MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F000.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 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 131 1 950 586 2 900 1068 3 850 1570 SFC 833 1742 25.0 14.8 53 10.1 17.9 154 8 314.1 316.5 297.5 353.9 12.85 5 800 2096 18.7 12.6 68 6.0 14.7 168 6 311.1 313.3 295.8 346.5 11.57 6 750 2648 16.7 7.6 55 9.0 11.0 285 8 314.7 316.3 294.8 342.1 8.78 7 700 3234 14.6 -6.8 22 21.3 4.1 343 10 318.6 319.2 291.5 329.4 3.29 8 650 3852 9.0 -10.5 24 19.5 0.3 352 11 319.1 319.6 291.1 327.8 2.63 9 600 4507 3.0 -12.8 30 15.9 -3.5 6 8 319.6 320.1 291.0 327.5 2.37 10 550 5203 -3.2 -15.8 37 12.6 -7.8 321 6 320.3 320.7 290.9 327.2 2.03 11 500 5948 -9.1 -19.2 44 10.0 -12.4 288 9 321.9 322.2 291.0 327.6 1.67 12 450 6753 -15.6 -20.6 66 4.9 -17.1 290 11 323.6 323.9 291.5 329.2 1.65 13 400 7629 -22.2 -33.0 37 10.7 -24.2 281 20 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.2 0.59 14 350 8596 -29.5 -38.9 40 9.3 -30.7 267 34 328.9 329.0 291.8 330.3 0.38 15 300 9679 -36.6 -49.5 25 12.9 -37.5 266 47 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.14 16 250 10921 -44.1 -64.4 9 20.3 -44.7 262 55 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.03 17 200 12392 -49.2 -74.4 4 25.1 -49.8 267 57 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 14249 -57.6 -83.1 2 25.5 -57.9 233 43 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16739 -66.8 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 241 12 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.16 m Freezing level: 575.43 mb = 4849.01 m = 15908.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.61 mb = 3895.02 m = 12778.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.69 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 84.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 718.28 mb = 3014.66 m = 9890.49 ft T: 15.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 26.69 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.96 mb = 3992.37 m = 13098.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.87 C = 85.76 F Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lifted Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.88 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1309.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 173.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 693.39 mb = 3312.75 m = 10868.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.39 mb = 4528.75 m = 14857.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.39 mb = 11517.18 m = 37785.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1293.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.39 mb = 14744.12 m = 48372.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.3 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 336.3 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -69.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 55.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 40.08 Bulk Shear: 32.66 m/s