MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060000F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 20Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.35,-104.94 Latitude: 38.35 Longitude: -104.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 1 950 499 2 900 978 3 850 1479 SFC 843 1550 24.8 11.1 42 13.7 15.8 172 5 312.9 314.8 295.1 343.5 9.91 5 800 2003 18.0 9.2 56 8.8 12.4 177 5 310.3 312.1 293.9 338.4 9.17 6 750 2551 13.3 5.1 58 8.2 8.5 291 10 311.0 312.4 292.7 333.8 7.38 7 700 3128 9.3 2.1 61 7.1 5.3 286 17 312.8 314.0 292.4 332.8 6.40 8 650 3737 4.2 -1.2 68 5.4 1.4 271 18 313.7 314.8 291.9 330.8 5.42 9 600 4381 -1.1 -4.0 80 2.9 -2.6 261 17 314.8 315.7 291.7 329.9 4.73 10 550 5069 -5.7 -6.5 94 0.8 -6.1 241 20 317.3 318.1 292.0 331.0 4.28 11 500 5809 -11.3 -12.1 94 0.8 -11.6 251 31 319.2 319.8 291.5 329.2 3.02 12 450 6608 -17.0 -20.2 76 3.2 -17.9 253 40 321.9 322.2 291.0 327.7 1.71 13 400 7481 -22.9 -26.5 72 3.6 -23.7 261 47 325.2 325.4 291.5 329.1 1.09 14 350 8445 -30.3 -45.2 22 14.9 -31.8 265 50 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.6 0.19 15 300 9523 -37.8 -51.8 22 14.0 -38.7 261 60 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.11 16 250 10757 -45.7 -65.4 9 19.7 -46.3 259 71 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.02 17 200 12214 -54.2 -71.3 10 17.1 -54.4 255 81 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.01 18 150 14038 -59.0 -80.0 5 21.0 -59.3 255 73 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16547 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 271 41 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.42 m Freezing level: 610.55 mb = 4245.39 m = 13928.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.10 mb = 3961.58 m = 12997.16 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.05 % Est. max temperature: 24.85 C = 76.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 689.18 mb = 3255.58 m = 10680.90 ft T: 8.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.69 C/km ThetaE index: 13.66 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.23 mb = 3546.30 m = 11634.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.36 C = 77.65 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 780.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 686.95 mb = 3282.22 m = 10768.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.95 mb = 3837.06 m = 12588.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.95 mb = 10704.76 m = 35120.18 ft B at Equ Level: 773.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.95 mb = 13551.76 m = 44460.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.4 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 287.4 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.1 neg: -14.2 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 10.84 Bulk Shear: 72.04 m/s