MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F000.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 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 165 1 950 604 2 900 1073 3 850 1563 SFC 832 1741 14.7 14.3 97 0.4 14.4 115 7 303.4 305.6 294.3 340.1 12.37 5 800 2077 12.6 12.6 100 -0.0 12.6 135 11 304.6 306.7 294.1 339.0 11.53 6 750 2617 9.8 9.8 100 -0.0 9.7 193 7 307.2 309.1 293.8 337.9 10.18 7 700 3189 7.8 7.8 100 0.0 7.8 259 9 311.2 313.0 294.4 340.6 9.56 8 650 3799 5.5 4.4 93 1.1 4.8 274 10 315.1 316.7 294.4 340.4 8.08 9 600 4451 2.3 0.4 87 1.9 1.3 293 11 318.8 320.1 294.3 339.9 6.59 10 550 5149 -2.2 -4.2 86 2.1 -3.2 301 12 321.5 322.5 293.9 338.1 5.10 11 500 5900 -7.0 -14.1 57 7.1 -9.7 305 14 324.6 325.1 292.6 333.3 2.58 12 450 6714 -11.8 -20.9 47 9.0 -14.7 303 14 328.3 328.7 292.8 334.0 1.61 13 400 7605 -18.0 -25.4 52 7.5 -19.9 302 22 331.7 331.9 293.3 336.0 1.21 14 350 8589 -25.0 -33.0 47 8.1 -26.5 298 27 335.1 335.3 293.7 337.6 0.68 15 300 9691 -33.3 -37.1 68 3.9 -33.8 286 29 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.5 0.53 16 250 10946 -43.0 -48.2 56 5.3 -43.3 277 36 342.2 342.3 295.0 343.0 0.19 17 200 12410 -53.5 -64.3 25 10.9 -53.7 281 45 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.03 18 150 14227 -62.7 -80.1 8 17.3 -62.9 307 45 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16688 -67.8 -85.2 7 17.4 -67.9 319 19 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.17 m Freezing level: 573.89 mb = 4815.60 m = 15799.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.96 mb = 4641.07 m = 15226.42 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.06 % Est. max temperature: 23.41 C = 74.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.98 mb = 1796.24 m = 5893.10 ft T: 14.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 2.18 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.62 mb = 2260.63 m = 7416.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.69 C = 62.04 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: 0.35 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.56 mb = 2282.61 m = 7488.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.56 mb = 2336.36 m = 7665.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 725.56 mb = 2891.43 m = 9486.20 ft B at Equ Level: 24.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 645.56 mb = 3854.60 m = 12646.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.6 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 320.6 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 60.42 m/s