MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506041800F004.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506041800F004.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 4 hour NAM valid 22Z WED 4 JUN 25 Station: 36.98,-103.33 Latitude: 36.98 Longitude: -103.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 1 950 497 2 900 973 3 850 1471 SFC 846 1511 23.3 11.1 46 12.1 15.3 179 17 310.9 312.8 294.6 341.2 9.86 5 800 1992 16.1 9.7 66 6.5 12.0 184 20 308.3 310.1 293.6 337.1 9.46 6 750 2536 10.7 8.6 87 2.1 9.4 190 21 308.2 310.0 293.5 336.7 9.39 7 700 3108 7.5 3.5 76 4.0 5.2 226 30 310.8 312.1 292.4 332.5 7.04 8 650 3715 3.5 -0.2 77 3.7 1.5 240 23 312.9 314.0 292.0 331.2 5.82 9 600 4359 -0.9 -4.5 77 3.6 -2.6 232 21 315.1 315.9 291.6 329.6 4.57 10 550 5048 -5.5 -12.5 58 7.0 -8.2 240 21 317.5 318.1 290.6 326.3 2.66 11 500 5789 -10.1 -20.2 43 10.1 -13.2 241 27 320.8 321.1 290.6 326.0 1.54 12 450 6592 -15.7 -21.0 64 5.3 -17.2 251 29 323.5 323.8 291.5 329.0 1.59 13 400 7468 -23.0 -32.1 43 9.1 -24.7 243 45 325.0 325.2 291.0 327.4 0.65 14 350 8432 -29.8 -32.9 75 3.0 -30.3 254 36 328.5 328.7 292.0 331.1 0.69 15 300 9512 -37.5 -48.8 30 11.4 -38.3 260 56 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.15 16 250 10748 -45.7 -51.9 49 6.3 -46.0 262 68 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.7 0.13 17 200 12203 -54.3 -65.1 25 10.8 -54.6 258 75 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 14023 -58.5 -78.1 6 19.6 -58.7 255 68 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16547 -63.5 -87.7 2 24.2 -63.7 260 33 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.65 m Freezing level: 610.33 mb = 4226.00 m = 13864.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.45 mb = 3947.93 m = 12952.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.69 % Est. max temperature: 23.26 C = 73.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 707.32 mb = 3021.77 m = 9913.81 ft T: 7.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 15.16 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.84 mb = 3027.43 m = 9932.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.77 C = 72.98 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 660.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.00 mb = 2851.53 m = 9355.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.00 mb = 3503.47 m = 11494.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.00 mb = 10561.02 m = 34648.60 ft B at Equ Level: 656.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.00 mb = 13343.87 m = 43778.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.6 neg: -11.1 tot: 122.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 12.74 Bulk Shear: 51.88 m/s