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: 40.29,-104.25 Latitude: 40.29 Longitude: -104.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 504 2 900 978 SFC 859 1381 21.2 12.1 56 9.1 15.3 54 14 307.4 309.3 294.0 338.8 10.38 4 850 1473 19.3 11.7 61 7.6 14.4 55 17 306.4 308.3 293.6 337.1 10.19 5 800 1990 15.1 8.9 67 6.1 11.3 68 16 307.2 308.9 292.9 334.4 8.99 6 750 2534 11.5 5.0 65 6.5 7.7 98 7 309.0 310.4 292.1 331.4 7.31 7 700 3106 6.1 3.3 82 2.9 4.5 125 5 309.3 310.6 291.9 330.6 6.93 8 650 3708 1.3 0.5 95 0.8 0.9 186 5 310.5 311.6 291.6 329.5 6.13 9 600 4347 -2.5 -10.2 56 7.6 -5.7 273 18 313.2 313.8 289.6 322.7 2.94 10 550 5032 -6.1 -27.0 17 20.8 -11.6 283 24 316.8 317.0 288.6 319.5 0.76 11 500 5770 -11.3 -33.0 15 21.7 -15.9 272 22 319.3 319.4 289.0 321.0 0.48 12 450 6568 -17.4 -35.8 19 18.4 -20.6 264 22 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.8 0.40 13 400 7438 -23.8 -35.0 35 11.2 -25.6 264 27 324.1 324.1 290.5 325.8 0.49 14 350 8400 -29.8 -32.7 76 2.9 -30.3 258 36 328.5 328.7 292.0 331.1 0.70 15 300 9479 -39.2 -41.8 76 2.6 -39.4 247 51 330.2 330.3 292.1 331.4 0.33 16 250 10697 -49.9 -53.9 63 3.9 -50.1 257 50 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.10 17 200 12128 -56.7 -69.2 19 12.5 -56.9 266 64 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.02 18 150 13938 -58.7 -80.2 5 21.5 -58.9 259 50 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16487 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 258 37 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.15 m Freezing level: 632.82 mb = 3927.43 m = 12885.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.15 mb = 3792.30 m = 12441.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.36 % Est. max temperature: 22.94 C = 73.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.13 mb = 2521.46 m = 8272.39 ft T: 11.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 19.33 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.33 mb = 2972.72 m = 9752.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.92 C = 73.26 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.57 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 39.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 641.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.82 mb = 2748.79 m = 9018.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.82 mb = 3154.43 m = 10349.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.82 mb = 11071.72 m = 36324.10 ft B at Equ Level: 638.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.82 mb = 13307.16 m = 43658.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.8 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 302.8 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.3 neg: -8.9 tot: 178.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 4.76 Bulk Shear: 134.99 m/s