MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F010.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 10 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 57 1 950 495 2 900 973 3 850 1472 SFC 824 1741 20.2 12.2 60 7.9 14.9 159 11 310.0 312.1 295.1 343.3 10.92 5 800 1995 17.5 10.8 65 6.6 13.1 164 14 309.8 311.7 294.6 341.0 10.23 6 750 2541 12.0 9.8 86 2.3 10.6 170 15 309.7 311.6 294.5 340.7 10.18 7 700 3115 7.0 7.0 100 0.0 7.0 197 14 310.2 311.9 293.8 337.9 9.01 8 650 3722 3.4 3.3 100 0.0 3.4 252 25 312.8 314.2 293.3 336.1 7.51 9 600 4368 -0.3 -3.7 78 3.4 -2.0 250 35 315.8 316.7 292.0 331.3 4.86 10 550 5058 -5.1 -7.1 86 2.0 -6.0 247 38 318.0 318.8 292.0 331.2 4.08 11 500 5799 -10.8 -15.3 69 4.5 -12.4 253 46 319.8 320.3 291.0 327.6 2.32 12 450 6599 -16.3 -35.8 17 19.4 -19.9 261 54 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.2 0.40 13 400 7474 -22.2 -33.6 35 11.3 -24.2 266 48 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.1 0.56 14 350 8442 -29.1 -39.2 37 10.0 -30.4 274 50 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.9 0.37 15 300 9523 -38.2 -51.5 23 13.3 -39.1 278 54 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.11 16 250 10753 -46.8 -65.1 11 18.4 -47.3 273 63 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.02 17 200 12201 -55.0 -69.8 14 14.8 -55.3 263 81 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 14021 -59.2 -79.7 5 20.5 -59.4 257 76 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16531 -62.0 -86.7 2 24.6 -62.3 261 51 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.17 m Freezing level: 604.04 mb = 4315.53 m = 14158.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.50 mb = 4122.79 m = 13526.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.44 % Est. max temperature: 21.60 C = 70.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.46 mb = 2738.16 m = 8983.34 ft T: 10.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 19.18 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.78 mb = 2860.28 m = 9384.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.12 C = 68.22 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1138.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.95 mb = 2835.28 m = 9301.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.95 mb = 2892.89 m = 9490.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.95 mb = 11613.68 m = 38102.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1124.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.95 mb = 14494.78 m = 47554.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.9 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 279.9 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 188.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 6.49 Bulk Shear: 175.30 m/s