MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 19Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 1 950 508 2 900 984 3 850 1481 SFC 825 1742 20.9 11.2 54 9.7 14.6 164 12 310.8 312.7 294.8 342.1 10.20 5 800 2001 16.3 9.2 63 7.1 11.9 168 13 308.5 310.2 293.4 336.4 9.17 6 750 2546 10.9 8.1 83 2.8 9.2 177 13 308.4 310.1 293.3 336.0 9.07 7 700 3117 7.6 4.9 83 2.7 6.0 255 19 310.9 312.4 293.0 334.9 7.77 8 650 3725 4.0 -3.5 58 7.4 0.3 280 25 313.4 314.3 291.1 327.8 4.54 9 600 4370 -0.4 -12.1 41 11.7 -5.1 273 29 315.7 316.2 290.0 324.0 2.53 10 550 5059 -5.9 -15.3 48 9.3 -9.3 266 33 317.1 317.5 290.0 324.1 2.12 11 500 5797 -11.5 -27.3 26 15.7 -15.4 264 40 319.0 319.1 289.3 321.8 0.82 12 450 6595 -17.1 -35.4 19 18.3 -20.4 261 47 321.8 321.9 289.8 323.3 0.42 13 400 7466 -23.5 -38.6 24 15.1 -25.7 262 47 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.6 0.34 14 350 8428 -30.3 -43.2 27 13.0 -31.6 266 46 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.24 15 300 9507 -38.4 -52.2 22 13.8 -39.2 267 47 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 16 250 10735 -46.9 -63.1 14 16.3 -47.3 258 65 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.03 17 200 12183 -55.0 -69.4 15 14.4 -55.2 258 84 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14005 -57.9 -79.9 4 21.9 -58.2 252 75 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16526 -62.1 -86.5 2 24.4 -62.3 263 50 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.05 m Freezing level: 604.07 mb = 4317.78 m = 14165.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.62 mb = 3754.73 m = 12318.51 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.42 % Est. max temperature: 22.27 C = 72.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 714.01 mb = 2953.20 m = 9688.87 ft T: 8.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 18.06 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.80 mb = 3214.14 m = 10544.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.46 C = 70.63 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 683.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 715.51 mb = 2935.89 m = 9632.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.51 mb = 4099.44 m = 13449.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.51 mb = 10721.76 m = 35175.94 ft B at Equ Level: 678.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.51 mb = 13193.57 m = 43285.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.0 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 291.0 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 135.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 4.30 Bulk Shear: 158.93 m/s