MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509260600F005.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 11Z FRI 26 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 71 1 950 519 2 900 988 3 850 1478 SFC 824 1739 9.9 4.8 70 5.1 7.1 1 5 299.1 300.3 288.2 318.5 6.53 5 800 1994 17.1 -1.8 27 18.9 7.3 185 2 309.4 310.1 289.5 322.5 4.19 6 750 2543 15.8 -1.4 31 17.1 6.6 236 8 313.7 314.6 291.2 328.3 4.62 7 700 3125 12.4 -6.2 27 18.6 3.3 265 12 316.2 316.8 290.9 327.3 3.44 8 650 3739 6.9 -12.7 23 19.6 -1.2 267 13 316.8 317.2 290.0 324.2 2.22 9 600 4389 1.3 -20.7 18 21.9 -6.1 265 8 317.6 317.8 289.3 321.8 1.23 10 550 5081 -4.3 -28.9 13 24.7 -10.6 259 9 319.0 319.2 289.2 321.3 0.64 11 500 5823 -9.1 -44.2 4 35.1 -15.0 235 13 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.6 0.15 12 450 6630 -14.1 -53.8 2 39.6 -19.0 214 14 325.4 325.5 290.5 325.7 0.06 13 400 7513 -19.6 -57.6 2 38.0 -23.4 202 20 329.4 329.5 291.6 329.6 0.04 14 350 8489 -27.1 -57.4 4 30.3 -29.5 225 21 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.05 15 300 9579 -36.0 -49.4 24 13.4 -37.1 252 20 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.14 16 250 10816 -47.0 -51.0 64 3.9 -47.3 260 23 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.14 17 200 12260 -53.0 -68.6 13 15.6 -53.4 234 26 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14090 -60.3 -81.9 4 21.5 -60.5 263 23 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16553 -68.7 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.8 294 23 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.80 m Freezing level: 588.53 mb = 4547.45 m = 14919.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.33 mb = 3570.39 m = 11713.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.87 % Est. max temperature: 26.34 C = 79.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.21 mb = 2405.35 m = 7891.46 ft T: 16.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.94 C/km ThetaE index: 7.01 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 530.66 mb = 5359.48 m = 17583.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.78 C = 85.61 F Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lifted Index: 4.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.04 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7465.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 603.00 mb = 4348.31 m = 14265.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.7 neg: -0.0 tot: 22.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.78 Bulk Shear: 9.05 m/s