MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 40.11,-107.71 Latitude: 40.11 Longitude: -107.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 523 2 900 997 3 850 1492 4 800 2011 SFC 761 2436 16.0 5.2 49 10.8 9.6 243 7 312.7 314.1 293.2 335.5 7.33 6 750 2556 12.3 4.0 57 8.3 7.5 238 6 309.9 311.2 292.0 330.9 6.82 7 700 3129 6.4 1.8 72 4.6 3.9 247 7 309.6 310.8 291.4 328.9 6.26 8 650 3731 1.0 -5.7 61 6.6 -2.0 262 8 310.1 310.8 289.4 322.2 3.86 9 600 4368 -4.1 -11.7 56 7.6 -7.1 285 20 311.3 311.8 288.6 319.7 2.60 10 550 5046 -9.7 -13.6 73 3.9 -11.1 280 25 312.5 313.0 288.9 320.4 2.43 11 500 5774 -15.1 -17.5 82 2.4 -15.8 265 30 314.7 315.0 289.0 321.1 1.94 12 450 6564 -19.3 -21.4 83 2.1 -19.8 253 44 319.0 319.3 290.0 324.2 1.53 13 400 7429 -25.1 -28.0 77 2.9 -25.7 256 47 322.3 322.5 290.5 325.7 0.96 14 350 8385 -31.6 -45.3 25 13.7 -32.9 257 52 326.1 326.2 290.8 326.9 0.19 15 300 9458 -39.7 -47.4 44 7.7 -40.3 255 60 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.18 16 250 10677 -48.9 -58.2 33 9.3 -49.2 257 66 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.06 17 200 12116 -55.4 -68.8 17 13.4 -55.6 260 72 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 13953 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.1 268 53 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16507 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.2 264 35 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.56 m Freezing level: 640.42 mb = 3852.80 m = 12640.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.99 mb = 3521.07 m = 11551.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.34 % Est. max temperature: 14.51 C = 58.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 646.73 mb = 3770.87 m = 12371.49 ft T: 0.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 15.83 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.58 mb = 3822.10 m = 12539.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.78 C = 56.80 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 298.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.45 mb = 3786.65 m = 12423.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.45 mb = 3973.80 m = 13037.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 350.45 mb = 8376.11 m = 27480.35 ft B at Equ Level: 297.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.45 mb = 11202.06 m = 36751.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.7 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 290.7 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.3 neg: -6.6 tot: 12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.04 Bulk Shear: 73.69 m/s