MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506060600F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 2Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 37.63,-103.46 Latitude: 37.63 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 499 2 900 974 SFC 857 1401 20.3 16.1 77 4.2 17.4 93 13 306.7 309.3 296.1 347.6 13.58 4 850 1471 19.5 15.9 80 3.6 17.1 98 16 306.6 309.1 296.0 347.2 13.53 5 800 1990 15.0 14.7 98 0.3 14.8 135 20 307.2 309.6 296.0 347.1 13.25 6 750 2536 12.6 12.4 99 0.1 12.5 177 22 310.2 312.5 296.1 347.4 12.19 7 700 3113 9.2 7.7 91 1.5 8.3 222 21 312.7 314.5 294.8 342.0 9.50 8 650 3726 6.5 2.2 74 4.3 4.0 257 36 316.3 317.6 293.9 338.1 6.90 9 600 4377 1.2 -5.0 64 6.1 -1.8 262 45 317.5 318.3 292.2 331.7 4.41 10 550 5071 -4.2 -10.1 63 5.9 -6.7 265 52 319.1 319.7 291.6 329.7 3.23 11 500 5813 -9.9 -29.6 18 19.7 -14.6 267 61 321.0 321.1 289.8 323.4 0.66 12 450 6617 -14.9 -40.1 10 25.2 -19.1 265 60 324.5 324.6 290.4 325.5 0.26 13 400 7500 -19.2 -57.3 2 38.1 -23.1 265 55 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.04 14 350 8480 -25.7 -58.2 3 32.5 -28.3 263 52 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.3 0.04 15 300 9579 -33.9 -64.3 3 30.4 -35.4 263 55 337.7 337.7 293.7 337.8 0.02 16 250 10830 -43.5 -65.3 7 21.7 -44.3 268 53 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.02 17 200 12292 -54.3 -71.4 10 17.1 -54.6 269 59 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.01 18 150 14095 -63.0 -79.1 10 16.2 -63.1 259 75 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16569 -62.2 -87.0 2 24.8 -62.4 261 47 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.09 m Freezing level: 589.02 mb = 4529.56 m = 14860.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.49 mb = 4169.90 m = 13680.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.13 % Est. max temperature: 25.68 C = 78.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.65 mb = 1929.58 m = 6330.58 ft T: 15.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 24.06 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.79 mb = 2163.02 m = 7096.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.67 C = 71.00 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -5.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -5.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.17 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.36 C Cross Totals Index: 25.81 C K Index: 43.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1291.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.15 mb = 2094.64 m = 6872.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.15 mb = 2703.09 m = 8868.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.15 mb = 12446.11 m = 40833.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1280.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.15 mb = 15708.07 m = 51535.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.5 at 41.9 knts Storm direction: 286.5 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 592.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 592.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 197.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.93 Bulk Rich Number: 3.06 Bulk Shear: 422.19 m/s