MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 8Z 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 164 1 950 611 2 900 1082 3 850 1575 SFC 833 1750 16.3 14.1 87 2.2 14.8 76 1 305.0 307.2 294.7 341.5 12.23 5 800 2092 16.6 13.0 79 3.6 14.2 223 6 308.9 311.1 295.5 344.9 11.87 6 750 2644 16.6 9.2 62 7.4 11.9 206 8 314.6 316.5 295.6 345.1 9.80 7 700 3228 12.6 6.0 64 6.6 8.6 189 7 316.5 318.1 295.0 342.9 8.41 8 650 3845 8.1 -0.7 54 8.7 3.3 306 3 318.1 319.2 293.3 336.1 5.61 9 600 4499 1.7 -1.7 78 3.4 -0.0 314 6 318.1 319.2 293.4 336.2 5.64 10 550 5193 -3.9 -5.3 90 1.5 -4.6 295 11 319.5 320.4 293.0 334.6 4.67 11 500 5939 -8.6 -21.6 34 13.0 -12.6 292 23 322.5 322.8 290.9 327.2 1.36 12 450 6747 -13.5 -44.0 6 30.4 -18.3 285 27 326.2 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.17 13 400 7630 -20.8 -34.4 29 13.5 -23.2 288 33 327.9 328.0 291.7 329.8 0.52 14 350 8601 -28.0 -44.5 19 16.5 -29.9 285 43 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.8 0.21 15 300 9693 -34.5 -54.8 11 20.3 -35.9 286 58 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.07 16 250 10945 -43.0 -62.4 10 19.4 -43.8 289 62 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 17 200 12415 -51.2 -71.4 7 20.1 -51.7 279 53 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14255 -58.4 -82.6 3 24.2 -58.6 287 41 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16747 -65.6 -86.1 4 20.4 -65.8 209 9 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.22 m Freezing level: 584.58 mb = 4712.74 m = 15461.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.58 mb = 4490.70 m = 14733.10 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.71 C = 81.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.22 mb = 2025.90 m = 6646.56 ft T: 16.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 9.03 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.57 mb = 3723.21 m = 12215.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.43 C = 83.17 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.61 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 935.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.70 mb = 2922.58 m = 9588.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.70 mb = 4354.23 m = 14285.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.70 mb = 11194.62 m = 36727.31 ft B at Equ Level: 932.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.70 mb = 14225.09 m = 46669.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.6 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 312.6 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.4 neg: -18.6 tot: 17.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 39.80 Bulk Shear: 23.51 m/s