MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F005.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 11Z TUE 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 156 1 950 597 2 900 1066 3 850 1557 SFC 832 1741 15.2 15.0 99 0.2 15.1 130 4 303.9 306.3 294.9 342.6 12.99 5 800 2071 12.9 12.9 100 -0.0 13.0 149 9 304.9 307.1 294.4 340.2 11.81 6 750 2613 10.7 10.7 100 -0.0 10.7 182 11 308.2 310.3 294.6 341.2 10.87 7 700 3186 7.6 7.4 99 0.2 7.5 199 7 310.9 312.7 294.2 339.5 9.29 8 650 3796 6.3 2.9 78 3.5 4.4 211 16 316.1 317.5 294.1 339.0 7.26 9 600 4448 1.8 0.3 90 1.4 1.0 197 16 318.2 319.4 294.1 339.1 6.55 10 550 5146 -2.8 -3.5 95 0.7 -3.1 45 1 320.8 321.9 293.9 338.3 5.39 11 500 5895 -7.4 -8.4 92 1.1 -7.8 359 6 324.1 324.9 293.7 337.5 4.05 12 450 6709 -12.2 -13.4 91 1.1 -12.7 190 10 327.8 328.4 293.9 338.1 3.03 13 400 7601 -17.4 -18.1 95 0.6 -17.7 220 9 332.3 332.8 294.4 340.4 2.30 14 350 8589 -23.9 -32.5 45 8.7 -25.5 277 20 336.6 336.7 294.1 339.3 0.71 15 300 9694 -32.7 -37.2 64 4.5 -33.4 286 27 339.2 339.3 294.6 341.2 0.52 16 250 10951 -43.0 -47.4 62 4.4 -43.3 283 35 342.2 342.2 295.0 343.1 0.21 17 200 12413 -54.4 -58.4 62 4.0 -54.5 273 45 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.9 0.07 18 150 14224 -62.7 -82.6 5 20.0 -62.8 310 35 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16678 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 333 21 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.09 m Freezing level: 580.47 mb = 4720.72 m = 15487.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.33 mb = 4605.68 m = 15110.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.20 % Est. max temperature: 23.58 C = 74.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.54 mb = 1764.24 m = 5788.11 ft T: 15.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 2.35 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.77 mb = 2232.63 m = 7324.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.07 C = 62.73 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 106.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.29 mb = 2280.58 m = 7482.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.29 mb = 2334.54 m = 7659.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 755.29 mb = 2553.89 m = 8378.80 ft B at Equ Level: 25.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 265.29 mb = 10541.61 m = 34584.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.9 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 226.9 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.4 neg: -56.9 tot: -22.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 15.58 Bulk Shear: 6.81 m/s