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: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 835 1741 17.2 13.7 80 3.5 14.8 43 2 305.7 307.9 294.6 341.3 11.88 5 800 2102 14.5 14.5 100 -0.0 14.5 189 7 306.6 309.0 295.7 345.9 13.08 6 750 2649 14.5 11.3 81 3.2 12.4 166 12 312.4 314.5 296.0 347.2 11.31 7 700 3231 11.2 6.4 72 4.8 8.3 171 5 314.9 316.6 294.8 341.9 8.65 8 650 3846 7.0 3.5 78 3.5 4.9 265 1 316.9 318.3 294.5 340.8 7.57 9 600 4500 2.3 -0.9 79 3.2 0.6 330 8 318.8 320.0 293.8 337.9 5.97 10 550 5196 -3.4 -5.9 83 2.5 -4.6 307 14 320.1 320.9 293.0 334.6 4.48 11 500 5942 -9.1 -16.6 55 7.4 -11.7 287 25 321.9 322.3 291.4 329.0 2.09 12 450 6751 -13.2 -30.8 21 17.5 -17.3 286 28 326.6 326.7 291.4 329.0 0.65 13 400 7635 -20.4 -36.6 22 16.2 -23.1 289 33 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.1 0.42 14 350 8608 -27.3 -48.8 11 21.5 -29.5 288 41 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.13 15 300 9702 -34.4 -60.9 5 26.5 -35.8 286 51 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.04 16 250 10954 -42.7 -59.8 14 17.1 -43.4 281 54 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.05 17 200 12427 -51.1 -73.0 6 21.9 -51.5 273 46 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14267 -58.5 -86.0 2 27.4 -58.8 292 44 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16759 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.2 130 12 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.29 m Freezing level: 579.72 mb = 4782.38 m = 15690.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.19 mb = 4577.81 m = 15018.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.85 % Est. max temperature: 26.46 C = 79.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.50 mb = 2181.88 m = 7158.30 ft T: 14.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.51 C/km ThetaE index: 18.24 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.59 mb = 3223.96 m = 10577.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.87 C = 78.57 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -4.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.89 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 989.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.97 mb = 2526.22 m = 8288.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.97 mb = 4153.59 m = 13627.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.97 mb = 11335.25 m = 37188.70 ft B at Equ Level: 984.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.97 mb = 14434.06 m = 47355.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.7 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 313.7 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -34.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.2 neg: -29.2 tot: 20.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 23.68 Bulk Shear: 41.78 m/s