MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F000.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 28 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 126 1 950 569 2 900 1043 3 850 1539 SFC 808 1975 15.9 13.7 87 2.2 14.4 353 7 307.3 309.6 295.3 344.3 12.28 5 800 2058 16.3 13.1 81 3.2 14.2 12 10 308.5 310.8 295.4 344.8 11.95 6 750 2606 13.8 11.0 83 2.8 12.0 5 12 311.5 313.6 295.6 345.5 11.06 7 700 3186 10.2 8.8 91 1.5 9.3 354 9 313.8 315.8 295.6 345.5 10.20 8 650 3799 6.2 5.8 97 0.4 5.9 317 4 316.0 317.7 295.3 343.9 8.92 9 600 4452 2.1 1.4 95 0.6 1.7 265 7 318.5 319.9 294.6 341.0 7.08 10 550 5149 -2.2 -2.7 97 0.5 -2.5 285 12 321.4 322.5 294.3 339.9 5.71 11 500 5902 -6.1 -6.7 96 0.6 -6.4 293 12 325.6 326.5 294.6 341.0 4.65 12 450 6720 -10.9 -11.9 92 1.0 -11.3 284 16 329.5 330.2 294.6 341.1 3.41 13 400 7614 -17.2 -18.7 88 1.5 -17.7 282 20 332.6 333.1 294.4 340.3 2.18 14 350 8603 -23.4 -44.6 12 21.2 -26.2 277 33 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.1 0.21 15 300 9710 -31.9 -54.6 9 22.7 -33.6 289 47 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.08 16 250 10972 -41.2 -56.0 19 14.7 -42.0 283 61 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.08 17 200 12452 -51.0 -68.8 10 17.8 -51.4 272 62 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 18 150 14274 -62.5 -79.0 9 16.5 -62.7 281 44 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16723 -68.5 -85.0 7 16.6 -68.5 292 9 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.12 m Freezing level: 576.11 mb = 4784.93 m = 15698.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.04 mb = 4722.82 m = 15494.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.38 % Est. max temperature: 23.78 C = 74.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.33 mb = 2258.70 m = 7410.34 ft T: 15.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 5.53 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.05 mb = 3208.70 m = 10527.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.18 C = 71.92 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 328.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.25 mb = 2864.80 m = 9398.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.25 mb = 3770.43 m = 12370.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.25 mb = 10640.89 m = 34910.63 ft B at Equ Level: 325.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.25 mb = 13040.98 m = 42784.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.3 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 328.3 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.9 neg: -9.0 tot: 9.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 14.46 Bulk Shear: 22.69 m/s