MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 40.25,-103.83 Latitude: 40.25 Longitude: -103.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 500 2 900 976 SFC 865 1319 24.2 12.3 47 11.9 16.4 84 6 310.0 311.9 294.8 341.9 10.46 4 850 1473 20.3 11.3 56 9.0 14.5 85 6 307.4 309.3 293.7 337.6 9.96 5 800 1992 15.0 10.1 72 4.9 11.9 83 6 307.2 309.0 293.5 336.7 9.77 6 750 2534 10.8 3.4 60 7.4 6.6 9 5 308.3 309.5 291.2 328.3 6.51 7 700 3105 6.6 -4.5 45 11.1 1.3 315 16 309.8 310.5 289.3 322.0 3.90 8 650 3707 1.6 -5.4 60 7.0 -1.7 301 22 310.7 311.5 289.7 323.1 3.92 9 600 4346 -3.5 -12.8 49 9.3 -7.0 286 20 312.0 312.5 288.6 319.7 2.38 10 550 5027 -7.6 -35.1 9 27.5 -13.3 269 30 315.0 315.1 287.5 316.3 0.35 11 500 5763 -11.3 -27.7 24 16.4 -15.3 263 38 319.2 319.4 289.3 321.9 0.78 12 450 6562 -16.8 -30.8 29 14.0 -19.7 263 40 322.2 322.3 290.1 324.5 0.65 13 400 7435 -23.4 -32.4 43 9.0 -24.9 257 41 324.6 324.8 290.8 326.9 0.63 14 350 8396 -30.7 -37.4 52 6.7 -31.6 252 45 327.3 327.4 291.4 328.9 0.44 15 300 9471 -39.5 -47.8 41 8.2 -40.1 253 50 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.17 16 250 10693 -48.1 -59.5 25 11.5 -48.4 253 58 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 17 200 12137 -55.2 -70.1 14 14.8 -55.5 252 68 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 13952 -58.2 -73.0 13 14.8 -58.4 253 63 369.9 369.9 300.5 370.0 0.01 19 100 16496 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 261 45 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.43 m Freezing level: 634.62 mb = 3903.61 m = 12806.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.66 mb = 3356.44 m = 11011.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.63 % Est. max temperature: 23.61 C = 74.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.17 mb = 2801.20 m = 9190.17 ft T: 8.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 19.89 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.80 mb = 2908.66 m = 9542.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.57 C = 74.43 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.68 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 31.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 862.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.58 mb = 2717.23 m = 8914.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.58 mb = 3238.52 m = 10624.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.58 mb = 10995.83 m = 36075.11 ft B at Equ Level: 852.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.58 mb = 13600.88 m = 44621.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.1 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 304.1 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: -47.3 tot: -46.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.99 Bulk Shear: 123.32 m/s