MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F000.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 26 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 164 1 950 605 2 900 1075 3 850 1566 SFC 833 1741 15.4 15.4 100 0.0 15.4 118 4 304.1 306.6 295.2 343.7 13.32 5 800 2080 12.5 12.5 100 -0.0 12.5 122 11 304.4 306.6 294.0 338.6 11.44 6 750 2622 11.0 11.0 100 -0.0 11.0 123 9 308.5 310.6 294.8 342.2 11.08 7 700 3196 8.1 8.1 100 0.0 8.0 141 11 311.4 313.2 294.6 341.3 9.70 8 650 3807 5.4 5.4 100 0.0 5.4 149 9 315.0 316.7 294.8 342.1 8.66 9 600 4458 1.9 1.8 100 0.0 1.8 78 3 318.3 319.7 294.7 341.5 7.31 10 550 5156 -2.4 -2.4 100 0.0 -2.4 346 12 321.3 322.4 294.4 340.2 5.84 11 500 5908 -6.7 -7.9 92 1.1 -7.3 334 17 324.8 325.7 294.0 338.8 4.23 12 450 6723 -12.0 -14.9 79 2.9 -13.1 309 16 328.1 328.6 293.6 337.2 2.67 13 400 7614 -17.6 -23.6 60 6.0 -19.3 303 35 332.1 332.4 293.6 337.2 1.42 14 350 8601 -23.5 -26.2 78 2.8 -24.1 288 38 337.1 337.4 294.7 341.8 1.28 15 300 9710 -32.2 -36.1 68 3.9 -32.8 276 47 339.9 340.1 294.8 342.2 0.58 16 250 10970 -42.3 -45.6 70 3.3 -42.5 267 50 343.2 343.3 295.3 344.3 0.26 17 200 12434 -54.7 -59.9 53 5.1 -54.9 259 54 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.06 18 150 14238 -62.7 -81.6 6 18.9 -62.8 304 45 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16692 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.4 327 21 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.93 m Freezing level: 578.00 mb = 4765.45 m = 15634.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.24 mb = 4754.69 m = 15599.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 99.12 % Est. max temperature: 23.53 C = 74.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.30 mb = 1745.13 m = 5725.43 ft T: 15.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 5.18 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.91 mb = 2059.98 m = 6758.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.73 C = 60.32 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 72.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.49 mb = 2276.75 m = 7469.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.49 mb = 2330.64 m = 7646.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 766.49 mb = 2439.46 m = 8003.37 ft B at Equ Level: 29.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 316.49 mb = 9324.65 m = 30592.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.7 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 353.7 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -26.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.1 neg: -34.9 tot: -7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 64.60 m/s