MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 175 1 950 620 2 900 1092 3 850 1585 SFC 834 1750 17.1 13.5 79 3.6 14.7 41 2 305.7 307.9 294.6 341.0 11.76 5 800 2102 14.4 14.4 100 -0.0 14.4 191 6 306.5 309.0 295.7 345.7 13.03 6 750 2649 14.6 11.1 80 3.4 12.3 166 12 312.4 314.5 295.9 346.9 11.18 7 700 3231 11.2 6.6 73 4.6 8.3 169 5 314.9 316.6 294.8 342.2 8.75 8 650 3846 7.1 3.3 77 3.8 4.8 243 2 317.0 318.4 294.4 340.6 7.47 9 600 4500 2.4 -1.3 77 3.7 0.5 327 7 318.9 320.0 293.7 337.6 5.83 10 550 5196 -3.4 -5.9 83 2.5 -4.6 307 14 320.0 320.9 292.9 334.6 4.48 11 500 5942 -9.0 -16.4 55 7.3 -11.6 287 24 322.0 322.5 291.5 329.2 2.13 12 450 6751 -13.2 -31.9 19 18.7 -17.3 285 28 326.7 326.8 291.4 328.8 0.59 13 400 7635 -20.3 -37.4 20 17.0 -23.2 289 33 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.0 0.38 14 350 8608 -27.2 -48.9 11 21.7 -29.4 288 41 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.13 15 300 9703 -34.4 -60.4 5 26.0 -35.8 286 52 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.04 16 250 10954 -42.6 -60.1 13 17.5 -43.3 281 54 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.05 17 200 12428 -51.2 -72.8 6 21.6 -51.6 274 46 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14267 -58.6 -85.4 2 26.9 -58.8 292 44 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16759 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.1 129 10 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.51 m Freezing level: 579.24 mb = 4789.07 m = 15711.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.21 mb = 4564.21 m = 14974.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.22 % Est. max temperature: 26.41 C = 79.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.42 mb = 2204.09 m = 7231.18 ft T: 14.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 18.06 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.83 mb = 3244.91 m = 10645.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.82 C = 78.47 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: -4.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.92 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 944.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.79 mb = 2550.58 m = 8367.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.79 mb = 4182.13 m = 13720.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.79 mb = 11397.01 m = 37391.33 ft B at Equ Level: 934.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.79 mb = 14526.67 m = 47659.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.6 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 313.6 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -20.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.2 neg: -25.4 tot: 19.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 23.86 Bulk Shear: 39.58 m/s