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: 41.21,-104.44 Latitude: 41.21 Longitude: -104.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 546 2 900 1033 3 850 1541 SFC 835 1700 27.2 16.3 51 11.0 19.4 131 11 316.3 319.0 298.7 360.2 14.06 5 800 2073 21.8 14.6 64 7.2 16.8 136 13 314.4 316.9 297.8 355.4 13.21 6 750 2629 17.7 3.3 38 14.3 9.3 140 8 315.8 317.0 293.4 336.3 6.49 7 700 3215 14.1 -10.1 18 24.2 3.0 276 5 318.1 318.6 290.7 326.5 2.53 8 650 3833 8.6 -5.4 36 14.1 1.7 276 10 318.7 319.5 292.1 331.5 3.93 9 600 4488 2.8 -8.0 45 10.8 -2.1 282 13 319.4 320.1 291.9 330.8 3.48 10 550 5183 -3.7 -12.3 51 8.6 -7.1 292 15 319.7 320.2 291.3 328.6 2.71 11 500 5926 -10.5 -17.5 57 7.0 -12.9 291 15 320.2 320.6 290.7 326.7 1.94 12 450 6726 -17.1 -24.2 54 7.1 -18.8 267 20 321.8 322.0 290.6 326.0 1.20 13 400 7596 -24.3 -33.5 42 9.3 -25.8 263 29 323.5 323.6 290.4 325.5 0.56 14 350 8555 -31.4 -43.5 29 12.1 -32.6 266 38 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.23 15 300 9629 -38.8 -53.2 21 14.3 -39.6 271 44 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.09 16 250 10857 -46.5 -62.6 14 16.0 -47.0 275 46 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.0 0.03 17 200 12323 -49.2 -74.1 4 24.9 -49.7 267 50 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.01 18 150 14199 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 280 31 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16744 -62.0 -88.9 2 26.9 -62.3 301 11 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.69 m Freezing level: 578.43 mb = 4787.79 m = 15707.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.20 mb = 4112.01 m = 13490.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.15 C = 84.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 711.21 mb = 3080.04 m = 10105.00 ft T: 14.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.09 C/km ThetaE index: 33.78 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.36 mb = 3916.95 m = 12850.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.64 C = 85.36 F Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lifted Index: -6.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.50 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2136.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 674.54 mb = 3523.99 m = 11561.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.54 mb = 4225.67 m = 13863.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.54 mb = 11710.91 m = 38421.16 ft B at Equ Level: 2134.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.54 mb = 15624.06 m = 51259.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.5 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 299.5 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.3 neg: -3.9 tot: 42.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 27.20 Bulk Shear: 78.55 m/s