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: 38.74,-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 69 1 950 514 2 900 988 3 850 1484 SFC 823 1763 18.3 12.0 67 6.3 14.2 150 8 308.2 310.2 294.6 340.9 10.80 5 800 2002 15.3 10.7 74 4.6 12.3 154 9 307.4 309.3 293.9 338.1 10.14 6 750 2545 10.2 9.5 95 0.7 9.7 164 11 307.6 309.5 293.8 337.8 9.96 7 700 3117 7.9 5.3 83 2.7 6.4 240 14 311.3 312.8 293.3 336.0 8.00 8 650 3726 3.8 2.6 92 1.2 3.1 261 12 313.3 314.7 293.2 335.6 7.13 9 600 4370 -1.3 -3.4 85 2.1 -2.3 273 19 314.6 315.6 291.8 330.3 4.96 10 550 5060 -5.1 -16.7 40 11.6 -9.2 273 36 318.0 318.3 290.0 324.3 1.88 11 500 5800 -10.6 -29.4 20 18.8 -15.0 266 44 320.1 320.2 289.5 322.4 0.67 12 450 6600 -16.1 -37.3 14 21.1 -19.8 263 47 323.0 323.0 290.0 324.2 0.35 13 400 7475 -22.9 -35.4 31 12.5 -24.9 264 42 325.2 325.3 290.8 326.9 0.47 14 350 8439 -29.8 -43.2 26 13.4 -31.3 267 42 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.4 0.24 15 300 9518 -38.2 -54.2 17 16.1 -39.1 265 47 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.08 16 250 10748 -47.0 -64.9 11 17.9 -47.5 263 67 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.02 17 200 12197 -55.0 -70.1 14 15.1 -55.3 258 86 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.01 18 150 14016 -58.8 -80.6 4 21.8 -59.0 253 79 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16537 -61.8 -88.8 2 27.0 -62.1 268 45 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.22 m Freezing level: 612.59 mb = 4208.04 m = 13805.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.32 mb = 4089.11 m = 13415.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.20 % Est. max temperature: 22.27 C = 72.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 749.35 mb = 2552.71 m = 8374.92 ft T: 10.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 18.48 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.92 mb = 2884.82 m = 9464.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.82 C = 67.68 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.89 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 767.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.17 mb = 2666.08 m = 8746.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.17 mb = 3673.20 m = 12051.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.17 mb = 11172.72 m = 36655.46 ft B at Equ Level: 754.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.17 mb = 13444.90 m = 44110.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.7 neg: -9.9 tot: 110.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 5.40 Bulk Shear: 142.14 m/s