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: 37.99,-103.48 Latitude: 37.99 Longitude: -103.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 1 950 483 2 900 956 SFC 870 1252 20.2 16.1 77 4.1 17.4 80 21 305.3 307.8 295.6 345.3 13.37 4 850 1451 18.3 15.6 84 2.7 16.4 87 30 305.3 307.8 295.4 344.8 13.19 5 800 1968 14.2 13.9 98 0.3 14.0 101 29 306.3 308.7 295.3 344.2 12.60 6 750 2515 14.4 0.6 39 13.7 6.8 68 20 312.2 313.2 291.4 328.9 5.35 7 700 3092 9.1 6.5 84 2.6 7.5 119 22 312.5 314.2 294.1 339.4 8.68 8 650 3704 6.1 2.4 77 3.7 4.0 160 22 315.8 317.2 293.8 338.0 7.01 9 600 4354 0.4 -0.9 91 1.2 -0.3 190 26 316.6 317.7 293.2 335.6 6.00 10 550 5047 -3.7 -3.8 99 0.1 -3.7 209 35 319.7 320.7 293.5 336.7 5.26 11 500 5792 -9.5 -10.7 91 1.1 -10.0 223 51 321.4 322.1 292.4 332.6 3.39 12 450 6595 -16.5 -18.0 88 1.5 -17.0 234 57 322.5 322.9 291.6 329.5 2.06 13 400 7471 -21.4 -21.5 99 0.1 -21.4 247 57 327.2 327.5 292.6 333.1 1.71 14 350 8447 -26.2 -26.3 100 0.0 -26.2 261 54 333.4 333.7 293.9 338.0 1.28 15 300 9546 -33.7 -33.7 100 0.0 -33.7 269 52 337.9 338.1 294.5 340.7 0.74 16 250 10799 -43.1 -46.3 71 3.1 -43.4 267 56 341.9 342.0 295.0 342.9 0.24 17 200 12262 -54.6 -58.5 62 3.8 -54.8 265 72 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.07 18 150 14056 -60.8 -65.7 52 4.9 -60.9 254 86 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.5 0.04 19 100 16607 -62.0 -86.5 2 24.6 -62.2 274 30 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.83 m Freezing level: 595.42 mb = 4417.57 m = 14493.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.19 mb = 4310.96 m = 14143.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.33 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.55 mb = 1772.29 m = 5814.53 ft T: 15.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 16.39 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.68 mb = 2790.75 m = 9155.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.98 C = 80.56 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: -4.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.83 C Cross Totals Index: 25.09 C K Index: 40.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 766.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.94 mb = 2096.50 m = 6878.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.94 mb = 3920.04 m = 12860.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.94 mb = 10718.94 m = 35166.69 ft B at Equ Level: 764.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.94 mb = 13934.79 m = 45717.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.5 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 230.5 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 482.1 neg: -187.3 tot: 294.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.82 Bulk Rich Number: 2.12 Bulk Shear: 361.51 m/s