MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 105 1 950 560 2 900 1046 3 850 1554 SFC 831 1751 27.4 15.1 47 12.3 18.8 108 3 316.9 319.4 298.3 358.0 13.13 5 800 2086 21.7 13.8 61 7.9 16.3 116 3 314.3 316.7 297.3 353.1 12.50 6 750 2641 16.2 12.7 80 3.5 13.8 129 2 314.2 316.5 297.2 352.7 12.42 7 700 3226 14.0 4.0 51 10.1 8.0 311 5 318.0 319.4 294.6 341.1 7.28 8 650 3846 9.2 -6.1 33 15.3 1.7 6 7 319.4 320.1 292.2 331.5 3.72 9 600 4502 3.2 -8.0 44 11.2 -2.0 354 3 319.8 320.5 292.0 331.2 3.48 10 550 5198 -2.8 -11.2 53 8.4 -6.3 254 8 320.8 321.3 291.9 330.6 2.96 11 500 5944 -9.4 -12.9 76 3.5 -10.8 220 13 321.6 322.1 292.0 331.0 2.83 12 450 6750 -15.1 -19.3 70 4.2 -16.4 249 19 324.2 324.6 291.9 330.5 1.84 13 400 7627 -21.7 -41.5 15 19.8 -24.5 271 29 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.7 0.25 14 350 8595 -29.0 -52.0 9 23.0 -30.9 268 35 329.6 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.09 15 300 9681 -36.1 -54.2 14 18.1 -37.2 276 49 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.08 16 250 10925 -43.8 -62.0 12 18.2 -44.5 271 61 340.9 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.04 17 200 12395 -51.0 -72.1 6 21.2 -51.4 266 61 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14246 -55.6 -83.9 2 28.3 -55.9 274 31 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16751 -66.0 -86.6 4 20.6 -66.1 328 6 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.50 m Freezing level: 573.52 mb = 4870.68 m = 15979.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.15 mb = 4139.01 m = 13579.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.27 % Est. max temperature: 28.97 C = 84.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 694.88 mb = 3287.66 m = 10786.15 ft T: 13.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.62 C/km ThetaE index: 27.40 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.70 mb = 3633.76 m = 11921.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.34 C = 84.82 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -7.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.57 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2321.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.45 mb = 3160.56 m = 10369.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.45 mb = 4095.98 m = 13438.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.45 mb = 12709.65 m = 41697.81 ft B at Equ Level: 2290.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.2 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 289.2 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -29.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: -17.4 tot: -8.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 109.50 Bulk Shear: 21.20 m/s