MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170600F014.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 20Z FRI 17 OCT 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 46 1 950 489 2 900 956 3 850 1446 SFC 821 1742 17.1 -1.5 28 18.5 7.5 194 13 307.1 307.9 288.8 320.0 4.19 5 800 1958 13.0 -2.5 34 15.5 5.3 197 15 305.0 305.7 287.8 317.2 3.96 6 750 2495 7.5 -3.7 45 11.2 2.1 204 16 304.7 305.4 287.6 316.6 3.87 7 700 3057 2.9 -8.3 44 11.2 -1.8 235 11 305.7 306.2 287.1 314.8 2.93 8 650 3654 0.1 -22.1 17 22.2 -6.6 283 15 309.1 309.3 286.2 312.5 1.00 9 600 4289 -4.4 -35.2 7 30.7 -10.9 280 18 311.0 311.0 286.1 312.1 0.32 10 550 4966 -9.8 -36.9 9 27.1 -14.8 264 21 312.4 312.5 286.5 313.5 0.29 11 500 5695 -13.9 -32.7 19 18.8 -17.6 242 35 316.1 316.2 288.1 317.9 0.49 12 450 6485 -19.5 -32.0 32 12.6 -21.8 239 48 318.8 318.9 289.0 320.8 0.58 13 400 7349 -25.4 -39.0 27 13.7 -27.2 238 64 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.2 0.32 14 350 8304 -31.9 -47.4 20 15.6 -33.2 236 71 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.15 15 300 9374 -40.3 -53.3 24 12.9 -41.1 240 75 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.09 16 250 10596 -46.5 -65.0 11 18.4 -47.1 242 64 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.0 0.02 17 200 12064 -49.8 -76.8 3 27.0 -50.3 242 51 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.9 0.01 18 150 13914 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -57.1 243 49 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16429 -63.8 -87.9 2 24.1 -64.0 240 23 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.97 m Freezing level: 648.61 mb = 3671.25 m = 12044.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.88 mb = 2794.82 m = 9169.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.45 % Est. max temperature: 17.61 C = 63.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 620.96 mb = 4016.32 m = 13176.76 ft T: -2.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 7.93 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 572.27 mb = 4657.30 m = 15279.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.52 C = 70.74 F Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lifted Index: 4.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8958.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 626.91 mb = 3940.61 m = 12928.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.4 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 272.4 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -11.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.8 neg: -41.0 tot: -19.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 65.80 m/s