MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510171800F000.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KFCS ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 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 48 1 950 487 2 900 956 3 850 1447 SFC 821 1742 18.2 -3.9 22 22.1 7.2 187 13 308.2 308.9 288.5 319.2 3.48 5 800 1961 14.0 -8.1 21 22.1 4.1 199 13 306.1 306.6 286.8 314.2 2.59 6 750 2499 8.7 -10.9 24 19.6 0.7 211 13 306.0 306.4 286.4 313.1 2.22 7 700 3064 4.3 -15.2 23 19.6 -2.8 276 11 307.3 307.6 286.3 312.7 1.67 8 650 3662 0.2 -31.2 7 31.4 -7.5 280 15 309.1 309.2 285.5 310.6 0.43 9 600 4296 -4.6 -44.0 3 39.4 -11.4 272 15 310.8 310.8 285.8 311.2 0.13 10 550 4974 -9.5 -37.7 8 28.3 -14.6 259 23 312.9 312.9 286.7 313.8 0.27 11 500 5704 -13.3 -30.1 23 16.8 -16.9 248 38 316.9 317.0 288.5 319.1 0.63 12 450 6496 -19.2 -32.4 30 13.2 -21.6 246 48 319.2 319.3 289.1 321.2 0.56 13 400 7361 -25.5 -38.0 30 12.4 -27.3 242 62 321.8 321.9 289.7 323.1 0.36 14 350 8316 -32.1 -48.5 18 16.4 -33.4 240 68 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.0 0.13 15 300 9386 -40.2 -56.4 16 16.3 -40.9 240 69 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.0 0.06 16 250 10603 -48.5 -62.8 18 14.2 -48.9 240 69 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.0 0.03 17 200 12061 -50.0 -75.0 4 25.0 -50.4 239 57 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 13913 -57.2 -82.7 3 25.4 -57.5 241 51 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16427 -64.2 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 250 23 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.32 m Freezing level: 648.43 mb = 3681.45 m = 12078.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.39 mb = 2604.49 m = 8544.82 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.21 % Est. max temperature: 18.30 C = 64.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 588.29 mb = 4449.89 m = 14599.20 ft T: -5.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 8.53 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 482.71 mb = 5968.86 m = 19582.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.08 C = 80.75 F Cap Strength: 5.09 C Lifted Index: 6.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10345.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 561.45 mb = 4813.38 m = 15791.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.5 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 277.5 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.7 neg: -27.7 tot: -7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 73.04 m/s