MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506040600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506040600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 34.85,-104.59 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -104.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 1 950 495 2 900 973 SFC 853 1438 23.5 11.7 48 11.7 15.8 154 15 310.4 312.3 294.7 341.6 10.20 4 850 1473 22.6 11.3 49 11.2 15.3 155 16 309.8 311.7 294.4 340.2 9.96 5 800 1996 17.1 10.3 64 6.8 12.7 155 20 309.3 311.2 294.1 339.4 9.86 6 750 2542 11.8 10.3 90 1.5 10.8 158 21 309.4 311.4 294.7 341.5 10.53 7 700 3119 10.1 4.8 70 5.3 7.0 194 22 313.7 315.1 293.8 337.8 7.75 8 650 3730 5.4 0.2 69 5.2 2.5 202 24 315.0 316.2 292.7 333.9 5.96 9 600 4379 0.8 -8.1 51 8.9 -3.2 229 33 317.0 317.7 291.2 328.2 3.45 10 550 5072 -3.3 -21.6 23 18.3 -9.1 238 35 320.2 320.4 290.1 324.4 1.23 11 500 5818 -8.3 -36.6 8 28.3 -14.1 242 40 323.0 323.0 290.0 324.2 0.33 12 450 6626 -13.8 -37.3 12 23.5 -18.2 248 45 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.2 0.35 13 400 7510 -19.7 -50.5 5 30.8 -23.3 258 59 329.4 329.5 291.6 329.8 0.09 14 350 8488 -26.3 -59.1 3 32.8 -28.9 255 68 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.04 15 300 9583 -34.7 -62.5 4 27.8 -36.1 258 70 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.03 16 250 10831 -43.7 -63.5 9 19.7 -44.5 256 75 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.03 17 200 12293 -54.0 -69.2 14 15.2 -54.2 255 81 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14107 -61.2 -80.4 6 19.2 -61.4 255 82 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16584 -65.9 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.0 265 37 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.51 m Freezing level: 590.65 mb = 4508.39 m = 14791.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.00 mb = 4009.31 m = 13153.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.88 % Est. max temperature: 26.31 C = 79.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 718.14 mb = 2905.04 m = 9530.85 ft T: 10.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 17.24 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.22 mb = 3379.76 m = 11088.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.19 C = 80.94 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.81 C Cross Totals Index: 19.57 C K Index: 36.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 288.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.45 mb = 2831.95 m = 9291.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.45 mb = 4120.39 m = 13518.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.45 mb = 10068.46 m = 33032.61 ft B at Equ Level: 287.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.45 mb = 12634.87 m = 41452.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 220.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 2.05 Bulk Shear: 140.75 m/s