MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F000.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 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 115 1 950 549 2 900 1023 3 850 1518 SFC 806 1974 14.1 12.6 91 1.4 13.1 208 2 305.5 307.7 294.3 340.0 11.48 5 800 2036 16.3 13.1 81 3.3 14.2 226 6 308.6 310.8 295.4 344.7 11.91 6 750 2588 16.2 8.9 62 7.4 11.5 256 14 314.2 316.0 295.3 343.9 9.56 7 700 3170 11.3 7.1 75 4.2 8.7 261 18 315.0 316.8 295.1 343.4 9.10 8 650 3785 7.0 3.7 79 3.3 5.1 275 14 316.9 318.4 294.6 341.2 7.69 9 600 4439 2.5 -0.5 80 3.0 0.9 294 9 319.0 320.2 294.0 338.8 6.17 10 550 5137 -1.9 -5.0 80 3.0 -3.4 280 11 321.8 322.7 293.7 337.5 4.82 11 500 5889 -6.7 -8.9 84 2.3 -7.7 278 17 324.9 325.7 293.8 337.9 3.89 12 450 6704 -11.6 -15.0 75 3.5 -12.9 276 20 328.7 329.2 293.8 337.8 2.65 13 400 7597 -17.7 -20.4 79 2.8 -18.6 265 25 332.0 332.4 294.0 338.6 1.88 14 350 8582 -24.3 -27.5 75 3.2 -25.1 252 32 336.0 336.2 294.3 340.1 1.14 15 300 9687 -32.4 -38.2 56 5.8 -33.2 241 36 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.5 0.47 16 250 10947 -41.1 -54.8 22 13.6 -41.9 255 38 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.3 0.09 17 200 12431 -51.0 -70.6 8 19.7 -51.4 280 47 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14247 -63.7 -80.8 8 17.0 -63.8 285 35 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.00 19 100 16693 -69.1 -85.2 8 16.0 -69.2 290 19 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.95 m Freezing level: 571.67 mb = 4834.23 m = 15860.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.64 mb = 4578.45 m = 15020.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.20 % Est. max temperature: 24.55 C = 76.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 788.72 mb = 2157.80 m = 7079.30 ft T: 16.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 7.19 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.38 mb = 3666.18 m = 12028.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.42 C = 75.96 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 292.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.65 mb = 3221.70 m = 10569.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.65 mb = 4429.79 m = 14533.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.65 mb = 10147.84 m = 33293.05 ft B at Equ Level: 290.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.65 mb = 12733.11 m = 41774.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.8 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 300.8 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.8 neg: -5.1 tot: 48.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 23.58 Bulk Shear: 12.39 m/s