MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F003.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 50 1 950 505 2 900 990 3 850 1497 SFC 805 1976 23.0 15.2 61 7.8 17.5 165 2 315.1 317.7 298.2 357.4 13.59 5 800 2028 21.7 14.2 62 7.5 16.5 162 2 314.2 316.7 297.5 353.9 12.79 6 750 2584 16.9 11.7 71 5.2 13.4 157 4 314.9 317.2 296.8 351.0 11.60 7 700 3168 11.6 9.9 89 1.7 10.5 160 5 315.3 317.4 296.5 349.6 11.01 8 650 3783 6.8 5.9 93 1.0 6.2 197 6 316.7 318.4 295.5 345.0 8.99 9 600 4437 2.6 1.1 90 1.5 1.8 250 9 319.2 320.5 294.6 341.3 6.94 10 550 5136 -1.7 -3.2 89 1.6 -2.5 264 14 322.1 323.2 294.3 339.9 5.48 11 500 5890 -5.8 -7.5 87 1.7 -6.6 269 19 326.0 326.8 294.4 340.4 4.34 12 450 6708 -11.0 -14.3 76 3.3 -12.3 269 23 329.4 330.0 294.1 339.0 2.80 13 400 7602 -17.1 -26.1 46 9.0 -19.5 267 28 332.7 332.9 293.5 336.8 1.13 14 350 8588 -25.0 -33.3 46 8.3 -26.5 275 32 335.1 335.2 293.7 337.6 0.66 15 300 9690 -32.0 -45.5 25 13.5 -33.4 271 34 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.2 0.22 16 250 10958 -40.1 -69.4 3 29.3 -41.2 274 48 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.01 17 200 12441 -51.4 -75.2 4 23.9 -51.8 273 49 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14259 -63.2 -82.1 6 18.9 -63.4 285 40 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16702 -68.5 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.6 284 12 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.06 m Freezing level: 569.44 mb = 4864.41 m = 15959.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.22 mb = 4720.32 m = 15486.43 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.14 % Est. max temperature: 24.35 C = 75.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.31 mb = 2960.86 m = 9713.98 ft T: 13.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 17.42 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.02 mb = 3275.01 m = 10744.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.41 C = 74.13 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1146.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.14 mb = 3189.80 m = 10465.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 683.14 mb = 3370.27 m = 11057.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.14 mb = 12337.82 m = 40477.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1144.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.14 mb = 15958.12 m = 52355.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.2 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 290.2 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.8 neg: -0.5 tot: 38.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 38.82 Bulk Shear: 29.54 m/s