MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506031200F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506031200F020.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 8Z WED 4 JUN 25 Station: KFCS Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 1 950 565 2 900 1026 3 850 1508 SFC 827 1741 10.2 9.9 98 0.3 10.0 170 7 299.2 300.9 290.7 326.5 9.31 5 800 2013 8.2 8.1 100 0.0 8.2 174 14 299.8 301.4 290.2 324.9 8.52 6 750 2544 5.2 5.2 100 0.0 5.2 174 17 302.3 303.6 290.1 324.5 7.44 7 700 3105 3.2 3.2 100 0.0 3.2 202 15 306.1 307.4 290.9 327.0 6.90 8 650 3705 1.5 0.3 92 1.2 0.9 250 16 310.7 311.8 291.6 329.4 6.05 9 600 4348 -1.0 -11.8 44 10.8 -5.4 282 22 314.9 315.4 289.8 323.4 2.58 10 550 5035 -5.8 -27.1 17 21.4 -11.4 277 23 317.3 317.4 288.7 319.9 0.75 11 500 5775 -10.4 -41.1 6 30.7 -15.8 272 24 320.3 320.3 289.0 321.1 0.21 12 450 6576 -16.4 -28.1 35 11.8 -19.0 267 26 322.7 322.8 290.5 325.6 0.84 13 400 7449 -23.1 -39.7 20 16.6 -25.4 267 30 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.2 0.30 14 350 8412 -30.4 -36.2 57 5.8 -31.2 261 37 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.6 0.50 15 300 9492 -37.4 -40.5 73 3.0 -37.8 238 61 332.6 332.7 292.8 334.0 0.37 16 250 10721 -48.3 -51.5 69 3.2 -48.4 241 69 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.13 17 200 12157 -56.1 -65.2 31 9.1 -56.2 253 81 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 13973 -58.7 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 262 62 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16498 -62.6 -85.2 3 22.5 -62.9 254 41 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.45 m Freezing level: 620.22 mb = 4088.01 m = 13411.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.83 mb = 3793.92 m = 12447.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.32 % Est. max temperature: 18.68 C = 65.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.74 mb = 1779.74 m = 5838.96 ft T: 9.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 2.05 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.12 mb = 2240.80 m = 7351.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.79 C = 53.22 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: 3.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.88 mb = 2275.18 m = 7464.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.88 mb = 2328.45 m = 7639.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 729.88 mb = 2765.13 m = 9071.83 ft B at Equ Level: 22.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 669.88 mb = 3461.18 m = 11355.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.8 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 287.8 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 123.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 74.46 m/s