MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.88,-104.81 Latitude: 38.88 Longitude: -104.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 547 2 900 1015 3 850 1504 SFC 809 1925 13.9 11.4 85 2.5 12.3 149 8 305.0 307.0 293.4 336.5 10.51 5 800 2017 12.0 11.0 94 1.0 11.4 150 8 304.0 305.9 293.0 334.9 10.36 6 750 2554 8.2 7.9 98 0.2 8.0 198 6 305.5 307.1 292.4 332.5 8.98 7 700 3123 7.6 0.4 60 7.2 3.8 297 15 310.9 312.0 291.3 328.4 5.62 8 650 3729 2.9 -5.3 55 8.2 -1.0 306 22 312.2 313.0 290.2 324.8 3.96 9 600 4371 -1.5 -9.9 53 8.3 -5.0 289 30 314.3 314.9 290.0 324.1 3.01 10 550 5059 -5.8 -13.8 53 8.0 -8.8 272 31 317.2 317.6 290.3 325.0 2.38 11 500 5798 -11.1 -20.6 46 9.4 -14.0 260 33 319.5 319.8 290.1 324.5 1.49 12 450 6597 -16.8 -25.7 46 8.9 -19.0 257 37 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.7 1.05 13 400 7469 -23.4 -38.4 24 14.9 -25.6 261 40 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.8 0.35 14 350 8430 -30.9 -45.9 21 15.0 -32.3 261 44 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.18 15 300 9506 -38.8 -48.6 35 9.9 -39.4 263 48 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.15 16 250 10733 -47.3 -62.3 16 15.0 -47.8 260 67 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.03 17 200 12178 -55.6 -70.3 14 14.7 -55.8 257 86 344.7 344.8 295.4 344.8 0.01 18 150 13998 -57.6 -81.1 4 23.5 -57.9 253 77 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16537 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -61.0 269 43 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.25 m Freezing level: 617.41 mb = 4147.65 m = 13607.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.29 mb = 3600.65 m = 11813.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.48 % Est. max temperature: 20.49 C = 68.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.46 mb = 2243.99 m = 7362.09 ft T: 10.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 12.46 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.91 mb = 3277.59 m = 10753.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.78 C = 67.61 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 247.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.20 mb = 2673.77 m = 8772.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.20 mb = 4315.31 m = 14157.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 294.20 mb = 9636.98 m = 31617.00 ft B at Equ Level: 245.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.20 mb = 11733.54 m = 38495.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.3 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 298.3 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 2.8 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.1 neg: -38.5 tot: 15.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 2.02 Bulk Shear: 122.26 m/s