MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 19Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.67,-104.78 Latitude: 38.67 Longitude: -104.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 565 2 900 1049 3 850 1555 SFC 831 1751 26.0 15.9 54 10.2 18.8 143 6 315.4 318.0 298.4 358.3 13.77 5 800 2084 20.2 14.6 70 5.6 16.4 149 6 312.7 315.2 297.4 353.4 13.20 6 750 2638 16.8 10.1 65 6.7 12.4 236 11 314.8 316.8 296.0 347.1 10.38 7 700 3225 14.7 -2.3 31 17.1 5.6 347 3 318.8 319.7 292.7 333.7 4.60 8 650 3845 9.5 -8.0 28 17.5 1.2 356 4 319.7 320.3 291.8 330.3 3.21 9 600 4501 3.6 -10.5 35 14.1 -2.6 315 4 320.3 320.8 291.6 329.7 2.86 10 550 5198 -2.7 -11.9 49 9.3 -6.5 273 8 320.9 321.5 291.7 330.2 2.78 11 500 5945 -9.1 -14.3 66 5.2 -11.0 240 12 322.0 322.5 291.8 330.4 2.53 12 450 6750 -15.3 -18.4 77 3.1 -16.3 256 17 324.0 324.4 291.9 330.8 2.00 13 400 7627 -21.9 -40.3 17 18.4 -24.5 260 25 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.6 0.29 14 350 8595 -29.0 -49.2 13 20.1 -30.9 253 32 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.1 0.12 15 300 9679 -36.5 -54.9 13 18.4 -37.7 266 44 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.07 16 250 10922 -44.0 -64.0 9 20.0 -44.7 266 61 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.03 17 200 12389 -50.8 -72.8 6 22.0 -51.2 266 61 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14240 -55.4 -81.2 3 25.8 -55.7 279 32 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16743 -65.6 -86.3 4 20.7 -65.8 328 6 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.22 m Freezing level: 571.24 mb = 4902.01 m = 16082.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.97 mb = 4049.35 m = 13285.10 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.84 % Est. max temperature: 29.57 C = 85.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.50 mb = 3026.38 m = 9928.94 ft T: 15.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.76 C/km ThetaE index: 28.53 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.83 mb = 3808.26 m = 12494.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.06 C = 86.11 F Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lifted Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.96 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1974.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.23 mb = 3185.47 m = 10450.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.23 mb = 4255.54 m = 13961.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.23 mb = 12124.31 m = 39777.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1972.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.23 mb = 15709.39 m = 51539.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -42.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.8 neg: -2.9 tot: 42.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 80.86 Bulk Shear: 24.42 m/s