MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 14Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.74,-104.76 Latitude: 38.74 Longitude: -104.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 1 950 566 2 900 1031 3 850 1516 SFC 825 1763 12.6 10.9 89 1.7 11.6 156 8 301.9 303.7 292.1 331.4 9.97 5 800 2024 10.1 9.1 94 0.9 9.5 170 13 301.9 303.5 291.4 328.9 9.12 6 750 2560 7.6 7.2 98 0.4 7.4 200 18 304.8 306.4 291.9 330.5 8.55 7 700 3127 5.8 2.6 80 3.2 4.1 230 16 308.9 310.2 291.5 329.3 6.63 8 650 3730 2.4 -1.0 79 3.3 0.7 249 19 311.6 312.7 291.4 328.8 5.50 9 600 4372 -2.2 -7.2 68 5.1 -4.4 256 25 313.6 314.3 290.4 325.5 3.71 10 550 5057 -6.8 -12.6 63 5.9 -9.0 258 31 316.1 316.6 290.2 324.7 2.64 11 500 5795 -11.2 -20.2 47 9.0 -13.9 258 32 319.4 319.7 290.2 324.6 1.54 12 450 6595 -16.4 -28.1 36 11.7 -19.0 255 34 322.7 322.8 290.5 325.7 0.84 13 400 7469 -23.1 -36.8 27 13.7 -25.2 253 34 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.5 0.41 14 350 8431 -30.6 -47.7 17 17.2 -32.1 254 35 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.1 0.15 15 300 9507 -38.6 -56.0 14 17.3 -39.5 256 45 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.07 16 250 10736 -46.5 -65.4 10 18.9 -47.0 256 67 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.0 0.02 17 200 12189 -54.5 -71.7 10 17.2 -54.8 255 81 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.01 18 150 14015 -58.0 -82.3 3 24.2 -58.3 251 65 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16532 -63.2 -85.6 3 22.5 -63.3 258 50 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.96 m Freezing level: 623.95 mb = 4064.55 m = 13334.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.48 mb = 3811.04 m = 12503.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.62 % Est. max temperature: 20.52 C = 68.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.05 mb = 1981.88 m = 6502.14 ft T: 10.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 5.85 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.15 mb = 2536.18 m = 8320.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.26 C = 59.46 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: 0.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.39 mb = 2412.97 m = 7916.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 558.39 mb = 4937.99 m = 16200.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 508.39 mb = 5666.03 m = 18589.11 ft B at Equ Level: 25.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 348.39 mb = 8463.14 m = 27765.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.5 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 278.5 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 148.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 89.55 m/s