MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171200F000.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 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 111 1 950 544 2 900 998 3 850 1472 SFC 823 1740 3.7 2.3 91 1.4 2.9 55 2 292.7 293.7 284.8 308.6 5.49 5 800 1970 6.6 4.1 84 2.5 5.3 183 7 298.2 299.4 287.8 317.2 6.44 6 750 2500 5.2 -4.0 52 9.2 0.9 214 13 302.2 302.9 286.6 313.7 3.79 7 700 3059 1.9 -5.8 57 7.7 -1.6 237 14 304.5 305.2 287.2 315.5 3.53 8 650 3653 -1.4 -13.7 39 12.3 -5.9 250 18 307.3 307.7 286.7 313.8 2.04 9 600 4285 -5.3 -24.8 20 19.5 -10.5 259 20 310.0 310.2 286.4 312.9 0.85 10 550 4964 -7.7 -37.6 7 30.0 -13.5 251 29 315.0 315.1 287.4 316.0 0.27 11 500 5699 -11.9 -34.8 13 22.9 -16.4 249 43 318.5 318.5 288.7 319.9 0.40 12 450 6495 -18.0 -35.0 21 17.1 -21.0 245 51 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.2 0.43 13 400 7364 -24.1 -40.7 20 16.6 -26.3 238 60 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.7 0.27 14 350 8325 -30.6 -50.2 13 19.6 -32.2 234 64 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.0 0.11 15 300 9399 -39.7 -54.6 19 14.9 -40.4 233 64 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.8 0.08 16 250 10621 -47.5 -64.3 13 16.9 -47.9 233 72 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.03 17 200 12086 -49.0 -74.2 4 25.2 -49.5 234 63 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 18 150 13933 -58.8 -80.6 4 21.8 -59.0 240 47 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16430 -66.0 -86.6 4 20.6 -66.2 255 20 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5588.24 m Freezing level: 671.88 mb = 3393.01 m = 11131.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.74 mb = 2699.51 m = 8856.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.24 % Est. max temperature: 16.27 C = 61.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.94 mb = 1919.06 m = 6296.04 ft T: 5.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 3.46 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.79 mb = 3902.05 m = 12801.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.50 C = 65.30 F Cap Strength: 6.56 C Lifted Index: 7.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.84 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9614.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.59 mb = 2960.36 m = 9712.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.6 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 273.6 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.7 neg: -1.5 tot: 130.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 108.60 m/s