MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 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 52 1 950 501 2 900 975 3 850 1471 SFC 824 1741 17.4 14.2 81 3.2 15.3 344 3 307.2 309.5 295.5 344.8 12.49 5 800 1989 15.4 12.6 84 2.7 13.6 317 2 307.5 309.7 294.9 342.5 11.58 6 750 2537 13.2 9.7 80 3.4 11.0 195 9 310.9 312.8 294.8 342.1 10.16 7 700 3115 10.5 0.1 49 10.4 4.9 264 27 314.1 315.2 292.2 331.6 5.53 8 650 3727 5.5 -4.2 50 9.7 0.7 271 28 315.2 316.0 291.4 329.0 4.31 9 600 4374 0.1 -5.1 68 5.2 -2.4 269 24 316.2 317.0 291.7 330.2 4.35 10 550 5065 -5.2 -9.6 71 4.4 -7.0 278 32 318.0 318.6 291.4 329.0 3.37 11 500 5806 -9.8 -17.3 54 7.5 -12.3 279 45 321.0 321.4 291.0 327.7 1.96 12 450 6610 -15.5 -23.4 51 8.0 -17.6 277 41 323.8 324.0 291.2 328.3 1.28 13 400 7486 -22.2 -25.2 77 2.9 -22.9 265 48 326.1 326.4 291.9 330.5 1.24 14 350 8454 -29.1 -31.8 77 2.7 -29.5 256 48 329.6 329.7 292.3 332.4 0.76 15 300 9536 -37.7 -41.1 70 3.5 -38.0 253 53 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.6 0.35 16 250 10768 -46.9 -55.7 36 8.8 -47.2 254 70 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.08 17 200 12215 -55.7 -69.2 17 13.4 -55.9 257 84 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 14028 -59.5 -77.3 8 17.8 -59.7 264 73 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16548 -62.2 -86.8 2 24.6 -62.4 269 41 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.56 m Freezing level: 599.31 mb = 4383.96 m = 14382.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.47 mb = 3871.52 m = 12701.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.06 % Est. max temperature: 24.55 C = 76.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.31 mb = 2146.66 m = 7042.76 ft T: 14.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 15.85 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.79 mb = 3308.30 m = 10853.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.35 C = 75.83 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.36 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1136.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.36 mb = 2736.45 m = 8977.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.36 mb = 3885.66 m = 12748.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.36 mb = 11675.43 m = 38304.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1132.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.36 mb = 14575.53 m = 47819.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.3 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 301.3 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 2.9 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.6 neg: -13.3 tot: 216.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.52 Bulk Rich Number: 10.69 Bulk Shear: 106.24 m/s