MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F006.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 6 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 60 1 950 513 2 900 984 3 850 1476 SFC 824 1742 17.4 13.0 76 4.3 14.5 106 1 307.0 309.2 294.7 341.7 11.50 5 800 1992 13.1 11.8 91 1.4 12.3 113 1 305.1 307.2 293.8 337.8 10.90 6 750 2534 12.2 7.5 73 4.8 9.3 6 1 309.9 311.5 293.4 336.5 8.69 7 700 3109 8.1 0.8 60 7.4 4.2 345 4 311.5 312.6 291.6 329.6 5.79 8 650 3715 3.1 -0.2 79 3.4 1.4 325 5 312.5 313.6 291.9 330.7 5.80 9 600 4359 -1.1 -8.5 57 7.5 -4.3 280 12 314.9 315.5 290.5 325.7 3.35 10 550 5047 -5.9 -15.0 49 9.1 -9.2 263 18 317.0 317.5 290.0 324.2 2.16 11 500 5785 -11.4 -14.9 75 3.6 -12.6 252 25 319.2 319.7 290.9 327.2 2.40 12 450 6585 -16.9 -19.8 79 2.8 -17.8 246 26 321.9 322.3 291.2 328.0 1.77 13 400 7457 -23.4 -27.0 72 3.6 -24.2 242 28 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.2 1.04 14 350 8419 -30.5 -41.8 32 11.4 -31.7 249 32 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.7 0.28 15 300 9497 -38.2 -47.9 35 9.8 -38.9 249 44 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.17 16 250 10728 -46.7 -64.3 12 17.6 -47.1 249 56 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.03 17 200 12175 -55.9 -70.6 14 14.6 -56.2 249 64 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.2 0.01 18 150 13985 -58.1 -78.9 5 20.7 -58.4 249 66 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16512 -62.5 -89.4 2 26.8 -62.7 253 47 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.59 m Freezing level: 612.59 mb = 4196.78 m = 13768.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.97 mb = 3865.35 m = 12681.43 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.73 % Est. max temperature: 22.08 C = 71.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.35 mb = 2287.26 m = 7504.04 ft T: 12.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 12.17 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.68 mb = 3147.54 m = 10326.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.63 C = 70.94 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 748.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.57 mb = 2729.96 m = 8956.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.57 mb = 3620.37 m = 11877.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.57 mb = 10791.37 m = 35404.32 ft B at Equ Level: 741.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.57 mb = 13288.57 m = 43597.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.1 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 286.1 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: -15.7 tot: -14.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 21.82 Bulk Shear: 34.30 m/s