MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 96 1 950 549 2 900 1036 3 850 1545 SFC 830 1750 27.6 12.1 38 15.5 17.1 324 3 317.1 319.2 296.8 350.9 10.75 5 800 2078 23.6 10.6 44 12.9 15.0 134 2 316.3 318.2 296.2 347.9 10.10 6 750 2637 18.3 9.5 56 8.8 12.6 145 5 316.4 318.3 296.1 347.7 9.98 7 700 3223 12.7 8.0 73 4.7 9.7 151 6 316.5 318.4 295.9 346.8 9.64 8 650 3841 8.9 -4.2 39 13.1 2.2 119 4 319.0 319.8 292.5 333.0 4.31 9 600 4496 3.1 -8.6 42 11.7 -2.2 168 5 319.7 320.3 291.9 330.6 3.33 10 550 5193 -2.9 -12.3 48 9.4 -6.7 206 9 320.6 321.1 291.6 329.6 2.70 11 500 5939 -8.6 -15.1 59 6.5 -11.0 268 12 322.5 323.0 291.8 330.5 2.36 12 450 6746 -14.9 -23.4 48 8.5 -17.2 285 22 324.5 324.7 291.4 329.0 1.29 13 400 7625 -21.3 -37.0 23 15.7 -23.9 285 32 327.3 327.3 291.3 328.8 0.40 14 350 8596 -27.5 -37.9 37 10.4 -29.0 284 38 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.2 0.42 15 300 9689 -34.9 -43.1 43 8.2 -35.8 290 41 336.1 336.2 293.6 337.2 0.28 16 250 10934 -44.4 -68.7 5 24.3 -45.0 288 63 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.01 17 200 12401 -51.7 -68.8 11 17.1 -52.0 277 61 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14253 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 292 34 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16761 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -66.0 227 5 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.38 m Freezing level: 574.32 mb = 4854.34 m = 15926.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.78 mb = 4165.06 m = 13664.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.70 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 662.31 mb = 3684.55 m = 12088.26 ft T: 9.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 21.31 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 635.55 mb = 4025.13 m = 13205.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.55 C = 85.18 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -5.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1484.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 659.57 mb = 3719.21 m = 12201.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.57 mb = 4300.01 m = 14107.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.57 mb = 11938.50 m = 39167.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1482.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.57 mb = 15402.36 m = 50532.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.1 neg: -11.8 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 57.61 Bulk Shear: 25.76 m/s