MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506041800F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506041800F024.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 5 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 69 1 950 515 2 900 988 3 850 1482 SFC 825 1742 18.8 13.0 69 5.8 15.0 165 3 308.5 310.7 295.1 343.5 11.52 5 800 2000 14.5 11.3 81 3.2 12.4 170 3 306.6 308.5 293.9 338.3 10.55 6 750 2542 11.7 2.1 51 9.7 6.4 354 7 309.3 310.4 291.0 327.6 5.93 7 700 3115 7.4 0.7 62 6.8 3.8 336 8 310.7 311.8 291.3 328.6 5.74 8 650 3721 2.6 -0.2 82 2.8 1.2 317 11 312.0 313.1 291.7 330.1 5.83 9 600 4363 -2.0 -4.3 84 2.3 -3.1 313 8 313.8 314.7 291.3 328.5 4.63 10 550 5050 -6.1 -17.8 39 11.7 -10.0 284 17 316.9 317.2 289.6 322.6 1.72 11 500 5788 -11.2 -19.1 52 7.9 -13.7 262 22 319.3 319.7 290.3 325.0 1.69 12 450 6587 -17.0 -23.2 59 6.1 -18.7 256 29 321.8 322.1 290.7 326.3 1.31 13 400 7461 -22.8 -29.2 56 6.3 -24.1 250 32 325.3 325.5 291.2 328.3 0.86 14 350 8424 -30.6 -34.1 71 3.5 -31.2 250 29 327.4 327.6 291.6 329.7 0.61 15 300 9503 -37.7 -52.4 20 14.7 -38.6 249 50 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.10 16 250 10735 -46.7 -64.2 12 17.5 -47.1 251 63 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.03 17 200 12184 -54.8 -71.2 11 16.5 -55.0 248 72 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.1 0.01 18 150 13999 -59.2 -77.9 7 18.6 -59.5 248 68 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16523 -62.0 -89.0 2 26.9 -62.3 262 39 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.78 m Freezing level: 621.32 mb = 4088.91 m = 13414.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.07 mb = 3894.35 m = 12776.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.20 % Est. max temperature: 21.50 C = 70.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.68 mb = 2467.96 m = 8096.88 ft T: 12.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 15.84 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.76 mb = 3390.96 m = 11125.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.45 C = 70.61 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 304.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.35 mb = 3051.95 m = 10012.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.35 mb = 3966.87 m = 13014.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.35 mb = 9494.95 m = 31151.02 ft B at Equ Level: 300.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.35 mb = 11856.87 m = 38900.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.7 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 300.7 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: -46.6 tot: -43.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.51 Bulk Shear: 46.76 m/s