MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F008.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z FRI 1 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 99 1 950 553 2 900 1040 3 850 1549 SFC 832 1742 27.6 14.3 44 13.3 18.4 136 9 317.1 319.5 297.9 356.1 12.44 5 800 2081 22.5 12.1 52 10.3 15.5 145 9 315.1 317.3 296.6 350.0 11.19 6 750 2638 17.0 10.8 67 6.2 12.9 184 9 315.0 317.1 296.4 349.0 10.92 7 700 3225 14.4 6.3 58 8.1 9.4 234 2 318.5 320.1 295.7 345.7 8.59 8 650 3846 9.2 0.6 54 8.7 4.4 275 3 319.4 320.6 294.1 339.1 6.14 9 600 4503 3.6 -10.0 36 13.6 -2.4 267 6 320.2 320.8 291.7 330.1 2.98 10 550 5200 -2.5 -17.6 30 15.1 -7.9 255 10 321.1 321.4 290.9 327.0 1.74 11 500 5946 -8.9 -18.9 44 10.1 -12.2 252 13 322.2 322.6 291.2 328.1 1.71 12 450 6752 -15.3 -26.1 39 10.9 -18.0 251 13 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.6 1.01 13 400 7630 -21.7 -31.3 42 9.6 -23.6 268 23 326.7 326.9 291.5 329.3 0.70 14 350 8600 -27.9 -35.0 51 7.1 -29.0 280 39 331.1 331.2 292.6 333.2 0.56 15 300 9686 -36.7 -47.7 31 11.0 -37.5 288 50 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.17 16 250 10926 -44.5 -50.5 51 6.1 -44.8 281 52 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.6 0.15 17 200 12400 -49.7 -70.8 7 21.1 -50.1 269 58 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 14256 -57.9 -81.3 3 23.4 -58.2 264 44 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16749 -64.9 -85.7 4 20.8 -65.1 292 9 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.75 m Freezing level: 570.85 mb = 4909.26 m = 16106.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.96 mb = 4260.60 m = 13978.17 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.67 % Est. max temperature: 29.29 C = 84.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 684.78 mb = 3409.19 m = 11184.87 ft T: 12.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.56 C/km ThetaE index: 29.09 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.27 mb = 3880.37 m = 12730.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.91 C = 85.84 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: -6.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.70 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1876.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 683.19 mb = 3428.69 m = 11248.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.19 mb = 4257.51 m = 13968.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.19 mb = 12135.10 m = 39812.85 ft B at Equ Level: 1858.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.19 mb = 15721.40 m = 51578.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.5 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 277.5 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.0 neg: -8.7 tot: 20.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 62.53 Bulk Shear: 30.00 m/s