MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F010.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KCOS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 16Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: KCOS Latitude: 38.82 Longitude: -104.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 1 950 569 2 900 1032 3 850 1516 SFC 814 1874 11.1 10.7 98 0.3 10.9 157 8 301.4 303.2 292.0 330.9 9.99 5 800 2024 9.4 9.4 100 -0.0 9.4 159 13 301.2 302.9 291.3 328.6 9.29 6 750 2559 7.3 7.3 100 0.0 7.3 190 19 304.5 306.1 291.8 330.3 8.60 7 700 3125 5.9 3.5 85 2.4 4.5 237 21 309.0 310.3 291.9 330.6 7.04 8 650 3728 2.2 -3.2 67 5.4 -0.4 268 25 311.5 312.4 290.6 326.2 4.67 9 600 4370 -2.0 -8.6 60 6.7 -4.8 275 30 313.8 314.5 290.1 324.5 3.31 10 550 5056 -6.4 -12.3 63 5.8 -8.7 270 30 316.5 317.0 290.4 325.3 2.71 11 500 5794 -11.4 -17.0 64 5.5 -13.3 264 30 319.1 319.5 290.5 325.9 2.02 12 450 6593 -16.7 -28.2 36 11.6 -19.3 259 34 322.3 322.5 290.3 325.2 0.83 13 400 7466 -23.2 -32.3 43 9.2 -24.8 260 40 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.2 0.63 14 350 8427 -30.9 -41.3 35 10.4 -32.0 258 44 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.3 0.29 15 300 9502 -38.9 -57.6 12 18.7 -39.8 259 51 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.05 16 250 10732 -46.6 -65.4 10 18.8 -47.1 259 65 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.02 17 200 12182 -54.7 -71.6 11 16.9 -55.0 257 83 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.1 0.01 18 150 14009 -57.2 -80.9 3 23.7 -57.5 249 70 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16536 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 267 49 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.92 m Freezing level: 623.32 mb = 4070.41 m = 13354.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.97 mb = 3678.51 m = 12068.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.29 % Est. max temperature: 19.91 C = 67.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.27 mb = 1917.16 m = 6289.82 ft T: 10.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 2.32 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.42 mb = 2476.93 m = 8126.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.54 C = 56.36 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.28 mb = 2456.64 m = 8059.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 524.28 mb = 5426.60 m = 17803.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 464.28 mb = 6356.04 m = 20852.90 ft B at Equ Level: 34.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 304.28 mb = 9403.38 m = 30850.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.6 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 287.6 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.9 neg: -4.6 tot: 215.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 131.87 m/s