MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506040000F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506040000F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 40.14,-103.9 Latitude: 40.14 Longitude: -103.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 1 950 557 2 900 1019 SFC 861 1391 12.8 12.1 95 0.7 12.4 12 4 298.5 300.4 291.3 328.7 10.36 4 850 1501 11.7 11.3 97 0.4 11.5 32 8 298.4 300.2 291.0 327.5 9.96 5 800 2006 9.2 7.9 92 1.3 8.4 31 9 300.9 302.5 290.5 325.7 8.39 6 750 2541 8.3 4.5 77 3.8 6.2 301 9 305.6 306.9 290.9 327.0 7.08 7 700 3109 5.6 0.1 68 5.5 2.7 304 3 308.6 309.7 290.5 325.6 5.50 8 650 3710 1.9 -7.8 49 9.7 -2.4 1 6 311.1 311.7 289.2 321.5 3.27 9 600 4349 -3.9 -6.7 81 2.8 -5.1 319 3 311.6 312.4 289.9 323.9 3.87 10 550 5031 -7.8 -8.8 93 1.0 -8.2 288 17 314.8 315.5 290.7 326.3 3.58 11 500 5768 -11.5 -16.1 69 4.6 -13.1 273 20 319.0 319.4 290.6 326.2 2.18 12 450 6569 -16.4 -24.4 50 8.0 -18.5 268 25 322.6 322.8 290.7 326.7 1.18 13 400 7443 -22.5 -28.6 58 6.0 -23.8 265 30 325.7 325.9 291.4 328.9 0.90 14 350 8409 -29.8 -36.8 51 7.0 -30.8 257 33 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.2 0.47 15 300 9486 -38.8 -45.1 52 6.2 -39.4 257 37 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.5 0.23 16 250 10712 -47.7 -53.6 51 5.9 -47.9 263 49 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.10 17 200 12155 -55.0 -69.5 15 14.5 -55.3 259 65 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13969 -59.7 -78.4 7 18.7 -59.9 257 66 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16489 -61.3 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 261 47 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.62 m Freezing level: 633.79 mb = 3917.57 m = 12852.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.64 mb = 3420.36 m = 11221.51 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.58 % Est. max temperature: 21.90 C = 71.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.77 mb = 1483.19 m = 4866.05 ft T: 11.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 5.56 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.71 mb = 2777.70 m = 9113.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.86 C = 69.55 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: 1.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.26 C Cross Totals Index: 22.87 C K Index: 29.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6287.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.90 mb = 2069.50 m = 6789.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.7 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 314.7 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -26.1 tot: -17.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 40.03 m/s