MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408271200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 28 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 124 1 950 572 SFC 942 644 24.3 8.3 36 16.0 14.6 151 12 302.6 303.9 290.1 324.4 7.30 3 900 1041 19.8 7.2 44 12.6 12.3 153 16 301.9 303.2 289.7 323.0 7.08 4 850 1529 15.0 6.3 56 8.7 9.9 155 16 301.8 303.1 289.6 322.8 7.04 5 800 2038 10.1 4.3 67 5.8 6.9 163 15 301.9 303.1 289.2 321.4 6.52 6 750 2573 8.1 -1.0 53 9.1 3.5 238 6 305.3 306.2 288.7 319.8 4.73 7 700 3139 5.2 -7.6 39 12.8 -0.4 272 9 308.3 308.9 288.1 318.0 3.09 8 650 3740 3.4 -21.6 14 25.0 -4.7 289 12 312.8 313.0 287.5 316.3 1.04 9 600 4387 1.2 -30.9 7 32.1 -7.3 300 15 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.2 0.48 10 550 5079 -3.4 -29.2 12 25.7 -10.2 297 16 320.0 320.1 289.4 322.2 0.62 11 500 5824 -9.1 -29.1 18 20.0 -14.0 290 19 322.0 322.1 290.1 324.4 0.69 12 450 6629 -15.4 -31.2 24 15.8 -18.8 283 22 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.2 0.63 13 400 7505 -22.2 -40.7 17 18.5 -24.8 280 24 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.1 0.27 14 350 8471 -29.5 -46.6 18 17.1 -31.2 280 28 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.17 15 300 9551 -38.2 -52.6 21 14.4 -39.1 281 32 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.10 16 250 10777 -48.3 -57.1 35 8.9 -48.6 285 39 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.07 17 200 12211 -57.6 -65.2 37 7.6 -57.7 270 40 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.03 18 150 14039 -54.5 -80.0 3 25.5 -54.9 257 34 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16620 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 237 15 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.70 m Freezing level: 587.19 mb = 4564.02 m = 14973.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.05 mb = 3079.84 m = 10104.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.31 % Est. max temperature: 24.20 C = 75.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 743.69 mb = 2641.85 m = 8667.38 ft T: 7.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 8.08 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 611.72 mb = 4230.52 m = 13879.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.86 C = 100.15 F Cap Strength: 6.61 C Lifted Index: 5.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.51 C Showalter Index: 5.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.03 C Cross Totals Index: 15.34 C K Index: 17.49 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8163.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.41 mb = 2622.92 m = 8605.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.1 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 296.1 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.7 neg: -3.9 tot: 53.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 76.51 m/s