MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2509261800F000.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 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 39 1 950 493 2 900 975 3 850 1480 SFC 825 1741 25.9 5.5 27 20.4 13.4 91 2 315.9 317.2 293.7 337.6 6.87 5 800 2008 21.5 0.5 25 21.0 9.7 359 4 314.0 315.0 291.6 329.7 4.94 6 750 2561 16.2 -5.0 23 21.2 5.6 339 9 314.1 314.8 290.4 325.4 3.50 7 700 3141 10.7 -9.7 23 20.4 1.6 339 12 314.3 314.8 289.6 322.8 2.61 8 650 3751 5.4 -17.6 17 23.1 -3.0 346 10 315.1 315.4 288.8 320.1 1.47 9 600 4398 0.1 -16.6 27 16.7 -6.0 296 6 316.2 316.5 289.3 322.0 1.73 10 550 5088 -4.8 -29.1 13 24.3 -11.0 281 9 318.4 318.6 288.9 320.7 0.63 11 500 5829 -10.1 -32.7 14 22.5 -15.0 281 15 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.4 0.49 12 450 6632 -14.6 -48.1 4 33.5 -19.3 270 14 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.2 0.11 13 400 7514 -20.2 -58.0 2 37.8 -23.8 239 13 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.8 0.04 14 350 8487 -28.0 -45.9 16 18.0 -29.9 231 14 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.18 15 300 9573 -36.7 -40.5 68 3.7 -37.1 230 18 333.6 333.6 293.0 335.0 0.37 16 250 10809 -46.7 -50.5 65 3.8 -46.9 206 17 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.15 17 200 12252 -54.5 -65.3 25 10.8 -54.8 222 26 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.03 18 150 14090 -58.3 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 242 29 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16572 -68.5 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.5 289 16 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.78 m Freezing level: 599.48 mb = 4405.01 m = 14451.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.91 mb = 3344.29 m = 10971.94 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.34 % Est. max temperature: 24.72 C = 76.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 610.68 mb = 4255.20 m = 13960.46 ft T: 1.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 17.52 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 531.64 mb = 5351.58 m = 17557.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.00 C = 84.20 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5740.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 567.64 mb = 4837.30 m = 15870.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.2 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 321.2 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: -12.8 tot: -8.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 13.69 m/s