MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 93 1 950 547 2 900 1035 3 850 1545 SFC 830 1751 28.6 13.8 40 14.8 18.3 146 9 318.2 320.5 297.9 355.9 12.00 5 800 2079 23.1 12.4 51 10.7 15.8 148 9 315.7 317.9 296.9 351.2 11.35 6 750 2636 17.5 11.3 67 6.2 13.4 149 10 315.6 317.7 296.8 350.7 11.28 7 700 3222 14.0 2.2 45 11.9 7.2 161 1 318.0 319.2 293.9 338.4 6.40 8 650 3841 9.3 -6.5 32 15.8 1.6 75 5 319.5 320.2 292.0 331.3 3.60 9 600 4497 3.4 -7.9 43 11.3 -1.8 202 3 320.1 320.8 292.2 331.6 3.52 10 550 5195 -2.5 -14.0 41 11.5 -7.0 233 8 321.1 321.5 291.4 329.0 2.35 11 500 5942 -9.1 -12.9 74 3.8 -10.6 245 14 322.0 322.5 292.1 331.4 2.83 12 450 6747 -15.4 -24.3 47 8.9 -17.7 265 18 323.9 324.1 291.2 328.0 1.19 13 400 7624 -21.7 -35.6 27 13.9 -24.1 276 27 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.5 0.46 14 350 8594 -28.5 -39.3 35 10.8 -29.9 283 41 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.7 0.36 15 300 9680 -36.0 -43.6 45 7.7 -36.7 287 51 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.7 0.27 16 250 10926 -43.7 -49.7 51 6.1 -44.0 280 63 341.2 341.2 294.8 341.8 0.16 17 200 12397 -50.5 -72.0 6 21.4 -51.0 271 62 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14254 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.8 292 26 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16757 -66.5 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.6 265 4 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.83 m Freezing level: 571.20 mb = 4899.30 m = 16073.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.43 mb = 4143.98 m = 13595.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.94 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 669.18 mb = 3598.17 m = 11804.88 ft T: 11.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.49 C/km ThetaE index: 24.68 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.07 mb = 3878.29 m = 12723.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.83 C = 85.70 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: -6.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.72 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1959.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 677.63 mb = 3493.34 m = 11460.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.63 mb = 4193.96 m = 13759.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.63 mb = 12311.35 m = 40391.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1942.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.63 mb = 16023.02 m = 52568.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.7 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 274.7 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.6 neg: -21.7 tot: 4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 66.36 Bulk Shear: 29.53 m/s