MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F015.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 31 1 950 488 2 900 980 3 850 1494 SFC 827 1741 30.5 12.2 33 18.3 17.9 132 5 320.6 322.7 297.7 355.2 10.86 5 800 2032 25.9 10.2 37 15.7 15.5 140 6 318.8 320.7 296.6 349.9 9.81 6 750 2595 20.4 8.8 47 11.6 12.9 147 7 318.7 320.6 296.4 349.0 9.55 7 700 3185 15.8 -2.8 28 18.6 5.9 188 5 320.0 320.9 292.9 334.5 4.46 8 650 3808 11.1 -12.2 18 23.3 0.8 229 8 321.5 322.0 291.5 329.3 2.30 9 600 4467 4.9 -14.3 23 19.2 -2.9 244 13 321.8 322.2 291.4 328.9 2.10 10 550 5168 -1.4 -10.5 50 9.0 -5.4 267 19 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.8 3.13 11 500 5918 -7.3 -17.9 42 10.6 -10.9 277 22 324.2 324.6 291.9 330.6 1.88 12 450 6730 -13.2 -33.3 17 20.1 -17.4 282 28 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.6 0.51 13 400 7615 -19.7 -40.0 15 20.2 -22.9 284 29 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.5 0.29 14 350 8591 -26.9 -39.9 28 12.9 -28.7 284 38 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.7 0.34 15 300 9684 -35.1 -48.7 24 13.6 -36.2 288 44 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.6 0.15 16 250 10930 -43.8 -49.3 55 5.5 -44.2 293 56 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.17 17 200 12393 -54.4 -62.9 34 8.5 -54.6 289 61 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14203 -60.5 -78.2 8 17.6 -60.7 269 32 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16682 -64.1 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.3 248 22 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5887.06 m Freezing level: 561.35 mb = 5009.12 m = 16433.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.80 mb = 3951.00 m = 12962.43 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.68 % Est. max temperature: 30.56 C = 87.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 633.42 mb = 4020.63 m = 13190.88 ft T: 9.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.43 C/km ThetaE index: 26.26 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 605.18 mb = 4396.44 m = 14423.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.60 C = 88.89 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1425.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 627.69 mb = 4095.46 m = 13436.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 582.69 mb = 4703.03 m = 15429.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.69 mb = 12626.76 m = 41425.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1421.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.69 mb = 15431.61 m = 50628.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.0 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 297.0 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 63.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 25.67 Bulk Shear: 55.53 m/s