MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 158 1 950 607 2 900 1078 3 850 1570 SFC 832 1750 15.6 14.5 93 1.2 14.8 84 3 304.3 306.7 294.7 341.7 12.54 5 800 2087 16.7 11.7 72 5.0 13.4 235 4 309.0 311.0 294.8 342.0 10.87 6 750 2641 17.3 8.0 54 9.4 11.4 212 9 315.4 317.1 295.1 343.5 8.98 7 700 3226 13.3 2.8 49 10.5 7.2 219 7 317.2 318.5 294.0 338.5 6.70 8 650 3844 8.2 -1.0 52 9.2 3.2 266 4 318.2 319.3 293.3 335.8 5.48 9 600 4498 1.8 -2.4 73 4.2 -0.3 300 7 318.3 319.3 293.2 335.4 5.36 10 550 5191 -4.1 -7.6 76 3.5 -5.7 294 11 319.3 320.0 292.3 332.1 3.93 11 500 5936 -8.2 -34.9 10 26.7 -14.0 284 21 323.0 323.1 290.1 324.4 0.39 12 450 6744 -13.6 -39.9 9 26.4 -18.2 285 27 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.2 0.26 13 400 7627 -20.7 -34.8 27 14.1 -23.2 288 32 328.0 328.1 291.7 329.9 0.50 14 350 8598 -28.1 -45.7 17 17.6 -30.0 286 44 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.18 15 300 9689 -34.5 -56.6 9 22.0 -35.9 289 61 336.7 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.06 16 250 10940 -43.3 -60.8 13 17.5 -44.0 289 65 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.04 17 200 12411 -51.1 -71.1 8 20.0 -51.5 280 54 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14252 -58.0 -83.2 3 25.3 -58.2 282 39 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16753 -65.6 -85.1 5 19.5 -65.8 224 9 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.32 m Freezing level: 584.40 mb = 4714.20 m = 15466.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.64 mb = 4434.75 m = 14549.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.46 % Est. max temperature: 28.19 C = 82.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.19 mb = 1895.20 m = 6217.78 ft T: 16.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 19.07 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.21 mb = 3904.22 m = 12808.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.80 C = 83.85 F Cap Strength: 5.17 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.86 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 703.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 217.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 710.68 mb = 3097.36 m = 10161.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 605.68 mb = 4420.70 m = 14503.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.68 mb = 11055.11 m = 36269.61 ft B at Equ Level: 694.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.68 mb = 13615.23 m = 44668.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.7 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 309.7 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.1 neg: -10.3 tot: 25.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 31.55 Bulk Shear: 22.29 m/s