MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F036.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 29 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 116 1 950 558 2 900 1037 3 850 1537 SFC 808 1975 17.2 13.5 79 3.7 14.7 225 3 308.6 310.9 295.6 345.4 12.15 5 800 2061 18.4 12.6 69 5.9 14.5 191 9 310.8 313.0 295.7 346.0 11.51 6 750 2611 13.9 11.1 83 2.8 12.1 197 12 311.7 313.8 295.7 345.9 11.14 7 700 3189 9.4 8.4 94 1.0 8.8 217 12 312.8 314.7 295.1 343.5 9.93 8 650 3802 6.4 3.1 79 3.3 4.5 243 17 316.2 317.7 294.2 339.5 7.39 9 600 4454 2.2 -0.5 82 2.7 0.8 249 20 318.7 319.9 293.9 338.5 6.17 10 550 5152 -1.8 -3.9 85 2.1 -2.9 258 15 322.0 323.0 294.1 339.0 5.22 11 500 5906 -6.0 -9.7 75 3.8 -7.6 276 18 325.8 326.5 293.8 338.0 3.65 12 450 6724 -11.0 -13.3 83 2.3 -11.9 276 30 329.4 330.1 294.3 339.9 3.06 13 400 7617 -17.3 -19.3 85 2.0 -18.0 270 34 332.5 332.9 294.3 339.8 2.08 14 350 8606 -23.2 -32.8 41 9.6 -25.1 269 33 337.5 337.7 294.4 340.1 0.69 15 300 9715 -32.0 -40.2 44 8.2 -33.0 275 40 340.3 340.4 294.7 341.8 0.38 16 250 10972 -42.9 -48.7 53 5.8 -43.2 280 48 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.1 0.18 17 200 12443 -52.5 -57.0 58 4.5 -52.7 278 65 349.7 349.7 296.6 350.0 0.09 18 150 14257 -62.6 -79.3 9 16.7 -62.7 279 57 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16703 -69.2 -83.9 10 14.7 -69.2 291 17 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.33 m Freezing level: 572.07 mb = 4844.23 m = 15892.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.24 mb = 4599.41 m = 15089.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.34 % Est. max temperature: 23.85 C = 74.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.06 mb = 2441.70 m = 8010.71 ft T: 15.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 7.53 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.20 mb = 3091.73 m = 10143.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.01 C = 69.83 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 370.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.42 mb = 2960.08 m = 9711.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.42 mb = 3745.74 m = 12289.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.42 mb = 11396.56 m = 37389.83 ft B at Equ Level: 369.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.42 mb = 13678.50 m = 44876.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.8 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 288.8 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.1 neg: -5.8 tot: 78.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 8.48 Bulk Shear: 43.69 m/s