MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506061200F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 7 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 99 1 950 539 2 900 1007 3 850 1496 SFC 826 1741 14.0 12.7 92 1.3 13.1 11 5 303.3 305.4 293.5 336.7 11.25 5 800 2008 13.0 10.1 83 2.9 11.2 352 11 305.0 306.8 292.9 334.3 9.76 6 750 2548 9.2 8.9 98 0.3 9.0 332 14 306.6 308.4 293.2 335.6 9.62 7 700 3121 8.8 1.6 60 7.2 4.8 297 23 312.2 313.4 292.1 331.4 6.13 8 650 3730 4.5 -0.7 69 5.2 1.7 287 38 314.0 315.1 292.2 331.7 5.60 9 600 4377 -0.1 -8.3 54 8.1 -3.7 272 43 316.0 316.6 290.9 327.0 3.41 10 550 5066 -5.8 -8.6 81 2.8 -7.0 261 43 317.2 317.9 291.4 328.9 3.63 11 500 5805 -11.0 -17.5 59 6.5 -13.2 264 44 319.6 320.0 290.6 326.1 1.93 12 450 6606 -15.8 -26.8 38 11.0 -18.4 268 42 323.4 323.6 290.8 326.8 0.95 13 400 7483 -21.7 -42.5 13 20.8 -24.5 269 42 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.7 0.23 14 350 8452 -29.0 -52.7 8 23.7 -30.9 267 42 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.08 15 300 9535 -37.4 -54.2 16 16.8 -38.4 265 44 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.08 16 250 10767 -47.1 -54.9 40 7.8 -47.4 263 49 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.09 17 200 12214 -55.0 -70.7 12 15.8 -55.2 259 67 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.01 18 150 14036 -59.1 -78.6 6 19.4 -59.3 263 68 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16544 -63.2 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.4 258 45 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.16 m Freezing level: 601.55 mb = 4356.51 m = 14292.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.23 mb = 3928.37 m = 12888.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.42 % Est. max temperature: 23.25 C = 73.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.40 mb = 1899.31 m = 6231.25 ft T: 13.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 4.23 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.72 mb = 3278.07 m = 10754.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.88 C = 73.18 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.75 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 255.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 99.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.15 mb = 2502.27 m = 8209.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.15 mb = 4656.84 m = 15278.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.15 mb = 9783.92 m = 32099.10 ft B at Equ Level: 254.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.15 mb = 12240.75 m = 40159.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.2 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 304.2 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 7.7 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.0 neg: -89.1 tot: -62.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.63 Bulk Shear: 157.05 m/s