MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F009.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 109 1 950 557 2 900 1043 3 850 1551 SFC 832 1742 26.8 14.7 47 12.1 18.4 10 8 316.2 318.6 297.9 355.9 12.72 5 800 2082 22.3 12.6 54 9.7 15.8 74 5 314.9 317.2 296.8 350.9 11.55 6 750 2639 17.0 11.6 70 5.5 13.4 117 6 315.1 317.3 296.8 350.8 11.50 7 700 3224 12.5 9.1 80 3.4 10.3 128 3 316.3 318.3 296.4 349.0 10.43 8 650 3842 8.7 0.6 57 8.1 4.2 152 4 318.8 320.0 294.0 338.6 6.18 9 600 4498 3.1 -6.8 48 9.9 -1.6 164 7 319.7 320.4 292.3 332.2 3.83 10 550 5194 -3.1 -12.0 50 8.9 -6.8 191 9 320.3 320.9 291.6 329.5 2.76 11 500 5939 -10.0 -15.9 62 5.9 -12.1 226 11 320.9 321.3 291.2 328.3 2.21 12 450 6741 -16.1 -20.5 69 4.4 -17.4 239 14 323.0 323.4 291.3 328.7 1.66 13 400 7615 -22.4 -26.7 68 4.4 -23.3 264 19 325.9 326.2 291.6 329.7 1.08 14 350 8586 -27.2 -33.5 55 6.3 -28.2 283 37 332.1 332.2 292.9 334.5 0.65 15 300 9682 -34.1 -39.7 57 5.6 -34.8 284 50 337.3 337.4 294.0 338.8 0.40 16 250 10932 -43.6 -47.5 65 3.9 -43.9 288 61 341.2 341.3 294.8 342.1 0.21 17 200 12404 -50.8 -68.0 11 17.2 -51.2 278 63 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.02 18 150 14257 -57.6 -82.8 3 25.2 -57.9 264 42 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16761 -64.5 -85.5 4 20.9 -64.7 315 8 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.70 m Freezing level: 575.37 mb = 4841.11 m = 15882.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.97 mb = 4309.54 m = 14138.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.08 % Est. max temperature: 27.78 C = 82.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.46 mb = 3266.02 m = 10715.15 ft T: 12.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.27 C/km ThetaE index: 27.56 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.09 mb = 3625.69 m = 11895.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.47 C = 83.25 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -7.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.99 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1979.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.22 mb = 3317.05 m = 10882.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.22 mb = 4005.08 m = 13139.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.22 mb = 12494.37 m = 40991.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1957.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.22 mb = 16330.62 m = 53577.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.9 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 246.9 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.2 neg: -3.2 tot: 49.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 66.80 Bulk Shear: 29.63 m/s