MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F010.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KTAD ... Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 22Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: KTAD Latitude: 37.27 Longitude: -104.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 1 950 478 2 900 961 3 850 1465 SFC 824 1736 23.0 14.6 59 8.4 17.2 116 14 313.1 315.5 297.2 352.5 12.79 5 800 1994 20.0 13.8 68 6.1 15.8 116 15 312.4 314.8 296.8 351.0 12.52 6 750 2546 14.8 12.4 86 2.3 13.2 112 13 312.6 314.9 296.7 350.1 12.18 7 700 3126 10.0 9.9 100 0.0 9.9 146 9 313.5 315.6 296.1 347.7 11.04 8 650 3739 6.2 1.5 72 4.7 3.5 245 21 316.0 317.2 293.5 336.7 6.57 9 600 4389 0.9 -3.6 72 4.6 -1.3 253 29 317.2 318.1 292.5 332.9 4.89 10 550 5083 -3.7 -12.9 49 9.2 -7.3 262 41 319.7 320.2 291.2 328.3 2.57 11 500 5826 -9.2 -31.2 15 22.0 -14.3 261 46 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.8 0.56 12 450 6630 -15.9 -36.8 15 20.9 -19.7 262 50 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.6 0.36 13 400 7504 -22.7 -44.2 12 21.6 -25.4 262 52 325.5 325.6 290.6 326.2 0.19 14 350 8472 -28.6 -54.2 7 25.6 -30.6 260 56 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.07 15 300 9559 -35.9 -59.0 7 23.1 -37.1 257 65 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.04 16 250 10803 -44.5 -64.0 10 19.5 -45.2 255 63 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.03 17 200 12264 -52.9 -71.1 9 18.2 -53.2 253 71 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14084 -61.3 -80.6 6 19.3 -61.5 253 73 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16559 -65.1 -87.2 3 22.1 -65.2 276 53 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.76 m Freezing level: 589.86 mb = 4530.08 m = 14862.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.65 mb = 4206.58 m = 13800.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.29 % Est. max temperature: 24.66 C = 76.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.81 mb = 2798.60 m = 9181.65 ft T: 12.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 28.73 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.51 mb = 2883.34 m = 9459.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.12 C = 73.62 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2191.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.36 mb = 2826.95 m = 9274.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.36 mb = 3002.63 m = 9851.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.36 mb = 12577.05 m = 41262.78 ft B at Equ Level: 2176.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.3 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 285.3 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 276.2 neg: -12.3 tot: 263.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.92 Bulk Rich Number: 7.98 Bulk Shear: 274.51 m/s