MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F000.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 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 132 1 950 565 2 900 1039 3 850 1534 SFC 807 1974 14.3 11.6 84 2.7 12.6 345 2 305.6 307.6 293.7 337.6 10.66 5 800 2053 16.6 10.8 69 5.8 12.9 172 1 308.8 310.8 294.3 340.0 10.25 6 750 2602 14.6 10.3 75 4.3 11.9 248 6 312.5 314.5 295.6 345.1 10.58 7 700 3183 10.7 7.1 78 3.7 8.5 286 7 314.4 316.1 295.0 342.7 9.08 8 650 3795 5.8 1.6 74 4.2 3.5 307 8 315.5 316.8 293.4 336.4 6.63 9 600 4446 1.5 -2.6 74 4.1 -0.6 314 10 317.9 318.9 293.0 334.8 5.27 10 550 5141 -3.7 -6.7 80 3.0 -5.1 293 11 319.7 320.5 292.6 333.5 4.22 11 500 5887 -7.0 -22.9 27 15.8 -11.9 286 18 324.4 324.7 291.3 328.7 1.21 12 450 6703 -10.5 -51.3 2 40.8 -16.6 278 23 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.08 13 400 7600 -15.5 -54.7 2 39.2 -20.4 277 29 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.0 0.06 14 350 8592 -23.1 -44.0 13 21.0 -25.9 271 36 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.5 0.22 15 300 9699 -33.0 -38.8 56 5.8 -33.7 286 46 338.9 339.0 294.4 340.6 0.44 16 250 10952 -42.9 -52.1 36 9.2 -43.4 285 50 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.8 0.12 17 200 12428 -51.1 -69.3 10 18.1 -51.5 269 63 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.02 18 150 14247 -62.8 -77.2 13 14.4 -62.9 277 49 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16695 -69.8 -85.6 8 15.8 -69.9 261 16 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.80 m Freezing level: 585.38 mb = 4649.15 m = 15252.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.31 mb = 4347.51 m = 14263.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.97 % Est. max temperature: 23.49 C = 74.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.13 mb = 2321.63 m = 7616.80 ft T: 15.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 16.40 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.12 mb = 3494.12 m = 11463.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.13 C = 73.64 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.17 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 171.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.32 mb = 3106.93 m = 10193.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.32 mb = 3904.65 m = 12810.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 441.32 mb = 6851.70 m = 22479.04 ft B at Equ Level: 149.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.32 mb = 12063.32 m = 39577.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.7 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 313.7 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.3 neg: -2.2 tot: 23.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 7.23 Bulk Shear: 23.69 m/s