MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F016.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 22Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: KFCS Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 489 2 900 969 3 850 1471 SFC 824 1742 22.6 12.2 52 10.4 15.7 185 6 312.6 314.7 295.8 346.2 10.90 5 800 1996 18.7 10.3 58 8.4 13.3 193 8 311.1 313.0 294.7 341.5 9.89 6 750 2545 13.3 9.0 75 4.4 10.6 209 9 311.1 312.9 294.5 340.7 9.65 7 700 3121 8.2 5.0 80 3.2 6.3 237 15 311.6 313.1 293.3 335.9 7.86 8 650 3730 5.2 -2.9 56 8.0 1.1 259 34 314.8 315.7 291.7 329.9 4.76 9 600 4377 -0.4 -5.2 70 4.7 -2.7 258 38 315.6 316.4 291.6 329.5 4.34 10 550 5067 -5.7 -9.6 73 4.0 -7.3 257 46 317.4 318.0 291.2 328.3 3.35 11 500 5806 -11.0 -21.4 42 10.5 -14.0 257 50 319.7 319.9 290.1 324.4 1.38 12 450 6606 -16.4 -24.5 49 8.1 -18.4 263 46 322.7 322.9 290.8 326.7 1.17 13 400 7481 -22.5 -39.2 20 16.8 -24.9 268 47 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.0 0.32 14 350 8447 -29.5 -52.9 8 23.5 -31.3 272 46 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.4 0.08 15 300 9528 -37.9 -46.4 40 8.5 -38.5 270 46 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.8 0.20 16 250 10757 -47.0 -55.0 39 8.0 -47.3 264 57 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.09 17 200 12205 -55.4 -74.8 7 19.5 -55.6 260 82 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.1 0.01 18 150 14019 -60.1 -77.2 9 17.0 -60.3 257 81 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16541 -62.0 -88.9 2 26.9 -62.2 275 43 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.97 m Freezing level: 603.88 mb = 4326.96 m = 14195.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.67 mb = 3910.37 m = 12829.15 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.28 % Est. max temperature: 23.21 C = 73.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.54 mb = 3043.21 m = 9984.16 ft T: 8.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 21.80 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.27 mb = 3153.00 m = 10344.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.81 C = 71.25 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -4.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1179.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.69 mb = 3100.66 m = 10172.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.69 mb = 3771.47 m = 12373.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.69 mb = 11685.14 m = 38336.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1168.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.69 mb = 14596.58 m = 47888.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 188.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.21 Bulk Rich Number: 8.35 Bulk Shear: 141.22 m/s