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: 38.79,-104.23 Latitude: 38.79 Longitude: -104.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 1 950 501 2 900 977 3 850 1475 SFC 813 1860 18.2 12.8 71 5.4 14.6 130 5 309.1 311.3 295.3 344.1 11.51 5 800 1996 16.7 12.2 75 4.5 13.7 147 6 308.9 311.0 295.0 343.1 11.24 6 750 2542 11.6 10.9 96 0.6 11.2 154 8 309.1 311.2 295.0 342.6 11.02 7 700 3117 8.3 8.3 100 0.0 8.3 189 6 311.7 313.6 294.8 342.1 9.87 8 650 3726 4.2 1.8 85 2.4 2.8 276 25 313.7 315.0 293.0 334.7 6.71 9 600 4373 0.2 -5.0 68 5.2 -2.3 264 38 316.4 317.3 291.9 330.5 4.40 10 550 5064 -5.6 -9.1 77 3.5 -7.1 257 42 317.4 318.1 291.3 328.7 3.49 11 500 5803 -11.3 -13.5 84 2.1 -12.1 255 38 319.2 319.7 291.2 328.2 2.71 12 450 6603 -16.5 -22.2 61 5.7 -18.1 269 45 322.4 322.7 291.0 327.4 1.43 13 400 7478 -22.4 -34.0 34 11.6 -24.4 280 45 325.9 326.0 291.1 327.9 0.54 14 350 8445 -29.2 -34.1 63 4.8 -30.0 282 40 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.6 0.61 15 300 9526 -37.8 -41.4 69 3.6 -38.2 271 53 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.3 0.34 16 250 10758 -47.0 -54.1 44 7.1 -47.3 261 69 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.10 17 200 12209 -54.2 -71.9 10 17.7 -54.4 262 80 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 14031 -60.0 -77.7 8 17.7 -60.2 261 70 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16541 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.5 272 44 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.56 m Freezing level: 597.92 mb = 4401.90 m = 14441.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.22 mb = 4079.14 m = 13382.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.98 % Est. max temperature: 21.97 C = 71.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 750.15 mb = 2540.14 m = 8333.68 ft T: 11.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 16.77 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.79 mb = 2723.84 m = 8936.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.93 C = 66.08 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -5.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1425.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.03 mb = 2664.56 m = 8741.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.03 mb = 2951.29 m = 9682.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.03 mb = 11768.34 m = 38609.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1412.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.03 mb = 14727.57 m = 48318.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.9 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 293.9 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.2 neg: -5.4 tot: 173.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.52 Bulk Rich Number: 8.76 Bulk Shear: 162.82 m/s