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: 38.68,-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 164 1 950 611 2 900 1083 3 850 1575 SFC 834 1741 16.2 14.3 89 1.9 15.0 75 2 304.8 307.1 294.8 341.9 12.42 5 800 2092 16.5 13.1 80 3.4 14.3 220 6 308.8 311.0 295.5 345.0 11.93 6 750 2643 16.6 9.6 63 7.0 12.1 205 8 314.6 316.5 295.7 345.9 10.06 7 700 3228 12.7 5.7 62 7.0 8.5 193 7 316.6 318.2 294.9 342.5 8.23 8 650 3845 8.1 -0.2 56 8.2 3.5 316 3 318.1 319.2 293.5 336.7 5.82 9 600 4499 1.8 -1.5 79 3.2 0.1 315 7 318.2 319.3 293.4 336.5 5.74 10 550 5193 -4.0 -4.5 96 0.5 -4.3 294 11 319.3 320.3 293.2 335.4 4.97 11 500 5939 -8.6 -23.6 29 15.0 -12.9 292 23 322.5 322.8 290.7 326.5 1.14 12 450 6747 -13.5 -46.4 4 33.0 -18.4 285 27 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.8 0.13 13 400 7630 -20.8 -34.5 28 13.7 -23.3 288 33 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.8 0.51 14 350 8601 -28.1 -44.1 20 16.1 -29.9 285 43 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.8 0.22 15 300 9693 -34.6 -54.9 11 20.3 -35.9 286 58 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.07 16 250 10944 -43.1 -62.6 10 19.5 -43.8 289 62 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 17 200 12415 -51.2 -71.2 8 19.9 -51.7 279 53 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14254 -58.4 -83.4 3 25.0 -58.6 286 41 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16746 -65.6 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 207 10 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.86 m Freezing level: 584.80 mb = 4709.75 m = 15451.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.10 mb = 4510.57 m = 14798.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.08 % Est. max temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.00 mb = 1975.44 m = 6481.04 ft T: 16.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 19.35 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.79 mb = 3682.58 m = 12081.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lifted Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.62 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 989.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.78 mb = 2874.93 m = 9432.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.78 mb = 4299.81 m = 14106.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.78 mb = 11358.26 m = 37264.18 ft B at Equ Level: 981.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.78 mb = 14472.09 m = 47480.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.0 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 313.0 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.8 neg: -18.9 tot: 20.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 39.57 Bulk Shear: 25.00 m/s