MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 40.25,-103.86 Latitude: 40.25 Longitude: -103.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 1 950 491 2 900 968 SFC 864 1329 25.0 11.4 43 13.5 16.1 70 7 310.9 312.8 294.6 341.2 9.88 4 850 1467 21.4 10.4 50 11.0 14.3 70 7 308.5 310.3 293.6 337.0 9.35 5 800 1988 16.1 9.2 64 6.8 11.8 69 7 308.3 310.0 293.4 336.2 9.19 6 750 2532 10.8 7.9 82 2.9 9.0 64 6 308.3 309.9 293.2 335.5 8.94 7 700 3102 6.1 1.4 72 4.7 3.6 315 11 309.3 310.4 291.2 328.0 6.08 8 650 3705 1.7 -1.7 78 3.4 -0.0 282 21 310.8 311.8 290.9 327.0 5.19 9 600 4344 -3.3 -10.4 58 7.1 -6.1 286 29 312.4 312.9 289.2 321.6 2.89 10 550 5027 -6.9 -26.2 20 19.3 -11.9 274 30 315.9 316.1 288.3 318.8 0.82 11 500 5763 -11.3 -27.5 25 16.2 -15.2 269 39 319.3 319.5 289.4 322.1 0.80 12 450 6563 -16.8 -28.5 36 11.6 -19.4 268 40 322.1 322.3 290.3 325.0 0.81 13 400 7436 -23.2 -30.2 52 7.1 -24.5 260 44 324.9 325.0 291.0 327.7 0.78 14 350 8398 -30.4 -40.6 36 10.2 -31.6 260 51 327.7 327.8 291.4 328.9 0.31 15 300 9474 -39.3 -49.4 33 10.2 -39.9 257 56 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.14 16 250 10697 -48.3 -59.8 25 11.5 -48.6 253 61 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.05 17 200 12141 -55.0 -70.0 14 15.0 -55.2 252 69 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 13959 -57.4 -78.8 5 21.4 -57.7 251 65 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16506 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 258 42 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.39 m Freezing level: 633.12 mb = 3920.76 m = 12863.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.53 mb = 3698.32 m = 12133.45 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.20 % Est. max temperature: 23.16 C = 73.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 707.90 mb = 3009.40 m = 9873.23 ft T: 6.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 22.42 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.50 mb = 2909.50 m = 9545.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.11 C = 73.59 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.62 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 38.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 878.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.77 mb = 2860.44 m = 9384.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.77 mb = 3034.39 m = 9955.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.77 mb = 11076.42 m = 36339.53 ft B at Equ Level: 868.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.77 mb = 13720.18 m = 45013.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.8 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 305.8 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 5.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.7 neg: -27.5 tot: 10.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 6.55 Bulk Shear: 134.23 m/s