.93 11 500 5834 -8.3 -18.1 45 9.8 -11.6 298 29 322.9 323.2 291.5 329.1 1.83 12 450 6644 -14.0 -28.3 29 14.3 -17.4 298 37 325.7 325.9 291.3 328.7 0.83 13 400 7525 -20.4 -46.1 8 25.8 -23.7 293 44 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.15 14 350 8500 -27.0 -48.4 11 21.4 -29.2 292 53 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.14 15 300 9591 -35.4 -53.6 14 18.2 -36.6 292 61 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.09 16 250 10842 -40.8 -65.1 6 24.3 -41.8 285 71 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 17 200 12337 -48.4 -61.8 20 13.4 -48.8 280 68 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.4 0.05 18 150 14189 -57.2 -80.7 4 23.6 -57.5 280 58 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16736 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.8 273 22 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.32 m Freezing level: 628.02 mb = 4041.13 m = 13258.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.03 mb = 3845.66 m = 12616.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.42 % Est. max temperature: 24.36 C = 75.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.29 mb = 1315.99 m = 4317.49 ft T: 11.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km ThetaE index: 4.14 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.98 mb = 2493.74 m = 8181.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.37 C = 79.46 F Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lifted Index: 7.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.35 C Showalter Index: 8.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.03 C Cross Totals Index: 15.80 C K Index: 26.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9700.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.80 mb = 1504.67 m = 4936.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.7 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 324.7 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.9 neg: -34.1 tot: 1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 87.61 m/s