MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506050600F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506050600F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 6 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 98 1 950 535 2 900 1004 3 850 1494 SFC 826 1741 12.2 10.9 92 1.3 11.4 26 7 301.4 303.2 292.0 330.9 9.99 5 800 2007 13.8 9.0 73 4.8 10.8 20 20 305.8 307.5 292.6 333.1 9.04 6 750 2548 9.6 5.4 75 4.2 7.2 352 21 307.0 308.4 291.7 329.8 7.51 7 700 3117 6.2 1.8 73 4.4 3.8 343 10 309.4 310.6 291.3 328.6 6.24 8 650 3722 2.9 -1.5 73 4.4 0.6 272 8 312.2 313.2 291.3 328.8 5.28 9 600 4365 -1.7 -3.6 87 1.8 -2.6 258 22 314.1 315.0 291.6 329.7 4.91 10 550 5052 -6.3 -7.8 89 1.5 -7.0 270 26 316.5 317.3 291.5 329.0 3.86 11 500 5790 -11.4 -17.3 61 5.9 -13.3 266 29 319.2 319.6 290.5 325.8 1.97 12 450 6591 -16.1 -25.5 44 9.4 -18.5 269 29 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.7 1.07 13 400 7466 -22.2 -34.3 32 12.1 -24.3 262 29 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.1 0.52 14 350 8433 -29.1 -38.6 39 9.6 -30.3 252 32 329.6 329.6 292.0 331.0 0.39 15 300 9515 -38.1 -45.2 47 7.1 -38.7 253 47 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.23 16 250 10746 -46.4 -58.0 26 11.6 -46.8 255 55 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.06 17 200 12203 -53.3 -72.9 8 19.5 -53.7 251 78 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 14028 -58.9 -79.4 5 20.5 -59.2 253 69 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16548 -63.2 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.4 257 36 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.81 m Freezing level: 618.89 mb = 4121.99 m = 13523.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.60 mb = 3838.66 m = 12593.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.12 % Est. max temperature: 21.01 C = 69.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.19 mb = 1899.86 m = 6233.07 ft T: 13.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 4.42 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.23 mb = 3231.76 m = 10602.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.24 C = 68.43 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.53 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.49 mb = 2787.92 m = 9146.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 573.49 mb = 4721.87 m = 15491.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 443.49 mb = 6698.98 m = 21978.03 ft B at Equ Level: 46.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 333.49 mb = 8772.48 m = 28780.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 4.1 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.5 neg: -92.7 tot: 5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 116.18 m/s