MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F043.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F043.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 43 hour NAM valid 1Z WED 6 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 13 1 950 478 2 900 974 3 850 1493 SFC 827 1741 30.0 5.1 21 24.9 14.6 221 6 320.1 321.4 294.7 341.5 6.66 5 800 2037 30.7 -4.4 10 35.1 11.5 238 13 323.8 324.5 293.1 335.3 3.44 6 750 2606 25.2 -6.3 12 31.4 8.7 251 13 323.9 324.5 292.9 334.5 3.19 7 700 3204 19.6 -6.9 16 26.4 6.1 263 13 324.1 324.8 293.0 335.0 3.26 8 650 3833 13.5 -7.8 22 21.3 3.0 274 14 324.2 324.8 293.1 335.1 3.26 9 600 4498 7.1 -8.9 31 16.0 -0.4 281 15 324.3 324.9 293.1 335.1 3.24 10 550 5204 0.4 -10.8 43 11.2 -4.6 285 17 324.5 325.1 293.0 334.8 3.05 11 500 5958 -6.5 -15.3 50 8.8 -9.8 283 21 325.1 325.5 292.5 333.0 2.32 12 450 6770 -13.2 -25.1 36 11.8 -16.4 279 26 326.6 326.8 291.9 330.5 1.11 13 400 7656 -19.2 -35.7 22 16.4 -22.2 278 34 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.7 0.46 14 350 8632 -27.1 -35.2 46 8.1 -28.3 276 38 332.3 332.4 292.9 334.3 0.55 15 300 9725 -34.7 -37.9 72 3.2 -35.1 281 49 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.4 0.49 16 250 10976 -43.8 -48.2 62 4.4 -44.0 278 52 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.8 0.19 17 200 12432 -55.1 -63.7 33 8.7 -55.2 280 60 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.04 18 150 14236 -61.9 -80.1 7 18.1 -62.1 283 47 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16708 -69.7 -84.4 10 14.6 -69.8 266 24 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5945.54 m Freezing level: 547.41 mb = 5243.38 m = 17202.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.55 mb = 4407.95 m = 14461.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.51 % Est. max temperature: 33.87 C = 92.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 573.85 mb = 4859.79 m = 15944.00 ft T: 3.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.48 C/km ThetaE index: 6.91 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 471.88 mb = 6404.30 m = 21011.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.53 C = 95.95 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: 1.37 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3757.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 487.55 mb = 6152.44 m = 20184.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.7 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 304.7 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 45.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 19.70 m/s