MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506040000F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506040000F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 4 JUN 25 Station: 38.68,-104.77 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 118 1 950 559 2 900 1020 3 850 1503 SFC 826 1741 11.2 9.5 89 1.8 10.2 148 9 300.3 302.0 290.9 326.9 9.03 5 800 2008 8.1 8.0 100 0.0 8.0 151 12 299.7 301.3 290.2 324.7 8.47 6 750 2540 6.2 5.8 97 0.5 6.0 217 11 303.4 304.8 290.7 326.5 7.72 7 700 3107 6.6 -0.1 62 6.7 3.1 251 10 309.8 310.8 290.7 326.6 5.43 8 650 3712 3.6 -9.1 39 12.7 -1.9 289 11 313.0 313.6 289.5 322.5 2.95 9 600 4355 -1.6 -15.6 33 14.1 -6.7 309 12 314.3 314.7 288.9 320.6 1.89 10 550 5040 -7.7 -18.9 40 11.2 -11.2 303 13 315.0 315.3 288.8 320.2 1.57 11 500 5772 -13.5 -18.1 68 4.6 -15.0 279 15 316.5 316.9 289.6 322.6 1.83 12 450 6567 -17.4 -19.8 82 2.3 -18.1 231 15 321.3 321.6 290.9 327.3 1.77 13 400 7439 -23.7 -26.0 81 2.3 -24.2 236 27 324.2 324.5 291.2 328.3 1.15 14 350 8401 -30.6 -33.2 78 2.6 -31.0 233 27 327.4 327.6 291.7 329.8 0.66 15 300 9475 -39.8 -42.7 73 3.0 -40.0 251 27 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.5 0.29 16 250 10691 -49.3 -55.9 46 6.6 -49.5 243 51 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.08 17 200 12136 -54.3 -71.5 10 17.1 -54.6 248 75 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.01 18 150 13965 -57.2 -79.3 4 22.1 -57.5 259 55 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16498 -62.0 -89.0 2 26.9 -62.3 260 39 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.09 m Freezing level: 615.13 mb = 4160.69 m = 13650.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.21 mb = 3474.17 m = 11398.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.53 % Est. max temperature: 21.59 C = 70.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.43 mb = 1962.56 m = 6438.76 ft T: 8.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 2.28 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.91 mb = 2496.85 m = 8191.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.80 C = 56.84 F Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lifted Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.81 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 256.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.32 mb = 2373.21 m = 7786.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 510.32 mb = 5615.03 m = 18421.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 490.32 mb = 5919.51 m = 19420.72 ft B at Equ Level: 30.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 440.32 mb = 6727.95 m = 22073.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.4 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 285.4 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -121.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.8 neg: -0.9 tot: 55.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 50.21 m/s