MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108181200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2108181200F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 19 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 70 1 950 518 SFC 942 589 25.0 11.3 42 13.7 16.3 27 11 303.3 305.0 291.7 330.1 8.98 3 900 988 20.2 10.4 53 9.8 14.1 31 15 302.3 303.9 291.3 328.6 8.85 4 850 1477 15.4 9.6 68 5.8 11.8 33 16 302.3 303.9 291.3 328.5 8.85 5 800 1990 14.8 11.8 83 2.9 12.9 134 13 306.9 308.9 294.3 340.0 10.97 6 750 2538 15.2 7.5 60 7.7 10.4 174 29 313.0 314.7 294.3 340.0 8.69 7 700 3121 13.5 0.8 42 12.7 6.4 197 25 317.5 318.6 293.3 336.0 5.81 8 650 3740 8.9 -1.0 50 9.9 3.5 209 21 319.0 320.1 293.5 336.7 5.49 9 600 4397 3.9 -5.8 49 9.7 -0.9 203 23 320.6 321.4 292.8 334.1 4.12 10 550 5096 -2.2 -5.3 79 3.1 -3.7 194 27 321.5 322.4 293.5 336.8 4.69 11 500 5844 -8.4 -13.2 69 4.7 -10.3 199 31 322.8 323.3 292.3 332.1 2.77 12 450 6653 -14.0 -16.7 80 2.7 -14.9 205 31 325.7 326.1 292.7 333.5 2.30 13 400 7537 -19.1 -27.1 49 8.0 -21.0 219 33 330.1 330.3 292.7 333.9 1.04 14 350 8521 -24.4 -26.7 81 2.3 -24.9 225 41 335.9 336.1 294.4 340.4 1.24 15 300 9626 -32.7 -35.5 76 2.8 -33.1 231 41 339.3 339.4 294.7 341.6 0.62 16 250 10881 -43.3 -47.5 63 4.2 -43.6 228 41 341.7 341.7 294.9 342.5 0.21 17 200 12349 -52.2 -61.7 31 9.6 -52.4 255 47 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.4 0.05 18 150 14165 -60.8 -75.6 13 14.8 -61.0 226 52 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16689 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.2 244 26 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.63 m Freezing level: 568.06 mb = 4843.10 m = 15889.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.78 mb = 4264.01 m = 13989.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.51 % Est. max temperature: 29.47 C = 85.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 770.22 mb = 2311.78 m = 7584.49 ft T: 15.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.06 C/km ThetaE index: 4.01 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 608.59 mb = 4279.92 m = 14041.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.77 C = 107.18 F Cap Strength: 9.58 C Lifted Index: 3.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.58 C Showalter Index: 3.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.81 C Cross Totals Index: 18.01 C K Index: 20.67 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7331.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.07 mb = 2236.59 m = 7337.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.2 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 221.2 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 332.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 332.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 177.91 m/s