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: 38.68,-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 106 1 950 560 2 900 1046 3 850 1554 SFC 832 1742 27.4 15.2 47 12.2 18.8 118 3 316.8 319.3 298.3 358.1 13.19 5 800 2086 21.7 13.9 61 7.8 16.3 130 2 314.2 316.6 297.3 353.1 12.55 6 750 2642 16.2 12.7 80 3.4 13.8 156 1 314.1 316.5 297.2 352.6 12.43 7 700 3226 14.0 4.0 51 10.0 8.0 307 6 318.0 319.4 294.6 341.1 7.29 8 650 3846 9.2 -6.6 32 15.9 1.5 4 7 319.4 320.1 292.0 331.1 3.58 9 600 4502 3.1 -8.9 41 12.0 -2.3 356 3 319.7 320.4 291.8 330.4 3.25 10 550 5198 -2.8 -10.9 54 8.1 -6.2 253 7 320.7 321.3 291.9 330.7 3.01 11 500 5944 -9.5 -12.7 77 3.2 -10.7 220 13 321.5 322.1 292.0 331.1 2.88 12 450 6750 -15.1 -19.2 71 4.0 -16.4 250 19 324.2 324.6 291.9 330.6 1.87 13 400 7627 -21.7 -42.3 14 20.6 -24.5 271 30 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.6 0.23 14 350 8595 -29.1 -54.8 7 25.7 -31.0 269 36 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.8 0.06 15 300 9681 -36.2 -56.4 11 20.3 -37.4 276 49 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.06 16 250 10925 -43.8 -62.1 12 18.2 -44.5 271 61 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.04 17 200 12394 -50.9 -71.8 7 20.9 -51.4 266 62 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14245 -55.5 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.8 274 31 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16750 -66.0 -86.6 4 20.6 -66.1 326 6 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.65 m Freezing level: 573.84 mb = 4866.13 m = 15964.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.05 mb = 4101.24 m = 13455.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.04 % Est. max temperature: 29.04 C = 84.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.58 mb = 3267.42 m = 10719.77 ft T: 13.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.64 C/km ThetaE index: 27.64 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.38 mb = 3625.29 m = 11893.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.43 C = 84.97 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -7.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.57 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2345.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.75 mb = 3145.14 m = 10318.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.75 mb = 4079.15 m = 13382.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.75 mb = 12665.47 m = 41552.89 ft B at Equ Level: 2320.29 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.2 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 290.2 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -34.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.0 neg: -4.8 tot: 11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 117.57 Bulk Shear: 19.95 m/s