MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F003.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F003.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 4 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 112 1 950 557 2 900 1031 3 850 1527 SFC 829 1740 15.0 10.6 75 4.4 12.3 29 5 304.0 305.8 292.6 333.2 9.75 5 800 2046 16.5 12.4 77 4.1 13.8 188 2 308.8 310.9 295.1 343.4 11.40 6 750 2598 16.9 9.7 62 7.2 12.2 174 16 314.9 316.9 295.8 346.5 10.12 7 700 3182 13.1 2.2 47 11.0 6.8 175 16 317.0 318.3 293.7 337.4 6.40 8 650 3799 7.7 0.7 61 6.9 3.8 218 11 317.6 318.8 293.7 337.5 6.23 9 600 4455 4.3 -9.4 36 13.6 -1.9 289 12 321.1 321.7 292.1 331.4 3.14 10 550 5155 -1.4 -12.5 43 11.0 -6.0 300 18 322.4 322.9 292.0 331.3 2.67 11 500 5905 -6.9 -27.2 18 20.3 -12.4 311 26 324.7 324.8 291.0 327.6 0.82 12 450 6720 -11.4 -41.9 6 30.6 -16.8 309 29 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.21 13 400 7609 -19.1 -45.3 8 26.1 -22.8 308 31 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.17 14 350 8586 -26.5 -51.1 8 24.6 -28.9 307 44 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.10 15 300 9680 -35.2 -53.9 13 18.8 -36.4 303 50 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.08 16 250 10924 -44.2 -57.3 22 13.2 -44.7 296 60 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.7 0.07 17 200 12389 -52.9 -71.0 9 18.0 -53.3 288 57 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14204 -61.7 -79.2 8 17.5 -61.9 266 37 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16682 -66.2 -84.6 6 18.5 -66.3 152 4 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.25 m Freezing level: 562.67 mb = 4977.72 m = 16330.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4230.39 m = 13879.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.95 % Est. max temperature: 27.58 C = 81.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.59 mb = 2299.91 m = 7545.54 ft T: 16.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 9.14 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.93 mb = 3761.96 m = 12342.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lifted Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.56 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 505.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 235.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.31 mb = 3022.82 m = 9917.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 548.31 mb = 5179.50 m = 16992.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.31 mb = 11238.65 m = 36871.78 ft B at Equ Level: 502.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.31 mb = 13477.44 m = 44216.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.9 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 320.9 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 122.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 8.21 Bulk Shear: 61.49 m/s