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,-103.96 Latitude: 37.88 Longitude: -103.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 857 1397 19.5 17.6 89 1.9 18.2 36 15 305.9 308.6 296.8 350.7 14.96 4 850 1466 18.3 17.3 94 1.0 17.7 36 19 305.4 308.1 296.5 349.6 14.79 5 800 1987 17.6 14.2 81 3.4 15.3 116 13 309.9 312.3 296.4 349.1 12.87 6 750 2536 13.3 12.3 94 1.0 12.6 164 17 311.0 313.3 296.2 348.0 12.07 7 700 3114 9.4 9.1 98 0.3 9.2 199 22 312.9 314.9 295.6 345.2 10.45 8 650 3728 7.1 0.4 62 6.7 3.4 241 34 317.0 318.1 293.4 336.2 6.06 9 600 4380 1.5 -3.6 69 5.1 -1.1 242 43 317.8 318.8 292.7 333.6 4.89 10 550 5073 -4.2 -17.7 34 13.5 -8.9 252 50 319.1 319.4 290.2 324.9 1.72 11 500 5816 -9.4 -23.6 31 14.2 -13.5 260 53 321.5 321.7 290.4 325.5 1.14 12 450 6620 -15.6 -31.5 24 15.8 -19.0 263 56 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.8 0.61 13 400 7499 -20.6 -55.0 3 34.4 -24.1 271 53 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.4 0.06 14 350 8473 -27.0 -59.4 3 32.3 -29.5 275 51 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.04 15 300 9567 -34.6 -58.4 7 23.8 -36.0 279 54 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.05 16 250 10816 -44.2 -57.8 21 13.6 -44.8 283 60 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.06 17 200 12271 -55.6 -66.1 26 10.5 -55.8 279 65 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 14071 -62.3 -77.4 11 15.1 -62.4 261 77 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16571 -62.4 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.7 269 42 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.66 m Freezing level: 586.87 mb = 4562.06 m = 14967.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.03 mb = 4218.41 m = 13839.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.69 % Est. max temperature: 25.98 C = 78.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.66 mb = 1632.72 m = 5356.62 ft T: 18.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 25.78 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.03 mb = 2456.78 m = 8060.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.25 C = 75.65 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -6.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.78 C Cross Totals Index: 26.76 C K Index: 44.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1858.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.76 mb = 2205.15 m = 7234.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.76 mb = 2708.12 m = 8884.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.76 mb = 12767.05 m = 41886.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1850.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.9 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 279.9 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 675.4 neg: -8.4 tot: 666.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 222.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 12.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.43 Bulk Rich Number: 4.68 Bulk Shear: 397.36 m/s