MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 1Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 37.88,-103.94 Latitude: 37.88 Longitude: -103.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 497 2 900 971 SFC 858 1387 19.6 17.6 88 2.0 18.2 33 15 305.9 308.6 296.7 350.5 14.89 4 850 1466 18.3 17.2 93 1.1 17.5 34 20 305.3 308.1 296.5 349.3 14.71 5 800 1987 17.6 14.2 80 3.4 15.3 114 12 309.9 312.3 296.4 348.9 12.79 6 750 2536 13.1 12.4 96 0.7 12.6 163 17 310.8 313.1 296.2 348.0 12.17 7 700 3114 10.0 9.9 99 0.2 9.9 196 21 313.6 315.7 296.1 347.6 10.99 8 650 3729 6.9 1.4 68 5.5 3.8 239 34 316.7 318.0 293.7 337.4 6.53 9 600 4381 1.6 -2.3 75 3.9 -0.4 242 42 317.9 319.0 293.1 335.1 5.37 10 550 5074 -4.2 -18.5 32 14.3 -9.1 250 51 319.1 319.4 290.1 324.5 1.61 11 500 5817 -9.4 -28.4 20 19.1 -14.1 259 53 321.6 321.7 290.0 324.2 0.73 12 450 6621 -15.6 -34.7 18 19.0 -19.3 266 57 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.2 0.45 13 400 7500 -20.6 -56.0 3 35.4 -24.1 270 53 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.4 0.05 14 350 8474 -27.0 -55.1 5 28.0 -29.4 274 51 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.06 15 300 9568 -34.6 -56.3 9 21.6 -36.0 279 55 336.5 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.06 16 250 10816 -44.2 -57.3 22 13.1 -44.7 284 60 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.7 0.07 17 200 12272 -55.5 -67.6 21 12.0 -55.8 279 64 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 14073 -62.4 -77.9 11 15.5 -62.5 261 77 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16571 -62.5 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 269 43 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.29 m Freezing level: 586.44 mb = 4568.57 m = 14988.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.32 mb = 4308.63 m = 14135.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.49 % Est. max temperature: 26.54 C = 79.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.70 mb = 1642.73 m = 5389.46 ft T: 18.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 26.32 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.98 mb = 2435.00 m = 7988.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.15 C = 75.47 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -6.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -6.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.68 C Cross Totals Index: 26.60 C K Index: 44.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1810.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.59 mb = 2196.31 m = 7205.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.59 mb = 2813.60 m = 9230.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.59 mb = 12740.11 m = 41797.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1802.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.59 mb = 16235.82 m = 53266.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 691.7 neg: -16.9 tot: 674.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 224.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 12.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.32 Bulk Rich Number: 4.53 Bulk Shear: 400.13 m/s