MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506050000F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506050000F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 67 1 950 518 2 900 988 3 850 1480 SFC 824 1742 17.2 12.8 75 4.4 14.3 181 2 306.8 308.9 294.6 340.9 11.32 5 800 1994 12.7 11.2 91 1.5 11.8 175 2 304.7 306.6 293.4 336.2 10.53 6 750 2535 11.2 7.6 79 3.6 9.0 332 3 308.7 310.3 293.2 335.4 8.76 7 700 3109 7.6 1.6 66 5.9 4.3 335 8 310.8 312.0 291.7 329.9 6.15 8 650 3714 2.7 0.7 87 1.9 1.6 310 7 312.0 313.1 292.1 331.3 6.22 9 600 4357 -1.5 -6.7 68 5.2 -3.8 272 18 314.4 315.2 290.8 326.8 3.86 10 550 5045 -6.2 -9.8 76 3.6 -7.7 250 20 316.7 317.3 291.0 327.4 3.30 11 500 5783 -11.1 -13.5 83 2.4 -12.0 249 22 319.5 320.0 291.3 328.4 2.69 12 450 6583 -16.5 -23.4 55 6.9 -18.3 245 29 322.5 322.8 290.9 327.0 1.29 13 400 7456 -23.9 -39.3 23 15.5 -26.0 247 35 324.0 324.0 290.3 325.2 0.32 14 350 8419 -29.8 -45.9 19 16.2 -31.4 249 49 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.18 15 300 9500 -37.7 -59.3 9 21.7 -38.7 247 55 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.04 16 250 10732 -46.7 -65.7 10 19.0 -47.1 250 65 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.02 17 200 12182 -54.7 -71.8 10 17.1 -55.0 247 73 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.1 0.01 18 150 13994 -59.7 -78.3 7 18.5 -59.9 252 73 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16516 -62.3 -89.1 2 26.9 -62.5 267 40 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.03 m Freezing level: 617.74 mb = 4129.08 m = 13546.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.30 mb = 3897.92 m = 12788.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.16 % Est. max temperature: 21.52 C = 70.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.13 mb = 2291.46 m = 7517.81 ft T: 11.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 10.95 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.91 mb = 3062.30 m = 10046.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.81 C = 69.47 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 562.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.10 mb = 2657.00 m = 8717.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.10 mb = 3538.78 m = 11610.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.10 mb = 10361.29 m = 33993.33 ft B at Equ Level: 558.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.10 mb = 13055.45 m = 42832.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: -33.1 tot: -28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 14.57 Bulk Shear: 38.62 m/s