MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F012.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KCOS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 103 1 950 547 2 900 1015 3 850 1505 SFC 814 1874 14.5 11.9 85 2.6 12.8 165 8 305.1 307.1 293.7 337.5 10.82 5 800 2018 12.1 11.1 93 1.0 11.4 166 9 304.1 306.0 293.1 335.2 10.42 6 750 2555 7.8 7.7 100 0.1 7.8 209 12 305.0 306.7 292.2 331.6 8.84 7 700 3124 7.2 1.1 65 6.1 3.9 294 15 310.4 311.5 291.4 328.8 5.93 8 650 3730 3.0 -6.9 48 10.0 -1.5 303 25 312.4 313.0 289.8 323.5 3.49 9 600 4372 -1.5 -9.7 53 8.3 -4.9 288 30 314.4 315.0 290.0 324.3 3.05 10 550 5060 -5.6 -12.9 57 7.2 -8.4 267 29 317.4 317.9 290.5 325.9 2.58 11 500 5799 -11.3 -19.7 50 8.4 -13.9 259 34 319.2 319.5 290.2 324.7 1.60 12 450 6598 -16.9 -27.5 39 10.6 -19.4 259 38 321.9 322.1 290.3 325.1 0.89 13 400 7470 -23.5 -41.0 18 17.6 -25.8 262 42 324.5 324.6 290.4 325.5 0.26 14 350 8431 -30.8 -49.7 14 18.9 -32.4 261 45 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.6 0.12 15 300 9507 -38.6 -49.3 31 10.8 -39.3 263 49 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.14 16 250 10735 -47.1 -67.1 8 20.0 -47.6 260 67 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.02 17 200 12182 -55.2 -70.0 14 14.8 -55.4 256 86 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 14005 -57.6 -81.1 3 23.5 -57.9 251 76 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16539 -61.3 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 269 46 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.95 m Freezing level: 616.24 mb = 4163.31 m = 13658.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.95 mb = 3556.24 m = 11667.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.77 % Est. max temperature: 20.83 C = 69.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.11 mb = 2195.35 m = 7202.52 ft T: 10.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 13.94 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.91 mb = 2511.82 m = 8240.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.33 C = 57.80 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 247.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.54 mb = 2571.12 m = 8435.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.54 mb = 2626.43 m = 8616.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 733.54 mb = 2738.17 m = 8983.39 ft B at Equ Level: 18.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 693.54 mb = 3200.11 m = 10498.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.7 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 296.7 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 2.3 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.2 neg: -43.7 tot: 27.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 2.06 Bulk Shear: 119.96 m/s