MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 38.58,-104.70 Latitude: 38.58 Longitude: -104.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 512 2 900 983 3 850 1476 SFC 832 1656 18.8 12.7 68 6.1 14.7 67 2 307.7 309.7 294.6 341.3 11.14 5 800 1992 13.1 11.5 89 1.7 12.1 63 2 305.2 307.1 293.6 337.2 10.69 6 750 2535 12.1 5.9 66 6.3 8.4 359 3 309.7 311.2 292.7 333.6 7.77 7 700 3109 8.1 0.6 59 7.6 4.1 20 6 311.5 312.6 291.5 329.3 5.71 8 650 3716 3.5 -2.6 64 6.1 0.5 308 8 313.0 313.9 291.2 328.4 4.88 9 600 4360 -1.0 -9.9 51 8.8 -4.8 275 15 314.9 315.5 290.2 324.7 3.02 10 550 5047 -5.9 -13.0 57 7.0 -8.7 260 20 317.0 317.5 290.4 325.4 2.56 11 500 5786 -11.3 -14.9 75 3.5 -12.6 249 24 319.2 319.7 290.9 327.2 2.41 12 450 6585 -16.8 -19.9 77 3.0 -17.7 242 23 322.1 322.4 291.2 328.0 1.76 13 400 7458 -23.3 -25.1 85 1.8 -23.8 238 23 324.6 324.9 291.5 329.0 1.24 14 350 8421 -30.2 -38.6 44 8.4 -31.3 249 35 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.5 0.39 15 300 9500 -38.0 -52.0 22 14.0 -38.8 248 47 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.10 16 250 10732 -46.5 -66.7 8 20.3 -47.0 249 57 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.02 17 200 12180 -56.0 -71.6 12 15.7 -56.2 250 63 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.2 0.01 18 150 13990 -58.2 -78.9 5 20.7 -58.4 249 66 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16515 -62.8 -89.6 2 26.8 -63.0 253 47 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.08 m Freezing level: 611.42 mb = 4212.74 m = 13821.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.34 mb = 3773.55 m = 12380.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.04 % Est. max temperature: 22.91 C = 73.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 760.20 mb = 2421.05 m = 7942.98 ft T: 12.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 16.68 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.89 mb = 3204.39 m = 10512.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.65 C = 72.77 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 585.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.59 mb = 2730.21 m = 8957.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.59 mb = 3870.79 m = 12699.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.59 mb = 10272.28 m = 33701.28 ft B at Equ Level: 583.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.59 mb = 12927.31 m = 42411.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.5 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 286.5 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -23.2 tot: -22.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 15.36 Bulk Shear: 38.09 m/s