MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F042.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 115 1 950 553 2 900 1029 3 850 1525 SFC 807 1974 15.2 12.5 84 2.7 13.4 339 1 306.6 308.7 294.5 340.9 11.38 5 800 2045 17.1 12.0 72 5.0 13.8 212 4 309.3 311.4 295.1 343.2 11.11 6 750 2595 14.8 8.1 64 6.6 10.6 245 6 312.6 314.4 294.5 340.8 9.10 7 700 3176 11.6 4.7 62 7.0 7.5 302 7 315.4 316.8 294.2 339.4 7.66 8 650 3791 7.2 2.0 69 5.2 4.2 339 8 317.1 318.4 294.0 338.6 6.80 9 600 4444 1.9 -1.3 80 3.2 0.2 294 9 318.3 319.4 293.6 337.0 5.82 10 550 5140 -3.0 -6.3 78 3.2 -4.6 272 18 320.5 321.3 293.0 334.7 4.36 11 500 5890 -7.1 -7.9 94 0.8 -7.4 272 23 324.4 325.2 293.9 338.4 4.24 12 450 6703 -12.3 -13.7 90 1.4 -12.9 277 29 327.7 328.3 293.7 337.8 2.95 13 400 7596 -16.9 -20.2 75 3.3 -17.9 270 33 333.1 333.5 294.3 339.9 1.92 14 350 8585 -24.1 -26.9 78 2.7 -24.8 267 40 336.2 336.5 294.5 340.7 1.21 15 300 9689 -32.9 -35.8 76 2.8 -33.3 261 44 339.0 339.1 294.6 341.3 0.60 16 250 10944 -42.7 -47.6 59 4.8 -43.0 270 55 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.4 0.21 17 200 12417 -51.2 -66.7 14 15.5 -51.6 282 64 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14236 -63.3 -80.1 9 16.7 -63.5 289 51 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16685 -67.8 -84.4 8 16.6 -67.9 329 19 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.53 m Freezing level: 580.74 mb = 4712.07 m = 15459.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.94 mb = 4471.44 m = 14669.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.95 % Est. max temperature: 24.79 C = 76.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.33 mb = 2312.10 m = 7585.55 ft T: 15.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 8.47 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.68 mb = 3883.81 m = 12742.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.19 C = 77.33 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.99 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 106.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 119.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 689.59 mb = 3300.26 m = 10827.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 584.59 mb = 4651.97 m = 15262.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 404.59 mb = 7509.09 m = 24635.82 ft B at Equ Level: 104.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 244.59 mb = 11087.95 m = 36377.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.3 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 306.3 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.8 neg: -14.1 tot: 23.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.51 Bulk Shear: 30.37 m/s