MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107311200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2107311200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 1 AUG 21 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 161 SFC 953 589 31.0 8.0 24 23.0 16.8 12 11 308.4 309.7 291.7 330.1 7.09 2 950 619 30.1 7.3 24 22.8 16.1 12 10 307.7 309.0 291.3 328.5 6.78 3 900 1097 25.2 6.4 30 18.8 13.8 9 13 307.4 308.7 291.1 327.9 6.69 4 850 1593 20.2 5.6 38 14.7 11.6 6 13 307.4 308.6 291.1 327.9 6.72 5 800 2112 15.3 4.8 49 10.5 9.2 360 13 307.4 308.7 291.2 328.0 6.73 6 750 2653 10.2 3.8 65 6.4 6.6 348 13 307.6 308.9 291.2 328.1 6.72 7 700 3222 4.9 1.7 79 3.3 3.2 332 16 308.0 309.1 290.8 326.9 6.18 8 650 3823 2.5 -19.2 18 21.7 -4.8 343 25 311.8 312.0 287.5 316.1 1.29 9 600 4466 -0.7 -27.0 12 26.3 -8.0 349 23 315.3 315.4 288.0 317.7 0.70 10 550 5154 -5.0 -24.3 20 19.2 -10.6 347 24 318.1 318.3 289.2 321.5 0.97 11 500 5895 -9.8 -33.1 13 23.3 -14.9 345 24 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.7 0.47 12 450 6700 -15.4 -36.9 14 21.5 -19.3 343 24 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.3 0.36 13 400 7576 -21.7 -50.2 6 28.4 -24.9 345 23 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.1 0.10 14 350 8544 -28.8 -55.7 6 26.8 -30.9 340 28 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.06 15 300 9630 -35.6 -60.6 6 25.0 -37.0 332 47 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.3 0.04 16 250 10877 -44.5 -64.6 9 20.1 -45.1 324 57 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.03 17 200 12342 -51.5 -74.8 5 23.3 -51.9 320 64 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14187 -56.7 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 325 57 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16725 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.1 339 36 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.16 m Freezing level: 610.93 mb = 4325.63 m = 14191.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.17 mb = 3455.19 m = 11335.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.11 C = 86.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 681.31 mb = 3441.55 m = 11291.05 ft T: 4.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 12.06 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 632.42 mb = 4043.44 m = 13265.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.59 C = 96.07 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: 2.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: 2.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.09 C Cross Totals Index: 15.44 C K Index: 32.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7281.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.91 mb = 3434.49 m = 11267.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 348.5 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 18.5 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.2 neg: -1.0 tot: 25.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 11.39 m/s