MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F023.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 5Z WED 27 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 145 1 950 587 2 900 1058 3 850 1550 SFC 831 1741 16.0 14.0 88 2.1 14.7 129 5 304.9 307.1 294.6 341.2 12.16 5 800 2065 13.0 13.0 100 -0.0 13.0 131 9 305.0 307.1 294.4 340.3 11.82 6 750 2608 11.9 11.9 100 -0.0 11.9 207 12 309.5 311.7 295.6 345.4 11.78 7 700 3185 10.0 8.2 89 1.7 8.9 222 12 313.5 315.4 295.3 344.0 9.83 8 650 3800 7.6 4.1 79 3.4 5.5 231 9 317.5 319.1 295.0 342.7 7.95 9 600 4455 3.6 -1.8 68 5.4 0.8 249 13 320.3 321.4 293.9 338.5 5.62 10 550 5156 -1.1 -5.7 70 4.7 -3.3 255 18 322.8 323.7 293.7 337.7 4.53 11 500 5909 -6.5 -8.8 84 2.2 -7.5 256 19 325.1 325.9 293.9 338.2 3.95 12 450 6725 -10.9 -31.7 16 20.7 -15.9 259 22 329.5 329.6 292.2 331.7 0.60 13 400 7618 -17.3 -34.5 21 17.2 -20.8 260 23 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.4 0.51 14 350 8605 -24.0 -30.4 55 6.5 -25.3 259 25 336.5 336.6 294.3 339.7 0.87 15 300 9713 -31.6 -34.9 72 3.4 -32.1 271 32 340.9 341.0 295.1 343.4 0.66 16 250 10978 -41.5 -44.5 72 3.1 -41.7 265 36 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.6 0.29 17 200 12448 -53.2 -56.5 67 3.3 -53.4 271 35 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.09 18 150 14253 -62.8 -80.8 7 18.1 -62.9 304 28 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16711 -68.2 -85.5 7 17.4 -68.2 326 9 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.57 m Freezing level: 561.25 mb = 4998.64 m = 16399.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.47 mb = 4584.32 m = 15040.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.70 % Est. max temperature: 25.62 C = 78.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.21 mb = 1999.66 m = 6560.48 ft T: 13.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 7.68 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.25 mb = 2538.36 m = 8327.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.87 C = 67.76 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 103.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.45 mb = 2327.48 m = 7635.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 530.45 mb = 5442.27 m = 17855.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 330.45 mb = 9018.22 m = 29586.97 ft B at Equ Level: 102.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.45 mb = 11234.96 m = 36859.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.5 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 276.5 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.5 neg: -6.6 tot: 75.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.95 Bulk Shear: 53.26 m/s