MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 7Z 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 169 1 950 614 2 900 1086 3 850 1579 SFC 834 1741 16.6 14.1 85 2.5 15.0 109 1 305.2 307.5 294.7 341.8 12.22 5 800 2096 16.2 13.9 87 2.2 14.7 191 10 308.4 310.7 295.8 346.6 12.61 6 750 2646 16.1 7.2 55 8.9 10.6 182 8 314.1 315.7 294.5 340.7 8.53 7 700 3228 12.0 4.5 60 7.5 7.6 176 7 315.8 317.3 294.2 339.6 7.57 8 650 3844 7.6 0.9 63 6.6 3.9 317 4 317.5 318.7 293.7 337.6 6.32 9 600 4497 1.4 -1.1 83 2.5 0.1 326 9 317.7 318.9 293.4 336.5 5.88 10 550 5190 -3.9 -4.5 96 0.5 -4.2 299 12 319.4 320.4 293.2 335.6 5.00 11 500 5937 -8.2 -30.3 15 22.0 -13.6 294 21 323.0 323.1 290.3 325.2 0.62 12 450 6747 -13.1 -46.5 4 33.4 -18.1 285 26 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.3 0.13 13 400 7631 -20.5 -36.3 23 15.7 -23.2 287 31 328.3 328.4 291.7 329.9 0.43 14 350 8602 -27.8 -47.1 14 19.3 -29.7 287 42 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.16 15 300 9695 -34.5 -57.4 8 23.0 -35.9 287 57 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.05 16 250 10946 -42.8 -63.1 9 20.4 -43.5 288 60 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 17 200 12421 -51.1 -71.9 7 20.8 -51.5 277 51 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14262 -58.2 -81.6 3 23.4 -58.5 288 41 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16754 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 173 12 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.04 m Freezing level: 587.01 mb = 4677.32 m = 15345.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.08 mb = 4509.33 m = 14794.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.69 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.23 mb = 2061.67 m = 6763.94 ft T: 16.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 21.37 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.77 mb = 3670.23 m = 12041.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.85 C = 82.13 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.35 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 748.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.81 mb = 2899.40 m = 9512.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.81 mb = 4324.92 m = 14189.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.81 mb = 10869.61 m = 35661.02 ft B at Equ Level: 746.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.81 mb = 13737.53 m = 45070.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.5 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 313.5 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -22.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.2 neg: -24.6 tot: 23.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 20.51 Bulk Shear: 36.50 m/s