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: 38.88,-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 72 1 950 516 2 900 990 3 850 1485 SFC 807 1925 18.2 11.3 64 6.9 13.7 160 6 309.7 311.7 294.7 341.7 10.49 5 800 2004 15.6 10.7 73 4.9 12.5 160 5 307.8 309.7 294.0 338.6 10.19 6 750 2547 10.0 9.4 96 0.6 9.6 161 7 307.4 309.3 293.7 337.5 9.94 7 700 3118 7.3 5.9 91 1.3 6.5 219 9 310.5 312.1 293.4 336.3 8.37 8 650 3725 3.8 -0.1 75 3.9 1.7 273 16 313.3 314.4 292.2 331.6 5.85 9 600 4370 -1.7 -3.5 87 1.8 -2.6 276 22 314.2 315.1 291.6 329.7 4.92 10 550 5057 -6.2 -8.3 85 2.1 -7.1 270 29 316.7 317.4 291.3 328.7 3.72 11 500 5796 -11.0 -23.0 36 12.0 -14.3 263 44 319.7 319.9 289.9 323.8 1.20 12 450 6596 -16.0 -30.8 27 14.8 -19.2 262 47 323.1 323.2 290.4 325.4 0.65 13 400 7471 -22.6 -37.8 24 15.3 -24.9 264 44 325.7 325.7 290.9 327.0 0.37 14 350 8436 -29.8 -40.5 35 10.7 -31.1 267 43 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.32 15 300 9515 -38.3 -57.9 11 19.7 -39.2 267 48 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.05 16 250 10743 -47.4 -63.4 14 16.0 -47.9 263 64 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.7 0.03 17 200 12189 -55.2 -69.9 15 14.6 -55.5 259 85 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 14009 -58.6 -79.2 5 20.6 -58.8 254 79 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16534 -61.6 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.9 269 43 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.55 m Freezing level: 615.34 mb = 4172.12 m = 13687.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.18 mb = 3974.76 m = 13040.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.41 % Est. max temperature: 21.16 C = 70.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.82 mb = 2783.86 m = 9133.28 ft T: 8.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 17.91 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.83 mb = 2840.74 m = 9319.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.53 C = 63.55 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 773.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.30 mb = 2744.40 m = 9003.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.30 mb = 3633.96 m = 11922.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.30 mb = 11081.21 m = 36355.23 ft B at Equ Level: 767.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.30 mb = 13708.42 m = 44974.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.6 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 292.6 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.0 neg: -3.6 tot: 79.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 6.37 Bulk Shear: 121.41 m/s