MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F057.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 30 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 77 1 950 530 2 900 1010 3 850 1511 SFC 806 1975 17.1 11.3 69 5.8 13.3 3 7 308.7 310.7 294.4 340.6 10.48 5 800 2037 20.1 8.8 48 11.3 12.9 29 12 312.6 314.3 294.4 340.2 8.91 6 750 2590 16.0 6.4 53 9.5 10.1 64 11 313.9 315.4 294.1 339.1 8.07 7 700 3171 11.1 6.4 73 4.7 8.2 105 3 314.8 316.4 294.7 341.8 8.64 8 650 3786 7.0 3.9 80 3.1 5.1 238 8 316.9 318.4 294.7 341.5 7.79 9 600 4439 1.8 0.0 88 1.8 0.8 265 20 318.2 319.5 294.0 338.7 6.41 10 550 5135 -2.8 -5.5 82 2.7 -4.1 271 32 320.8 321.7 293.3 335.9 4.63 11 500 5884 -7.8 -11.7 73 4.0 -9.4 271 36 323.5 324.2 292.8 333.9 3.11 12 450 6695 -12.1 -29.8 21 17.7 -16.4 278 33 328.1 328.2 291.9 330.7 0.72 13 400 7585 -18.3 -37.7 17 19.4 -21.7 267 32 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.6 0.37 14 350 8565 -25.3 -53.3 6 28.0 -28.0 273 44 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.08 15 300 9671 -31.6 -58.1 5 26.6 -33.4 271 47 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.05 16 250 10936 -40.3 -66.8 4 26.4 -41.3 269 49 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 17 200 12423 -50.4 -71.5 7 21.0 -50.9 267 43 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14244 -62.2 -74.5 18 12.3 -62.3 256 29 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.01 19 100 16686 -70.5 -85.6 9 15.1 -70.5 289 12 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.26 m Freezing level: 580.18 mb = 4714.61 m = 15467.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.47 mb = 4553.25 m = 14938.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.75 % Est. max temperature: 24.50 C = 76.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 738.77 mb = 2716.81 m = 8913.32 ft T: 14.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 1.51 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 625.29 mb = 4101.78 m = 13457.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.35 C = 77.64 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 659.62 mb = 3663.85 m = 12020.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 564.62 mb = 4925.00 m = 16157.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 344.62 mb = 8676.12 m = 28464.60 ft B at Equ Level: 76.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 294.62 mb = 9796.76 m = 32141.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.6 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 302.6 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.6 neg: -18.0 tot: 201.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 133.88 m/s