MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 86 1 950 531 2 900 1003 3 850 1497 SFC 826 1741 17.9 11.5 66 6.4 13.7 149 6 307.4 309.3 294.0 338.8 10.38 5 800 2014 14.1 10.1 77 4.0 11.6 149 7 306.1 308.0 293.2 335.4 9.72 6 750 2554 8.8 8.8 100 0.0 8.9 151 9 306.2 308.0 293.0 335.0 9.55 7 700 3125 8.6 1.3 60 7.3 4.6 242 8 312.0 313.1 291.9 330.7 6.00 8 650 3733 4.4 -4.6 52 9.0 0.0 231 7 314.0 314.8 290.9 327.3 4.17 9 600 4379 -0.6 -9.5 51 8.9 -4.4 264 18 315.5 316.1 290.5 325.5 3.10 10 550 5068 -5.5 -15.5 45 9.9 -9.1 268 33 317.5 317.9 290.1 324.5 2.09 11 500 5808 -10.8 -23.3 35 12.6 -14.3 270 42 319.9 320.2 290.0 324.0 1.16 12 450 6608 -16.7 -25.7 46 9.0 -18.9 265 46 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.8 1.04 13 400 7480 -23.1 -40.2 20 17.0 -25.5 264 50 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.0 0.29 14 350 8443 -30.6 -41.5 34 10.8 -31.9 264 51 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.5 0.29 15 300 9519 -38.6 -58.6 10 20.0 -39.5 265 59 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.05 16 250 10749 -46.8 -59.2 23 12.5 -47.2 261 73 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.05 17 200 12196 -55.6 -70.3 14 14.7 -55.8 258 86 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.01 18 150 14010 -58.7 -79.3 5 20.6 -59.0 257 71 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16539 -61.3 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.5 265 43 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.55 m Freezing level: 605.60 mb = 4306.50 m = 14128.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.78 mb = 3736.07 m = 12257.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.32 % Est. max temperature: 23.12 C = 73.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.14 mb = 2541.44 m = 8337.95 ft T: 8.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 14.82 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.94 mb = 3291.42 m = 10798.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.74 C = 72.94 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 471.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.92 mb = 2621.42 m = 8600.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.92 mb = 4393.05 m = 14412.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.92 mb = 10256.77 m = 33650.40 ft B at Equ Level: 469.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.92 mb = 12898.15 m = 42316.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.5 neg: -3.3 tot: 100.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 3.76 Bulk Shear: 125.55 m/s