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: 37.21,-102.82 Latitude: 37.21 Longitude: -102.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 1 950 506 2 900 981 SFC 855 1430 23.0 10.8 46 12.3 15.1 177 16 309.8 311.6 294.1 339.0 9.55 4 850 1478 20.7 10.2 51 10.5 14.1 177 17 307.9 309.6 293.3 336.0 9.26 5 800 1997 15.1 9.2 68 5.9 11.4 180 20 307.2 308.9 293.0 334.9 9.17 6 750 2539 10.2 6.4 77 3.8 7.9 205 27 307.6 309.1 292.3 332.1 8.05 7 700 3110 7.1 2.6 73 4.6 4.6 229 27 310.4 311.7 291.9 330.8 6.61 8 650 3716 2.8 -0.9 77 3.7 0.9 230 23 312.2 313.2 291.6 329.5 5.53 9 600 4359 -0.9 -5.7 70 4.7 -3.1 228 23 315.0 315.8 291.3 328.4 4.18 10 550 5049 -4.8 -13.4 51 8.6 -8.1 248 19 318.4 318.8 290.7 326.5 2.47 11 500 5790 -10.9 -18.0 56 7.1 -13.2 259 23 319.8 320.1 290.6 326.0 1.86 12 450 6591 -16.1 -20.5 69 4.4 -17.3 253 36 323.0 323.4 291.3 328.8 1.67 13 400 7467 -22.5 -36.3 27 13.8 -24.7 244 45 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.3 0.43 14 350 8431 -30.0 -35.6 58 5.6 -30.9 253 48 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.2 0.53 15 300 9511 -37.8 -44.1 52 6.2 -38.4 261 53 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.1 0.26 16 250 10746 -45.6 -58.2 23 12.6 -46.2 259 71 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.06 17 200 12201 -54.0 -69.9 13 15.9 -54.3 256 74 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14022 -58.7 -78.3 6 19.6 -59.0 256 66 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16542 -64.0 -88.1 2 24.1 -64.2 252 37 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.99 m Freezing level: 612.55 mb = 4197.68 m = 13771.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.89 mb = 3854.42 m = 12645.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.22 % Est. max temperature: 23.37 C = 74.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 713.13 mb = 2956.48 m = 9699.61 ft T: 7.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 12.96 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.09 mb = 3156.12 m = 10354.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.76 C = 74.76 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.62 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 37.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 292.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.86 mb = 2809.84 m = 9218.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.86 mb = 3829.59 m = 12564.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.86 mb = 9720.61 m = 31891.37 ft B at Equ Level: 291.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.86 mb = 11856.24 m = 38897.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.9 neg: -9.9 tot: 133.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 4.56 Bulk Shear: 64.16 m/s