MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 1 AUG 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 163 1 950 606 2 900 1078 3 850 1571 SFC 833 1741 16.0 13.9 88 2.0 14.6 4 3 304.6 306.8 294.5 340.7 12.08 5 800 2088 14.4 14.4 100 -0.0 14.4 148 5 306.5 309.0 295.7 345.7 13.03 6 750 2633 12.9 11.4 91 1.4 11.9 217 6 310.6 312.7 295.6 345.4 11.39 7 700 3215 12.9 1.6 46 11.3 6.5 252 13 316.7 317.9 293.4 336.2 6.14 8 650 3833 9.0 -3.5 41 12.4 2.5 274 7 319.1 320.0 292.7 333.8 4.55 9 600 4489 3.2 -5.6 52 8.8 -1.1 311 5 319.9 320.7 292.7 333.5 4.20 10 550 5186 -3.1 -7.5 71 4.4 -5.1 302 4 320.5 321.2 292.6 333.4 3.97 11 500 5932 -8.7 -19.7 41 11.0 -12.2 307 10 322.5 322.8 291.2 328.0 1.61 12 450 6739 -14.9 -21.5 57 6.6 -16.9 286 8 324.4 324.7 291.6 329.7 1.52 13 400 7618 -21.4 -28.4 53 7.1 -22.9 250 18 327.2 327.4 291.9 330.5 0.92 14 350 8589 -28.7 -34.9 55 6.3 -29.6 231 28 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.2 0.56 15 300 9675 -36.3 -39.3 74 3.0 -36.7 254 44 334.1 334.2 293.3 335.7 0.42 16 250 10919 -44.0 -50.6 48 6.6 -44.3 245 55 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.3 0.15 17 200 12393 -50.9 -77.4 3 26.4 -51.4 263 51 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14237 -58.3 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 272 42 369.5 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16734 -66.7 -85.1 6 18.4 -66.9 315 8 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.85 m Freezing level: 574.29 mb = 4847.24 m = 15902.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.05 mb = 4285.83 m = 14060.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.22 C = 82.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.29 mb = 2000.65 m = 6563.74 ft T: 14.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 17.68 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.14 mb = 3590.76 m = 11780.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.85 C = 83.93 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.82 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1097.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.17 mb = 2431.07 m = 7975.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 583.17 mb = 4716.74 m = 15474.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.17 mb = 11379.21 m = 37332.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1091.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.17 mb = 14523.94 m = 47650.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.3 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 301.3 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.3 neg: -2.5 tot: 53.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 61.87 Bulk Shear: 17.74 m/s