MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F018.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 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 76 1 950 534 2 900 1002 3 850 1491 SFC 803 1975 13.3 9.9 80 3.4 11.2 341 11 305.0 306.8 292.7 333.7 9.57 5 800 2004 12.6 8.8 78 3.8 10.2 339 14 304.5 306.2 292.0 331.2 8.90 6 750 2544 10.0 5.6 74 4.4 7.4 306 10 307.4 308.8 291.9 330.6 7.63 7 700 3114 6.4 3.1 79 3.4 4.5 255 10 309.6 310.9 291.9 330.7 6.83 8 650 3718 2.0 -0.5 84 2.4 0.7 244 14 311.2 312.3 291.4 328.9 5.70 9 600 4360 -1.7 -3.4 88 1.7 -2.6 245 24 314.1 315.1 291.6 329.8 4.96 10 550 5047 -6.3 -7.8 90 1.4 -7.0 242 32 316.6 317.3 291.5 329.1 3.88 11 500 5786 -10.9 -12.4 89 1.5 -11.5 248 32 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.4 2.95 12 450 6588 -15.9 -18.3 82 2.4 -16.6 264 29 323.3 323.7 291.7 330.2 2.02 13 400 7465 -22.2 -25.9 72 3.7 -23.0 278 28 326.2 326.4 291.8 330.3 1.16 14 350 8431 -29.7 -33.6 69 3.9 -30.3 265 25 328.7 328.8 292.0 331.0 0.64 15 300 9508 -39.3 -45.8 50 6.6 -39.8 258 31 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.9 0.21 16 250 10735 -46.7 -63.7 13 17.0 -47.1 259 58 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.03 17 200 12186 -55.2 -71.7 11 16.5 -55.4 256 72 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.01 18 150 13998 -59.8 -78.4 7 18.6 -60.0 256 78 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16523 -60.7 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.0 265 42 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.66 m Freezing level: 623.41 mb = 4059.01 m = 13316.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.98 mb = 3854.72 m = 12646.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.69 % Est. max temperature: 19.01 C = 66.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.62 mb = 2403.98 m = 7886.98 ft T: 10.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 3.11 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.05 mb = 3385.60 m = 11107.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.29 C = 64.91 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 707.57 mb = 3025.14 m = 9924.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 562.57 mb = 4868.21 m = 15971.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 482.57 mb = 6055.93 m = 19868.31 ft B at Equ Level: 26.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 382.57 mb = 7787.30 m = 25548.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.1 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 289.1 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 4.7 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.4 neg: -10.6 tot: 80.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 64.17 m/s