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: 38.74,-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 53 1 950 497 2 900 972 3 850 1469 SFC 821 1763 18.1 14.1 78 4.0 15.4 45 4 308.1 310.5 295.7 345.8 12.44 5 800 1989 15.7 12.7 82 3.0 13.7 39 3 307.9 310.1 295.1 343.1 11.62 6 750 2536 13.4 9.5 77 3.9 10.9 196 10 311.2 313.1 294.7 341.8 9.98 7 700 3114 10.2 2.5 59 7.7 5.8 256 21 313.8 315.0 292.9 334.3 6.56 8 650 3726 6.0 -5.3 44 11.3 0.5 272 32 315.7 316.5 291.3 328.4 3.97 9 600 4375 0.9 -10.5 42 11.4 -4.0 267 33 317.1 317.7 290.7 326.5 2.86 10 550 5066 -5.1 -12.6 55 7.6 -8.0 272 36 318.1 318.6 290.8 326.8 2.64 11 500 5807 -10.1 -20.0 44 10.0 -13.2 280 44 320.8 321.1 290.6 326.1 1.56 12 450 6610 -15.9 -24.5 48 8.6 -18.1 284 42 323.2 323.4 290.9 327.3 1.17 13 400 7487 -21.8 -27.1 62 5.3 -23.0 268 39 326.7 326.9 291.8 330.3 1.03 14 350 8453 -29.5 -32.1 78 2.6 -29.9 254 54 329.0 329.2 292.2 331.7 0.74 15 300 9534 -38.0 -41.4 71 3.4 -38.3 250 57 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.34 16 250 10764 -47.4 -57.8 29 10.4 -47.7 254 67 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.06 17 200 12209 -55.3 -69.0 17 13.7 -55.6 258 82 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 14027 -59.2 -78.0 7 18.8 -59.4 263 72 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16546 -62.4 -87.9 2 25.5 -62.6 271 43 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.08 m Freezing level: 592.77 mb = 4474.72 m = 14680.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.51 mb = 3794.34 m = 12448.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.79 % Est. max temperature: 24.49 C = 76.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.39 mb = 2264.49 m = 7429.33 ft T: 14.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 19.30 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.69 mb = 3308.24 m = 10853.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.04 C = 75.27 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1219.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.83 mb = 2798.40 m = 9180.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.83 mb = 3955.49 m = 12977.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.83 mb = 11836.95 m = 38834.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1209.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.83 mb = 14829.12 m = 48651.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.2 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 302.2 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 289.2 neg: -6.6 tot: 282.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.12 Bulk Rich Number: 7.46 Bulk Shear: 163.62 m/s