MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509250600F006.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 25 SEP 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 155 1 950 600 2 900 1064 3 850 1549 SFC 831 1740 7.8 6.2 90 1.6 6.9 4 5 296.3 297.6 287.8 317.2 7.19 5 800 2059 14.1 2.9 47 11.2 7.9 351 3 306.1 307.2 290.0 324.1 5.89 6 750 2602 12.0 1.9 50 10.1 6.5 12 4 309.6 310.7 291.1 327.8 5.87 7 700 3176 8.1 -1.8 50 9.8 3.0 351 9 311.4 312.3 290.7 326.5 4.80 8 650 3783 5.7 -21.6 12 27.2 -3.5 343 11 315.4 315.6 288.4 318.9 1.05 9 600 4432 1.5 -32.5 6 33.9 -7.2 350 10 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.3 0.42 10 550 5126 -3.3 -31.8 9 28.4 -10.4 4 15 320.1 320.2 289.3 321.9 0.49 11 500 5869 -10.0 -36.0 10 25.9 -15.3 2 13 320.8 320.9 289.4 322.1 0.36 12 450 6669 -16.9 -41.5 10 24.6 -20.7 36 13 321.9 322.0 289.6 322.8 0.22 13 400 7542 -22.1 -53.7 4 31.5 -25.2 51 19 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.06 14 350 8514 -26.8 -62.7 2 35.8 -29.3 60 29 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.7 0.02 15 300 9607 -34.7 -61.3 5 26.7 -36.1 49 28 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.03 16 250 10860 -42.8 -66.3 6 23.6 -43.6 19 25 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.02 17 200 12328 -53.0 -72.6 8 19.6 -53.3 8 27 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14142 -62.0 -78.7 9 16.7 -62.1 345 28 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16609 -68.0 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.1 321 20 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.19 m Freezing level: 584.84 mb = 4642.56 m = 15231.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.88 mb = 3451.13 m = 11322.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.00 % Est. max temperature: 23.59 C = 74.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.64 mb = 1947.52 m = 6389.43 ft T: 11.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 8.87 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 568.26 mb = 4865.36 m = 15962.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Cap Strength: 6.64 C Lifted Index: 3.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.57 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7237.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 676.97 mb = 3449.94 m = 11318.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 13.3 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 43.3 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.1 neg: -1.3 tot: 13.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.60 Bulk Shear: 8.11 m/s