MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F021.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 87 1 950 527 2 900 997 3 850 1488 SFC 803 1975 12.2 9.3 83 2.8 10.4 7 4 303.8 305.5 292.1 331.4 9.23 5 800 2003 14.5 7.8 64 6.7 10.4 358 7 306.6 308.2 292.2 331.8 8.33 6 750 2546 11.9 4.5 61 7.4 7.6 313 6 309.5 310.8 292.0 331.2 7.05 7 700 3120 7.9 1.8 66 6.0 4.5 284 12 311.2 312.4 291.9 330.6 6.25 8 650 3727 3.5 -1.7 69 5.2 0.8 257 24 312.9 313.9 291.5 329.3 5.19 9 600 4370 -1.7 -4.5 81 2.8 -3.0 248 31 314.2 315.0 291.3 328.7 4.56 10 550 5057 -6.4 -7.6 91 1.2 -6.9 247 32 316.5 317.3 291.5 329.2 3.94 11 500 5796 -10.9 -12.1 91 1.2 -11.4 250 28 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.7 3.02 12 450 6597 -16.2 -18.6 82 2.4 -17.0 253 29 322.8 323.2 291.6 329.5 1.95 13 400 7473 -22.5 -32.0 42 9.4 -24.3 261 28 325.7 325.8 291.2 328.1 0.66 14 350 8437 -30.2 -35.3 61 5.1 -30.9 270 31 328.0 328.1 291.7 330.0 0.54 15 300 9514 -39.0 -44.1 59 5.0 -39.5 259 34 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.3 0.26 16 250 10738 -47.4 -57.4 31 10.0 -47.7 254 54 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.07 17 200 12191 -54.2 -71.9 10 17.6 -54.5 254 79 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.01 18 150 14010 -59.3 -77.9 7 18.7 -59.5 258 70 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16538 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 261 33 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.78 m Freezing level: 616.16 mb = 4162.37 m = 13655.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.14 mb = 3862.08 m = 12670.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.54 % Est. max temperature: 20.63 C = 69.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.24 mb = 2332.84 m = 7653.58 ft T: 12.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 3.17 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.62 mb = 3843.39 m = 12609.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.94 C = 69.69 F Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.90 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 677.62 mb = 3385.86 m = 11108.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 572.62 mb = 4738.96 m = 15547.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 352.62 mb = 8383.29 m = 27503.88 ft B at Equ Level: 47.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 272.62 mb = 10156.63 m = 33321.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.4 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 286.4 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.3 neg: -10.9 tot: 21.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 78.91 m/s