MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051800F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051800F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 17Z 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 108 1 950 552 2 900 1021 3 850 1512 SFC 827 1742 17.3 9.7 61 7.6 12.5 163 5 306.6 308.3 292.9 334.3 9.17 5 800 2026 12.6 8.0 73 4.7 9.8 169 5 304.6 306.2 291.7 329.9 8.42 6 750 2563 7.2 6.8 97 0.4 7.0 190 5 304.4 306.0 291.5 329.4 8.31 7 700 3132 7.7 0.8 61 6.9 4.0 284 9 311.0 312.1 291.5 329.1 5.80 8 650 3738 3.3 -3.4 61 6.7 0.0 292 12 312.8 313.6 290.9 327.3 4.59 9 600 4381 -1.8 -8.4 61 6.6 -4.7 279 18 314.0 314.6 290.2 324.8 3.38 10 550 5067 -6.7 -11.9 67 5.1 -8.8 267 25 316.1 316.6 290.3 325.2 2.80 11 500 5804 -11.7 -17.8 61 6.1 -13.7 259 34 318.7 319.1 290.3 325.1 1.89 12 450 6602 -16.8 -34.8 19 18.1 -20.1 256 41 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.8 0.44 13 400 7477 -22.6 -47.2 9 24.5 -25.5 256 47 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.1 0.14 14 350 8438 -31.2 -47.3 19 16.1 -32.6 257 49 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.3 0.15 15 300 9514 -38.5 -59.7 9 21.2 -39.4 258 54 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.3 0.04 16 250 10746 -46.0 -65.1 10 19.2 -46.5 256 71 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.02 17 200 12198 -54.8 -70.2 13 15.4 -55.1 256 81 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.01 18 150 14014 -59.3 -78.9 6 19.6 -59.5 250 69 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16530 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 265 43 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.34 m Freezing level: 617.70 mb = 4153.88 m = 13628.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.79 mb = 3741.03 m = 12273.59 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.09 % Est. max temperature: 22.21 C = 71.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.16 mb = 2683.19 m = 8803.02 ft T: 7.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 9.42 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.90 mb = 3479.44 m = 11415.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.43 C = 72.37 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.28 mb = 2693.00 m = 8835.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 563.28 mb = 4879.10 m = 16007.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 433.28 mb = 6883.39 m = 22583.03 ft B at Equ Level: 35.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 303.28 mb = 9438.04 m = 30964.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.4 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 290.4 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.1 neg: -10.9 tot: 18.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 82.51 m/s