MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F003.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509251800F003.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 81 1 950 535 2 900 1015 3 850 1517 SFC 828 1742 24.0 4.0 27 20.0 12.1 140 5 313.6 314.8 292.5 333.0 6.16 5 800 2043 19.6 2.1 31 17.6 9.7 141 5 312.1 313.1 291.6 329.5 5.56 6 750 2592 14.2 0.9 40 13.4 6.9 142 4 312.0 313.1 291.5 329.0 5.44 7 700 3169 10.5 -3.0 39 13.5 3.6 295 4 314.1 314.9 291.2 328.0 4.37 8 650 3781 6.6 -20.4 12 27.0 -2.9 294 8 316.4 316.7 288.9 320.4 1.16 9 600 4432 2.1 -42.7 2 44.8 -7.4 302 6 318.5 318.5 288.4 319.0 0.15 10 550 5125 -3.3 -46.3 2 43.1 -11.0 310 10 320.2 320.2 288.9 320.6 0.11 11 500 5870 -8.6 -46.4 3 37.7 -14.8 312 8 322.5 322.5 289.6 323.0 0.12 12 450 6676 -14.3 -53.9 2 39.6 -19.1 55 0 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.5 0.06 13 400 7560 -19.1 -53.9 3 34.7 -23.0 116 13 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.06 14 350 8539 -26.3 -50.9 8 24.6 -28.7 113 26 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.10 15 300 9632 -34.9 -57.7 8 22.9 -36.2 100 21 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.05 16 250 10880 -44.0 -63.4 10 19.5 -44.6 109 7 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.9 0.03 17 200 12342 -54.0 -68.9 14 14.9 -54.2 333 4 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14156 -62.0 -79.5 8 17.4 -62.2 304 30 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16612 -69.5 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 340 23 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.26 m Freezing level: 580.66 mb = 4699.90 m = 15419.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.12 mb = 3504.85 m = 11498.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.64 % Est. max temperature: 25.41 C = 77.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 615.52 mb = 4224.06 m = 13858.30 ft T: 3.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 13.91 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 551.17 mb = 5108.33 m = 16759.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.25 C = 86.45 F Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lifted Index: 2.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6089.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 611.98 mb = 4270.86 m = 14011.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.8 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 334.8 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.7 neg: -0.4 tot: 22.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 16.68 m/s