MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F003.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 79 1 950 535 2 900 1018 3 850 1522 SFC 807 1976 22.1 13.6 59 8.5 16.3 159 6 314.0 316.3 297.1 352.0 12.27 5 800 2051 20.5 12.9 62 7.6 15.4 159 6 313.0 315.2 296.5 349.4 11.79 6 750 2604 15.4 11.3 77 4.1 12.7 160 7 313.3 315.4 296.3 348.2 11.29 7 700 3185 10.1 8.5 89 1.6 9.1 169 7 313.7 315.6 295.4 344.8 10.01 8 650 3797 6.1 1.5 72 4.6 3.5 234 8 315.9 317.2 293.5 336.7 6.58 9 600 4449 2.0 -2.4 73 4.4 -0.3 249 14 318.4 319.5 293.2 335.6 5.36 10 550 5145 -2.6 -5.8 78 3.2 -4.1 260 15 321.0 321.9 293.2 335.7 4.50 11 500 5896 -6.8 -8.0 91 1.2 -7.3 272 16 324.8 325.6 294.0 338.7 4.20 12 450 6712 -11.0 -13.7 80 2.7 -12.1 289 26 329.4 330.0 294.2 339.5 2.95 13 400 7608 -16.5 -21.9 63 5.4 -18.1 272 39 333.6 333.9 294.2 339.5 1.66 14 350 8597 -23.8 -30.9 52 7.2 -25.2 273 39 336.7 336.9 294.3 339.8 0.83 15 300 9704 -32.5 -43.7 32 11.2 -33.7 280 42 339.6 339.6 294.5 340.6 0.26 16 250 10959 -43.7 -54.5 29 10.8 -44.3 291 43 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.5 0.09 17 200 12423 -52.0 -74.7 5 22.7 -52.3 274 68 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14236 -63.3 -81.1 7 17.8 -63.4 277 65 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16694 -68.3 -84.9 7 16.6 -68.4 266 13 395.7 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.81 m Freezing level: 578.28 mb = 4751.40 m = 15588.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.59 mb = 4400.36 m = 14436.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.60 % Est. max temperature: 23.66 C = 74.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 711.88 mb = 3043.11 m = 9983.85 ft T: 11.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 16.35 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.20 mb = 3182.46 m = 10441.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.90 C = 71.42 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 840.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 704.20 mb = 3134.51 m = 10283.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.20 mb = 3313.37 m = 10870.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.20 mb = 12127.84 m = 39789.01 ft B at Equ Level: 828.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.20 mb = 15141.31 m = 49675.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.2 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 295.2 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 52.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 15.95 Bulk Shear: 52.68 m/s