MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 61 1 950 502 2 900 979 3 850 1478 SFC 824 1742 21.6 11.8 54 9.8 15.1 155 12 311.5 313.5 295.3 344.0 10.57 5 800 2000 17.1 9.7 62 7.4 12.4 159 13 309.3 311.1 293.9 338.3 9.49 6 750 2545 11.6 8.6 82 3.0 9.7 166 13 309.1 310.9 293.7 337.7 9.37 7 700 3118 7.4 5.7 89 1.7 6.4 234 15 310.7 312.2 293.3 336.0 8.24 8 650 3726 4.5 -3.8 55 8.3 0.4 262 28 314.1 314.9 291.2 328.2 4.44 9 600 4373 -0.0 -12.4 39 12.4 -5.0 273 33 316.1 316.5 290.0 324.1 2.46 10 550 5062 -5.3 -21.6 26 16.3 -10.4 270 40 317.7 318.0 289.3 321.9 1.23 11 500 5801 -11.3 -19.3 52 8.0 -13.8 265 45 319.2 319.5 290.2 324.8 1.66 12 450 6600 -16.7 -36.6 16 19.9 -20.1 263 51 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.7 0.37 13 400 7473 -22.9 -40.8 18 18.0 -25.4 265 46 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.3 0.27 14 350 8438 -29.9 -43.7 25 13.8 -31.4 266 44 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.23 15 300 9516 -38.5 -48.5 34 10.1 -39.2 260 44 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.16 16 250 10744 -47.0 -63.3 14 16.3 -47.4 259 66 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.03 17 200 12192 -55.0 -69.3 15 14.3 -55.2 259 83 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14011 -58.7 -80.6 4 21.8 -59.0 254 77 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16527 -62.4 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.6 266 51 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.71 m Freezing level: 600.55 mb = 4365.68 m = 14322.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.06 mb = 3775.34 m = 12386.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.76 % Est. max temperature: 22.46 C = 72.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.81 mb = 2967.64 m = 9736.22 ft T: 8.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 22.01 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.69 mb = 3062.78 m = 10048.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.71 C = 69.27 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 852.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.03 mb = 2953.40 m = 9689.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.03 mb = 3991.02 m = 13093.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.03 mb = 11035.29 m = 36204.60 ft B at Equ Level: 849.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.03 mb = 13641.33 m = 44754.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.5 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 290.5 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 196.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 4.26 Bulk Shear: 199.99 m/s