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: 43.12,-106.29 Latitude: 43.12 Longitude: -106.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 531 2 900 1019 3 850 1530 SFC 830 1742 30.0 6.7 23 23.3 15.3 295 7 319.8 321.2 295.2 343.6 7.45 5 800 2065 24.4 5.3 29 19.2 12.7 293 7 317.2 318.6 294.1 339.4 6.99 6 750 2624 18.8 4.2 38 14.6 10.1 286 7 317.0 318.4 294.0 338.9 6.91 7 700 3210 13.1 2.8 50 10.2 7.1 278 7 316.9 318.2 293.9 338.3 6.72 8 650 3826 7.8 -8.1 31 16.0 0.4 245 11 317.8 318.5 291.2 328.3 3.19 9 600 4479 2.0 -9.6 42 11.6 -3.1 238 12 318.4 319.0 291.3 328.4 3.07 10 550 5172 -4.7 -11.7 58 7.0 -7.5 236 13 318.6 319.1 291.1 327.9 2.84 11 500 5912 -11.5 -17.6 61 6.0 -13.5 266 18 319.0 319.3 290.4 325.4 1.93 12 450 6708 -18.6 -24.3 61 5.6 -20.0 265 19 319.8 320.0 289.9 323.9 1.19 13 400 7573 -25.2 -38.0 29 12.8 -27.0 250 20 322.2 322.3 289.8 323.5 0.36 14 350 8529 -31.9 -50.7 14 18.7 -33.4 246 29 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.1 0.10 15 300 9598 -40.5 -55.9 18 15.4 -41.3 244 24 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.07 16 250 10820 -46.1 -65.3 10 19.2 -46.7 255 25 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.02 17 200 12291 -49.6 -73.1 5 23.5 -50.1 258 26 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14168 -52.0 -81.2 2 29.2 -52.5 271 25 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16731 -61.5 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.8 292 9 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.27 m Freezing level: 585.23 mb = 4683.65 m = 15366.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.99 mb = 3902.00 m = 12801.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.57 % Est. max temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 590.17 mb = 4610.43 m = 15125.89 ft T: 0.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.10 C/km ThetaE index: 15.34 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 593.31 mb = 4568.17 m = 14987.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.73 C = 83.72 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -4.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1279.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 600.58 mb = 4470.93 m = 14668.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 585.58 mb = 4672.59 m = 15329.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.58 mb = 10937.08 m = 35882.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1279.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.58 mb = 13929.17 m = 45698.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.0 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 288.0 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 126.47 Bulk Shear: 10.12 m/s