MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 66 1 950 513 2 900 987 3 850 1482 SFC 807 1925 17.8 12.4 71 5.4 14.2 164 7 309.3 311.4 295.1 343.5 11.26 5 800 2001 15.7 11.7 77 3.9 13.1 164 6 307.9 309.9 294.5 340.8 10.90 6 750 2545 10.7 9.7 93 1.0 10.0 157 9 308.2 310.1 294.0 338.9 10.11 7 700 3118 7.4 7.4 100 0.0 7.4 213 9 310.7 312.5 294.1 339.2 9.28 8 650 3726 4.0 1.6 84 2.4 2.7 263 15 313.5 314.8 292.9 334.2 6.61 9 600 4371 -1.4 -4.7 78 3.3 -3.0 276 24 314.5 315.4 291.4 328.8 4.50 10 550 5058 -6.6 -10.4 74 3.8 -8.1 274 29 316.3 316.9 290.7 326.5 3.16 11 500 5797 -10.9 -12.9 85 2.0 -11.6 264 36 319.8 320.3 291.5 329.2 2.84 12 450 6597 -16.5 -24.3 51 7.8 -18.5 262 51 322.5 322.7 290.7 326.6 1.19 13 400 7472 -22.3 -38.4 22 16.1 -24.8 261 48 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.3 0.35 14 350 8438 -29.5 -43.6 24 14.0 -31.1 262 45 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.23 15 300 9518 -38.3 -51.2 25 12.9 -39.1 264 50 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.12 16 250 10746 -47.3 -62.7 16 15.3 -47.8 264 63 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.03 17 200 12194 -54.5 -63.9 31 9.3 -54.8 259 84 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14017 -58.5 -78.1 6 19.6 -58.7 256 75 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16540 -61.9 -87.0 2 25.0 -62.1 269 44 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.26 m Freezing level: 612.93 mb = 4204.16 m = 13793.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.39 mb = 4024.14 m = 13202.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.37 % Est. max temperature: 21.34 C = 70.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.90 mb = 2601.76 m = 8535.85 ft T: 10.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 4.66 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.88 mb = 2770.82 m = 9090.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.67 C = 63.80 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1049.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.81 mb = 2703.70 m = 8870.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.81 mb = 2990.69 m = 9811.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.81 mb = 11264.57 m = 36956.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1044.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.81 mb = 13983.16 m = 45875.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.5 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 291.5 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.6 neg: -3.3 tot: 86.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 8.15 Bulk Shear: 128.69 m/s