MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F026.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 2Z SAT 2 AUG 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 134 1 950 588 2 900 1061 3 850 1555 SFC 832 1741 16.5 12.7 78 3.8 14.0 341 13 305.3 307.4 294.0 338.7 11.16 5 800 2074 18.9 6.8 45 12.1 11.5 339 15 311.3 312.8 293.2 335.3 7.78 6 750 2628 18.4 6.9 47 11.5 11.2 220 3 316.6 318.2 295.0 342.9 8.36 7 700 3216 14.3 4.3 51 10.0 8.3 231 12 318.4 319.8 294.8 342.1 7.46 8 650 3836 9.6 -2.1 44 11.6 3.4 261 19 319.8 320.8 293.3 336.1 5.06 9 600 4494 4.1 -4.9 52 8.9 -0.4 282 23 320.8 321.7 293.2 335.3 4.44 10 550 5193 -2.0 -9.7 55 7.8 -5.4 295 23 321.8 322.4 292.4 332.8 3.33 11 500 5944 -7.0 -17.6 42 10.7 -10.7 293 23 324.6 324.9 292.0 331.1 1.92 12 450 6756 -12.6 -23.9 38 11.3 -15.7 278 27 327.4 327.7 292.2 331.8 1.24 13 400 7644 -18.9 -36.8 19 17.9 -22.1 281 33 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.0 0.41 14 350 8624 -25.4 -37.0 33 11.5 -27.3 286 20 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.2 0.46 15 300 9723 -33.7 -50.9 16 17.2 -35.0 295 33 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.4 0.12 16 250 10974 -43.1 -58.2 17 15.1 -43.8 290 43 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.06 17 200 12443 -53.1 -69.9 11 16.8 -53.4 276 41 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14275 -57.5 -85.2 2 27.7 -57.8 277 31 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16765 -67.4 -84.9 7 17.5 -67.5 252 16 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.55 m Freezing level: 566.25 mb = 4965.88 m = 16292.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.21 mb = 4423.09 m = 14511.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.02 % Est. max temperature: 29.35 C = 84.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.28 mb = 2222.53 m = 7291.66 ft T: 18.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 11.77 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 599.02 mb = 4507.18 m = 14787.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.20 C = 88.16 F Cap Strength: 5.77 C Lifted Index: 0.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 81.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 374.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 667.44 mb = 3614.54 m = 11858.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 482.44 mb = 6219.55 m = 20405.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 352.44 mb = 8573.22 m = 28127.02 ft B at Equ Level: 81.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.44 mb = 10640.99 m = 34910.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.4 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 312.4 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 173.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.9 neg: -20.4 tot: 105.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.34 Bulk Shear: 34.93 m/s