MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F000.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 3 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 1 950 583 2 900 1049 3 850 1536 SFC 830 1741 12.1 8.1 76 4.1 9.7 350 2 300.9 302.4 290.3 325.1 8.17 5 800 2049 18.4 7.5 49 10.9 11.7 254 7 310.8 312.3 293.3 336.0 8.18 6 750 2600 16.2 4.5 46 11.7 9.2 226 14 314.1 315.5 293.4 336.2 7.04 7 700 3183 12.6 -1.1 39 13.6 5.2 268 7 316.4 317.4 292.4 332.5 5.06 8 650 3799 8.2 -6.8 34 14.9 1.0 308 16 318.2 318.9 291.6 329.7 3.54 9 600 4453 2.6 -10.3 38 12.9 -3.0 305 20 319.2 319.8 291.4 328.8 2.92 10 550 5148 -3.4 -14.2 43 10.8 -7.6 298 26 320.0 320.4 291.0 327.7 2.31 11 500 5892 -10.4 -15.4 67 5.0 -12.2 297 31 320.3 320.7 291.2 328.0 2.31 12 450 6691 -16.9 -26.7 42 9.9 -19.2 303 34 322.1 322.2 290.4 325.4 0.95 13 400 7567 -22.0 -43.9 12 21.8 -24.9 293 36 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.19 14 350 8533 -29.7 -51.7 10 22.0 -31.6 297 41 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.09 15 300 9613 -37.4 -58.9 9 21.4 -38.5 298 58 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.05 16 250 10852 -44.0 -64.3 9 20.2 -44.7 301 71 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.03 17 200 12332 -48.2 -73.5 4 25.4 -48.7 299 72 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.01 18 150 14205 -55.3 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.7 278 28 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16701 -66.7 -85.1 6 18.5 -66.8 325 5 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.35 m Freezing level: 578.28 mb = 4755.09 m = 15600.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.25 mb = 3960.91 m = 12994.96 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.60 % Est. max temperature: 27.47 C = 81.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.14 mb = 2263.81 m = 7427.10 ft T: 17.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.49 C/km ThetaE index: 8.49 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 596.09 mb = 4505.18 m = 14780.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.49 C = 85.08 F Cap Strength: 5.83 C Lifted Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.81 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 263.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 381.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 665.93 mb = 3597.75 m = 11803.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 520.93 mb = 5571.84 m = 18280.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.93 mb = 9591.07 m = 31466.37 ft B at Equ Level: 261.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.93 mb = 11377.87 m = 37328.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.7 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 324.7 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.8 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.4 neg: -14.2 tot: 55.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 5.98 Bulk Shear: 44.02 m/s