MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F030.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 72 1 950 524 2 900 994 3 850 1485 SFC 802 1975 15.4 11.1 75 4.4 12.6 170 8 307.4 309.3 294.0 338.7 10.38 5 800 1999 13.1 10.5 84 2.6 11.5 171 8 305.1 307.0 293.1 335.3 10.05 6 750 2539 8.7 6.7 87 2.0 7.5 196 9 306.0 307.6 291.9 330.9 8.22 7 700 3109 8.0 -1.8 50 9.8 3.0 237 13 311.4 312.3 290.7 326.4 4.79 8 650 3716 4.0 -12.4 29 16.4 -2.6 259 11 313.5 313.9 289.0 320.9 2.27 9 600 4359 -1.5 -18.4 26 16.9 -7.2 273 10 314.4 314.6 288.5 319.3 1.49 10 550 5044 -6.8 -31.0 13 24.2 -12.5 266 12 316.0 316.1 288.1 317.8 0.52 11 500 5780 -12.3 -23.3 39 11.0 -15.3 250 18 318.0 318.2 289.3 322.0 1.17 12 450 6576 -18.0 -24.2 59 6.2 -19.6 248 22 320.6 320.8 290.2 324.8 1.20 13 400 7445 -24.2 -35.1 36 10.9 -25.9 258 33 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.3 0.48 14 350 8404 -31.2 -37.6 53 6.5 -32.0 256 37 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.3 0.43 15 300 9476 -40.0 -44.6 62 4.5 -40.4 255 42 329.0 329.0 291.7 329.9 0.24 16 250 10697 -47.8 -59.6 24 11.8 -48.1 250 62 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.05 17 200 12145 -54.4 -72.7 9 18.4 -54.6 251 72 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.01 18 150 13964 -59.3 -79.1 6 19.8 -59.5 256 56 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16489 -61.0 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 256 37 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.33 m Freezing level: 613.82 mb = 4181.73 m = 13719.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.26 mb = 3428.20 m = 11247.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.84 % Est. max temperature: 21.09 C = 69.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.46 mb = 2522.29 m = 8275.12 ft T: 8.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 20.89 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.59 mb = 3708.81 m = 12167.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.17 C = 70.10 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 253.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 710.19 mb = 2989.67 m = 9808.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 575.19 mb = 4691.92 m = 15393.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.19 mb = 9815.43 m = 32202.46 ft B at Equ Level: 247.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.19 mb = 11375.36 m = 37320.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.2 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 281.2 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.4 neg: -3.1 tot: 35.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 7.10 Bulk Shear: 35.71 m/s