MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 97 1 950 549 2 900 1035 3 850 1543 SFC 830 1750 27.1 12.2 40 14.8 17.0 17 9 316.6 318.7 296.8 350.6 10.85 5 800 2075 23.0 10.8 46 12.2 15.0 37 7 315.7 317.7 296.1 347.8 10.25 6 750 2634 18.8 8.6 52 10.2 12.3 132 8 317.0 318.8 295.8 346.6 9.41 7 700 3221 13.1 7.6 69 5.6 9.6 136 9 317.0 318.8 295.8 346.6 9.39 8 650 3839 8.7 -2.6 45 11.3 2.8 152 10 318.8 319.7 292.9 334.5 4.86 9 600 4495 3.4 -9.4 39 12.8 -2.3 200 10 320.1 320.7 291.8 330.4 3.13 10 550 5193 -2.7 -9.1 61 6.4 -5.5 238 14 320.8 321.5 292.3 332.3 3.49 11 500 5940 -8.6 -14.3 63 5.7 -10.8 272 19 322.5 323.0 292.0 331.0 2.52 12 450 6747 -14.8 -25.3 40 10.6 -17.5 277 22 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.5 1.08 13 400 7627 -20.6 -26.5 59 5.9 -22.0 284 23 328.2 328.4 292.3 332.1 1.10 14 350 8602 -27.0 -36.3 41 9.2 -28.5 283 40 332.3 332.4 292.8 334.1 0.49 15 300 9695 -35.3 -45.9 33 10.7 -36.2 286 47 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.5 0.21 16 250 10940 -44.1 -48.4 62 4.4 -44.3 291 51 340.5 340.6 294.6 341.3 0.19 17 200 12407 -51.6 -68.7 11 17.1 -52.0 282 58 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.02 18 150 14259 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 297 38 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16761 -66.3 -86.8 4 20.5 -66.5 243 10 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.72 m Freezing level: 572.21 mb = 4882.98 m = 16020.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.79 mb = 4189.72 m = 13745.62 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.78 % Est. max temperature: 28.10 C = 82.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 668.38 mb = 3606.81 m = 11833.21 ft T: 10.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 4.06 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 633.01 mb = 4056.45 m = 13308.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.53 C = 85.15 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1338.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 657.34 mb = 3745.71 m = 12288.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.34 mb = 4463.30 m = 14643.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.34 mb = 12013.29 m = 39413.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1327.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.34 mb = 15031.88 m = 49316.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.3 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 283.3 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 121.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 24.03 Bulk Shear: 55.72 m/s