MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 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 67 1 950 511 2 900 986 3 850 1483 SFC 825 1741 19.2 12.1 64 7.1 14.5 155 8 308.9 310.9 294.7 341.7 10.82 5 800 2003 15.8 10.5 71 5.3 12.4 161 9 308.0 309.9 293.9 338.4 10.04 6 750 2547 10.4 9.4 94 0.9 9.8 166 10 307.8 309.7 293.8 338.0 9.95 7 700 3119 8.1 3.8 74 4.3 5.6 250 16 311.5 312.8 292.7 333.7 7.18 8 650 3727 3.9 -0.6 72 4.5 1.5 277 21 313.4 314.5 292.0 331.2 5.66 9 600 4372 -0.3 -11.0 44 10.7 -4.7 279 29 315.8 316.3 290.2 324.8 2.75 10 550 5062 -5.4 -17.7 37 12.3 -9.6 272 38 317.6 318.0 289.8 323.5 1.73 11 500 5801 -10.8 -29.4 20 18.6 -15.2 267 44 319.8 319.9 289.4 322.2 0.67 12 450 6602 -16.2 -41.6 9 25.4 -20.1 264 49 322.8 322.9 289.9 323.6 0.22 13 400 7476 -23.0 -35.8 30 12.8 -25.1 265 42 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.7 0.45 14 350 8440 -29.7 -48.0 15 18.2 -31.4 267 42 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.2 0.14 15 300 9520 -38.1 -48.8 32 10.8 -38.8 266 50 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.15 16 250 10751 -46.7 -66.3 9 19.6 -47.2 263 69 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.02 17 200 12201 -55.0 -69.3 15 14.4 -55.2 257 86 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14019 -59.1 -80.8 4 21.7 -59.3 253 79 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16538 -62.0 -89.0 2 26.9 -62.3 267 47 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.68 m Freezing level: 603.17 mb = 4331.26 m = 14210.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.69 mb = 3880.78 m = 12732.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.03 % Est. max temperature: 22.54 C = 72.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.79 mb = 2626.68 m = 8617.62 ft T: 10.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 19.54 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.59 mb = 3017.48 m = 9899.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.01 C = 69.83 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 770.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.40 mb = 2720.84 m = 8926.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.40 mb = 3734.02 m = 12250.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.40 mb = 11032.42 m = 36195.17 ft B at Equ Level: 762.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.40 mb = 13634.96 m = 44733.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.6 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 294.6 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 138.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 4.85 Bulk Shear: 158.75 m/s