MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051800F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051800F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 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 70 1 950 514 2 900 990 3 850 1487 SFC 825 1742 20.9 11.1 53 9.8 14.6 155 10 310.7 312.6 294.7 341.8 10.13 5 800 2008 16.2 9.3 64 6.8 11.9 156 11 308.4 310.1 293.4 336.5 9.25 6 750 2552 10.7 8.2 85 2.4 9.2 157 11 308.1 309.9 293.3 336.0 9.15 7 700 3123 7.7 2.8 71 4.8 4.9 232 8 311.0 312.3 292.2 331.8 6.72 8 650 3731 4.8 -6.1 45 10.9 -0.4 260 16 314.3 315.1 290.6 326.3 3.72 9 600 4378 -0.5 -8.5 55 8.0 -4.0 266 24 315.5 316.2 290.7 326.4 3.36 10 550 5067 -5.6 -15.2 47 9.5 -9.1 268 33 317.4 317.8 290.1 324.5 2.14 11 500 5806 -10.8 -29.0 21 18.1 -15.2 268 44 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.3 0.70 12 450 6606 -16.6 -30.7 28 14.2 -19.6 267 50 322.4 322.6 290.2 324.8 0.66 13 400 7480 -22.6 -53.9 4 31.2 -25.6 264 53 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.8 0.06 14 350 8444 -30.5 -54.0 8 23.5 -32.2 265 53 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.0 0.07 15 300 9521 -37.9 -57.6 11 19.8 -38.9 263 61 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.05 16 250 10754 -46.4 -66.1 9 19.8 -46.9 258 71 337.1 337.2 293.6 337.2 0.02 17 200 12206 -54.7 -70.1 13 15.4 -55.0 255 81 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.1 0.02 18 150 14020 -60.0 -79.4 6 19.4 -60.2 255 74 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16537 -61.7 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 267 46 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.56 m Freezing level: 604.79 mb = 4315.84 m = 14159.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.66 mb = 3685.30 m = 12090.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.88 % Est. max temperature: 22.76 C = 72.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 713.66 mb = 2963.05 m = 9721.17 ft T: 8.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 15.50 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.33 mb = 3284.99 m = 10777.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.07 C = 71.72 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 562.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.07 mb = 2923.59 m = 9591.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.07 mb = 4216.97 m = 13835.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.07 mb = 10435.12 m = 34235.54 ft B at Equ Level: 558.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.07 mb = 13154.41 m = 43156.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.6 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 291.6 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.9 neg: -3.2 tot: 94.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 3.47 Bulk Shear: 162.16 m/s