MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F011.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KCOS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 17Z 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 115 1 950 559 2 900 1024 3 850 1510 SFC 814 1874 12.3 11.4 94 0.9 11.7 160 7 302.7 304.6 292.7 333.7 10.45 5 800 2019 10.2 10.3 100 -0.0 10.3 163 10 302.1 303.9 292.0 331.2 9.85 6 750 2555 7.5 7.5 100 0.0 7.5 192 16 304.7 306.3 291.9 330.9 8.71 7 700 3123 5.8 4.2 90 1.5 4.9 286 12 308.9 310.3 292.2 331.6 7.43 8 650 3726 2.6 -3.5 64 6.1 -0.3 290 26 311.9 312.8 290.6 326.3 4.56 9 600 4369 -1.5 -8.4 59 7.0 -4.5 286 30 314.4 315.1 290.3 325.3 3.37 10 550 5056 -5.8 -12.1 61 6.4 -8.2 272 29 317.3 317.8 290.6 326.3 2.74 11 500 5796 -11.1 -18.0 57 6.8 -13.3 264 31 319.5 319.8 290.5 325.7 1.86 12 450 6595 -16.8 -26.9 42 10.0 -19.2 259 37 322.1 322.2 290.4 325.4 0.94 13 400 7468 -23.3 -39.2 22 15.9 -25.5 259 41 324.8 324.8 290.6 325.9 0.32 14 350 8429 -31.0 -47.1 19 16.1 -32.4 260 45 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.6 0.16 15 300 9504 -38.8 -54.1 18 15.3 -39.6 262 50 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.08 16 250 10732 -47.1 -68.2 7 21.2 -47.6 260 65 336.1 336.1 293.3 336.2 0.02 17 200 12179 -55.2 -70.9 13 15.7 -55.4 257 84 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.01 18 150 14004 -57.1 -80.7 4 23.6 -57.4 249 74 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16538 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.0 267 48 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.93 m Freezing level: 617.97 mb = 4137.81 m = 13575.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.18 mb = 3686.69 m = 12095.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.19 % Est. max temperature: 20.13 C = 68.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.63 mb = 1981.55 m = 6501.07 ft T: 10.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 2.83 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.09 mb = 2411.35 m = 7911.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.49 C = 56.29 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 122.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.90 mb = 2446.06 m = 8025.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.90 mb = 2500.82 m = 8204.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 734.90 mb = 2722.27 m = 8931.22 ft B at Equ Level: 25.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 654.90 mb = 3665.29 m = 12025.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.5 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 294.5 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.4 neg: -30.7 tot: 84.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.97 Bulk Shear: 125.69 m/s