MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F006.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 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 124 1 950 553 2 900 1031 3 850 1530 SFC 807 1974 14.7 12.7 88 2.0 13.4 332 5 306.0 308.2 294.5 340.7 11.53 5 800 2052 18.2 12.2 68 6.0 14.3 338 4 310.6 312.7 295.5 344.9 11.24 6 750 2603 14.7 9.4 70 5.3 11.3 334 6 312.5 314.4 295.1 343.2 9.92 7 700 3183 10.5 6.2 75 4.3 7.9 329 6 314.1 315.7 294.5 340.7 8.54 8 650 3796 6.2 2.1 75 4.1 3.9 329 7 316.0 317.3 293.7 337.7 6.87 9 600 4447 2.1 -2.0 74 4.1 -0.0 298 10 318.6 319.6 293.4 336.3 5.51 10 550 5144 -3.1 -5.8 82 2.7 -4.4 278 14 320.4 321.3 293.1 335.1 4.52 11 500 5892 -7.6 -19.9 37 12.3 -11.6 280 15 323.8 324.1 291.5 329.2 1.58 12 450 6706 -11.3 -51.6 2 40.3 -17.0 273 18 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.07 13 400 7598 -16.6 -55.2 2 38.6 -21.2 273 26 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.05 14 350 8588 -23.5 -45.1 12 21.6 -26.3 275 36 337.0 337.1 293.8 337.8 0.20 15 300 9694 -32.6 -42.0 39 9.4 -33.7 281 46 339.4 339.5 294.5 340.7 0.32 16 250 10949 -42.8 -52.1 36 9.2 -43.4 292 54 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.9 0.12 17 200 12426 -50.8 -70.0 9 19.1 -51.2 269 60 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.02 18 150 14249 -62.2 -78.1 10 15.9 -62.3 282 39 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.01 19 100 16700 -69.5 -85.1 9 15.6 -69.5 267 13 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.49 m Freezing level: 579.72 mb = 4730.05 m = 15518.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.49 mb = 4440.78 m = 14569.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.19 % Est. max temperature: 23.82 C = 74.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.70 mb = 2227.80 m = 7308.98 ft T: 17.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 15.72 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.73 mb = 3548.57 m = 11642.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.37 C = 74.07 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.84 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 192.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.48 mb = 3188.94 m = 10462.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.48 mb = 4253.38 m = 13954.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.48 mb = 10561.56 m = 34650.36 ft B at Equ Level: 191.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.48 mb = 12279.26 m = 40285.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.3 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 315.3 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: -2.2 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.14 Bulk Shear: 15.89 m/s