MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506041800F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506041800F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 512 2 900 984 3 850 1478 SFC 824 1741 17.9 10.6 62 7.3 13.3 165 8 307.6 309.4 293.6 337.3 9.81 5 800 1996 14.6 9.2 70 5.4 11.3 163 9 306.8 308.5 292.9 334.5 9.20 6 750 2537 9.3 8.1 92 1.2 8.6 162 10 306.7 308.4 292.9 334.2 9.08 7 700 3107 6.4 0.9 68 5.5 3.4 180 10 309.5 310.6 291.0 327.6 5.85 8 650 3711 2.9 -9.6 39 12.6 -2.4 169 10 312.3 312.8 289.2 321.4 2.83 9 600 4352 -2.0 -12.6 44 10.6 -6.1 181 7 313.9 314.3 289.3 321.7 2.42 10 550 5038 -6.7 -12.6 63 5.9 -9.0 240 3 316.1 316.6 290.2 324.7 2.64 11 500 5775 -11.6 -15.6 72 4.0 -12.9 250 5 318.9 319.4 290.7 326.5 2.27 12 450 6574 -16.7 -20.5 73 3.7 -17.8 252 17 322.2 322.5 291.1 327.9 1.67 13 400 7449 -22.4 -25.2 78 2.8 -23.0 253 26 325.9 326.2 291.8 330.3 1.24 14 350 8416 -29.2 -34.6 59 5.5 -30.0 246 32 329.4 329.6 292.2 331.6 0.58 15 300 9499 -37.6 -46.3 40 8.7 -38.2 252 42 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.2 0.20 16 250 10728 -48.0 -53.9 50 6.0 -48.2 260 57 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.10 17 200 12168 -56.2 -70.1 16 13.9 -56.5 266 51 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.01 18 150 13974 -59.1 -78.6 6 19.5 -59.3 258 50 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.4 0.01 19 100 16510 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 255 42 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.51 m Freezing level: 619.97 mb = 4095.98 m = 13438.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.54 mb = 3457.16 m = 11342.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.27 % Est. max temperature: 21.06 C = 69.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.77 mb = 2650.59 m = 8696.04 ft T: 8.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 15.89 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.67 mb = 2946.98 m = 9668.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.99 C = 66.18 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 301.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.00 mb = 2749.02 m = 9019.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.00 mb = 3885.28 m = 12746.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 296.00 mb = 9589.87 m = 31462.43 ft B at Equ Level: 300.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.00 mb = 12294.72 m = 40336.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -10.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: -9.6 tot: 0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 22.45 Bulk Shear: 13.44 m/s