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: 37.9,-103.54 Latitude: 37.90 Longitude: -103.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 534 2 900 999 SFC 865 1340 15.2 13.1 87 2.1 13.8 44 18 300.6 302.6 292.5 332.9 11.02 4 850 1485 13.5 11.9 90 1.6 12.6 52 26 300.3 302.2 291.9 330.9 10.38 5 800 1995 13.2 6.5 64 6.7 9.3 37 21 305.2 306.7 291.2 328.2 7.61 6 750 2536 10.5 6.6 77 3.9 8.2 17 22 308.0 309.5 292.5 332.9 8.19 7 700 3108 6.6 6.4 99 0.2 6.5 20 15 309.8 311.4 293.4 336.3 8.66 8 650 3715 4.8 4.8 100 0.0 4.8 46 8 314.4 316.0 294.4 340.5 8.36 9 600 4366 2.4 2.4 100 0.0 2.4 167 8 318.9 320.4 295.1 343.1 7.61 10 550 5064 -3.5 -3.7 99 0.2 -3.6 203 24 320.0 321.0 293.6 337.1 5.31 11 500 5807 -10.3 -12.7 83 2.4 -11.2 218 38 320.5 321.0 291.7 330.0 2.88 12 450 6609 -16.3 -18.3 84 2.0 -16.9 231 40 322.8 323.1 291.6 329.6 2.01 13 400 7486 -20.7 -25.4 66 4.7 -21.8 240 46 328.1 328.3 292.3 332.4 1.21 14 350 8461 -27.1 -28.8 85 1.7 -27.5 241 53 332.2 332.4 293.3 335.9 1.01 15 300 9557 -33.9 -35.1 88 1.3 -34.1 245 59 337.6 337.7 294.3 340.0 0.64 16 250 10811 -42.6 -45.8 71 3.2 -42.9 252 67 342.7 342.8 295.2 343.7 0.25 17 200 12277 -54.5 -58.4 62 3.9 -54.6 257 78 346.4 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.07 18 150 14072 -63.1 -68.1 50 5.0 -63.1 249 81 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.03 19 100 16604 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 276 27 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.13 m Freezing level: 579.52 mb = 4651.77 m = 15261.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.74 mb = 4641.47 m = 15227.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.17 % Est. max temperature: 23.51 C = 74.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.10 mb = 1603.75 m = 5261.60 ft T: 13.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 4.75 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.49 mb = 3101.93 m = 10176.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.01 C = 75.22 F Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lifted Index: 0.91 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.31 C Showalter Index: 0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.27 C K Index: 35.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6395.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.35 mb = 2399.51 m = 7872.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.6 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 257.6 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.7 neg: -112.6 tot: 78.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 313.33 m/s