MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408241200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408241200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 25 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 13 1 950 473 SFC 932 643 34.0 17.0 36 17.0 21.9 230 2 313.4 315.9 297.5 354.1 13.18 3 900 960 30.4 16.0 42 14.3 20.3 223 2 312.8 315.2 297.1 352.3 12.82 4 850 1468 25.4 14.9 52 10.5 18.1 212 3 312.7 315.1 297.0 351.7 12.65 5 800 1996 20.2 13.7 66 6.5 15.8 203 3 312.7 315.1 296.8 351.0 12.42 6 750 2550 17.1 -6.1 20 23.2 5.6 231 6 315.1 315.8 290.5 325.6 3.23 7 700 3132 12.3 -7.5 24 19.7 2.9 230 8 316.1 316.7 290.6 326.2 3.11 8 650 3746 6.6 -4.8 44 11.5 1.0 215 10 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.7 4.10 9 600 4396 1.6 -9.3 44 10.9 -3.2 211 17 318.0 318.6 291.2 328.3 3.15 10 550 5090 -4.1 -6.4 84 2.3 -5.1 211 23 319.3 320.1 292.6 333.3 4.32 11 500 5837 -7.8 -27.0 20 19.2 -12.9 222 31 323.6 323.8 290.7 326.6 0.84 12 450 6648 -12.9 -38.7 9 25.8 -17.7 227 39 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.2 0.30 13 400 7534 -18.9 -44.6 8 25.7 -22.5 225 41 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.2 0.18 14 350 8514 -25.8 -50.5 8 24.7 -28.3 226 42 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.11 15 300 9611 -34.7 -51.3 17 16.6 -36.0 229 42 336.4 336.4 293.6 336.9 0.11 16 250 10856 -44.9 -56.4 26 11.6 -45.4 227 47 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.07 17 200 12311 -54.3 -64.8 26 10.5 -54.5 223 52 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.03 18 150 14128 -58.9 -78.4 6 19.6 -59.1 221 54 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.01 19 100 16660 -59.5 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 242 16 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.73 m Freezing level: 585.95 mb = 4591.14 m = 15062.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.23 mb = 3894.50 m = 12777.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.78 % Est. max temperature: 34.19 C = 93.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.59 mb = 2782.67 m = 9129.39 ft T: 15.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 28.50 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.34 mb = 3151.69 m = 10340.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.65 C = 97.97 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -5.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.80 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 28.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2084.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.01 mb = 2777.82 m = 9113.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.01 mb = 3433.26 m = 11263.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.01 mb = 12803.56 m = 42005.92 ft B at Equ Level: 2077.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.01 mb = 16354.95 m = 53657.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.1 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 249.1 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: -0.0 tot: 9.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 97.97 Bulk Shear: 21.28 m/s