MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 5Z SAT 2 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 178 1 950 621 2 900 1094 3 850 1587 SFC 834 1750 16.8 13.4 81 3.4 14.6 37 3 305.4 307.6 294.4 340.4 11.68 5 800 2105 14.3 13.8 97 0.5 14.0 162 7 306.4 308.8 295.3 344.0 12.49 6 750 2652 15.3 8.1 62 7.2 10.8 153 12 313.2 314.9 294.6 341.3 9.08 7 700 3233 10.9 5.7 70 5.2 7.8 137 4 314.5 316.1 294.4 340.3 8.24 8 650 3848 7.1 3.0 75 4.2 4.7 226 4 317.0 318.5 294.4 340.2 7.31 9 600 4503 3.0 -2.0 70 5.0 0.4 312 10 319.6 320.6 293.7 337.4 5.53 10 550 5200 -3.4 -3.9 96 0.5 -3.6 311 15 320.1 321.1 293.6 337.0 5.22 11 500 5945 -8.3 -18.6 43 10.3 -11.8 294 23 322.9 323.3 291.4 328.9 1.76 12 450 6755 -13.3 -28.1 28 14.7 -17.0 282 28 326.5 326.6 291.6 329.5 0.84 13 400 7639 -20.2 -39.9 16 19.7 -23.2 289 34 328.8 328.8 291.7 329.9 0.30 14 350 8613 -26.9 -54.2 6 27.3 -29.3 289 40 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.07 15 300 9709 -34.1 -58.8 6 24.7 -35.6 287 47 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.05 16 250 10961 -42.5 -64.2 8 21.7 -43.3 282 49 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 17 200 12432 -52.0 -71.2 8 19.1 -52.4 276 47 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14268 -58.7 -83.3 3 24.5 -59.0 293 45 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16757 -63.4 -85.8 3 22.4 -63.6 5 11 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.67 m Freezing level: 576.49 mb = 4830.33 m = 15847.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.34 mb = 4565.22 m = 14977.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.04 % Est. max temperature: 26.21 C = 79.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.24 mb = 2176.64 m = 7141.12 ft T: 14.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 15.03 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.12 mb = 3496.57 m = 11471.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.48 C = 79.67 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.47 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 536.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.17 mb = 2752.22 m = 9029.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 576.17 mb = 4827.36 m = 15837.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.17 mb = 10530.66 m = 34548.99 ft B at Equ Level: 533.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.17 mb = 13241.87 m = 43443.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.7 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 315.7 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.4 neg: -19.0 tot: 45.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 9.44 Bulk Shear: 56.76 m/s