MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F013.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KCOS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 19Z 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 88 1 950 532 2 900 1003 3 850 1496 SFC 813 1874 16.6 11.8 73 4.8 13.5 172 8 307.5 309.5 294.3 340.1 10.79 5 800 2011 13.6 10.8 83 2.8 11.9 171 8 305.7 307.6 293.4 336.4 10.23 6 750 2551 9.3 7.6 89 1.7 8.3 190 8 306.7 308.3 292.6 333.3 8.78 7 700 3122 7.8 1.0 62 6.8 4.1 280 9 311.1 312.3 291.6 329.4 5.88 8 650 3729 3.3 -2.4 66 5.7 0.5 288 20 312.7 313.7 291.2 328.3 4.95 9 600 4372 -1.5 -8.1 60 6.7 -4.4 285 29 314.4 315.1 290.4 325.5 3.45 10 550 5060 -5.7 -14.9 48 9.2 -9.0 267 31 317.4 317.8 290.2 324.7 2.19 11 500 5799 -11.0 -22.8 37 11.8 -14.3 260 37 319.6 319.8 289.9 323.8 1.22 12 450 6598 -16.8 -37.2 15 20.5 -20.3 260 40 322.2 322.2 289.8 323.4 0.35 13 400 7470 -23.4 -41.9 17 18.6 -25.8 261 42 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.6 0.24 14 350 8432 -30.6 -43.4 27 12.9 -31.9 264 42 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.23 15 300 9509 -38.4 -54.8 16 16.4 -39.3 264 48 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.07 16 250 10738 -47.1 -63.4 14 16.3 -47.5 261 68 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.03 17 200 12187 -55.0 -70.4 13 15.4 -55.2 257 87 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.01 18 150 14008 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.6 251 78 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16538 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 272 43 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.22 m Freezing level: 615.22 mb = 4176.02 m = 13700.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.98 mb = 3791.13 m = 12437.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.02 % Est. max temperature: 21.21 C = 70.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.83 mb = 2474.93 m = 8119.77 ft T: 9.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 16.64 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.35 mb = 3295.30 m = 10811.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.54 C = 68.97 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.05 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 362.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.78 mb = 2777.12 m = 9111.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.78 mb = 4176.34 m = 13701.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.78 mb = 9860.10 m = 32349.01 ft B at Equ Level: 362.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.78 mb = 12354.23 m = 40531.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.4 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 294.4 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.0 neg: -23.6 tot: 10.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 3.33 Bulk Shear: 109.13 m/s