MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F009.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 98 1 950 542 2 900 1009 3 850 1496 SFC 803 1976 11.4 9.2 86 2.2 10.1 134 6 303.0 304.7 291.8 330.3 9.17 5 800 2006 11.2 9.1 87 2.0 9.9 137 9 303.0 304.7 291.7 330.2 9.12 6 750 2542 7.1 6.7 97 0.5 6.9 146 15 304.3 305.9 291.5 329.0 8.23 7 700 3107 4.0 3.7 98 0.3 3.8 160 16 306.9 308.3 291.3 328.7 7.16 8 650 3707 1.1 0.7 97 0.4 0.9 237 15 310.3 311.4 291.6 329.5 6.22 9 600 4350 -0.6 -5.0 72 4.4 -2.7 269 23 315.4 316.2 291.6 329.4 4.39 10 550 5039 -6.5 -9.9 76 3.4 -7.9 277 25 316.4 317.0 290.9 327.0 3.27 11 500 5775 -11.6 -17.3 63 5.6 -13.5 294 27 318.9 319.2 290.4 325.5 1.97 12 450 6575 -16.8 -28.3 36 11.5 -19.4 292 33 322.1 322.3 290.3 325.0 0.82 13 400 7448 -22.8 -45.3 11 22.5 -25.5 272 32 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.17 14 350 8411 -30.7 -47.4 18 16.7 -32.2 263 36 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.0 0.15 15 300 9485 -39.7 -51.9 26 12.1 -40.4 257 42 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.8 0.11 16 250 10707 -48.9 -58.0 34 9.1 -49.1 263 56 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.06 17 200 12142 -55.6 -70.7 14 15.1 -55.9 267 61 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.7 0.01 18 150 13970 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.4 261 47 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16507 -62.0 -89.0 2 26.9 -62.3 242 27 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.86 m Freezing level: 617.81 mb = 4121.21 m = 13520.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.63 mb = 3861.51 m = 12668.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.63 % Est. max temperature: 18.04 C = 64.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.88 mb = 2249.38 m = 7379.77 ft T: 9.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 1.62 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.48 mb = 2668.55 m = 8754.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.21 C = 55.78 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.00 mb = 2629.56 m = 8627.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.00 mb = 3025.41 m = 9925.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 687.00 mb = 3258.75 m = 10691.30 ft B at Equ Level: 17.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 617.00 mb = 4125.83 m = 13536.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.2 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 300.2 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 218.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 135.64 m/s