MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F014.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KCOS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 71 1 950 513 2 900 987 3 850 1483 SFC 812 1874 19.0 12.2 65 6.8 14.5 161 7 310.1 312.2 295.3 343.9 11.06 5 800 2003 15.7 11.1 74 4.6 12.7 160 7 307.9 309.9 294.2 339.5 10.43 6 750 2546 10.1 9.7 97 0.5 9.9 162 8 307.6 309.5 293.9 338.2 10.12 7 700 3118 7.2 5.9 91 1.3 6.4 207 8 310.5 312.1 293.3 336.1 8.35 8 650 3724 3.5 1.6 88 1.8 2.4 269 8 312.9 314.1 292.7 333.6 6.63 9 600 4369 -1.4 -1.6 98 0.3 -1.5 280 17 314.5 315.6 292.4 332.4 5.66 10 550 5057 -5.8 -7.0 91 1.2 -6.3 270 25 317.2 318.0 291.9 330.5 4.12 11 500 5797 -10.8 -20.6 44 9.8 -13.7 264 43 319.9 320.2 290.3 325.0 1.48 12 450 6598 -16.2 -32.7 23 16.5 -19.5 262 47 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.8 0.54 13 400 7473 -22.7 -39.1 21 16.4 -25.1 265 43 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.7 0.32 14 350 8437 -29.8 -41.2 32 11.3 -31.2 267 42 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.6 0.30 15 300 9516 -38.3 -53.4 19 15.1 -39.1 267 47 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.09 16 250 10745 -47.2 -64.6 12 17.4 -47.6 263 65 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.03 17 200 12193 -55.0 -70.4 13 15.3 -55.3 258 86 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.01 18 150 14013 -58.7 -80.5 4 21.8 -58.9 253 79 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16538 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.0 269 43 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.49 m Freezing level: 614.11 mb = 4186.86 m = 13736.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.15 mb = 4115.75 m = 13502.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.18 % Est. max temperature: 21.09 C = 69.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.02 mb = 2724.45 m = 8938.38 ft T: 9.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 19.01 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.01 mb = 2735.91 m = 8975.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.57 C = 63.62 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 887.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.01 mb = 2702.00 m = 8864.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.01 mb = 3105.77 m = 10189.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.01 mb = 11257.58 m = 36933.88 ft B at Equ Level: 876.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.01 mb = 13970.76 m = 45835.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.7 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 291.7 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.7 neg: -6.8 tot: 36.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 8.16 Bulk Shear: 108.77 m/s