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: 38.68,-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 158 1 950 607 2 900 1078 3 850 1570 SFC 833 1741 15.8 14.7 93 1.1 15.1 84 3 304.4 306.8 294.9 342.3 12.73 5 800 2087 16.5 12.0 74 4.6 13.6 238 4 308.8 310.9 294.9 342.4 11.07 6 750 2641 17.4 7.9 54 9.5 11.4 212 10 315.4 317.1 295.1 343.4 8.96 7 700 3226 13.4 2.6 48 10.8 7.2 221 8 317.4 318.7 293.9 338.4 6.62 8 650 3844 8.1 -0.7 54 8.8 3.4 271 4 318.2 319.3 293.3 336.2 5.62 9 600 4498 1.8 -2.2 75 4.0 -0.2 303 8 318.3 319.3 293.3 335.7 5.45 10 550 5192 -4.2 -7.1 81 2.8 -5.5 295 11 319.1 319.9 292.4 332.4 4.10 11 500 5935 -8.1 -40.6 5 32.5 -14.2 284 20 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.0 0.22 12 450 6744 -13.4 -39.7 9 26.3 -18.1 286 27 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.27 13 400 7627 -20.7 -34.5 28 13.8 -23.2 288 32 328.0 328.1 291.7 329.9 0.51 14 350 8598 -28.2 -45.7 17 17.6 -30.0 286 44 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.18 15 300 9689 -34.6 -56.5 9 22.0 -36.0 288 61 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.06 16 250 10940 -43.3 -60.9 13 17.5 -44.0 289 65 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.04 17 200 12410 -51.1 -71.0 8 19.9 -51.5 280 54 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14251 -57.9 -83.2 3 25.3 -58.2 282 39 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16753 -65.6 -85.2 5 19.5 -65.8 224 9 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.49 m Freezing level: 584.78 mb = 4708.97 m = 15449.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.00 mb = 4457.07 m = 14622.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.34 % Est. max temperature: 28.34 C = 83.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.31 mb = 1873.11 m = 6145.31 ft T: 16.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.95 C/km ThetaE index: 19.44 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.36 mb = 3877.17 m = 12720.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.86 C = 83.94 F Cap Strength: 5.28 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.93 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 730.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 219.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.04 mb = 3057.36 m = 10030.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 599.04 mb = 4510.61 m = 14798.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.04 mb = 10965.43 m = 35975.38 ft B at Equ Level: 726.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.04 mb = 13486.30 m = 44245.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.2 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 310.2 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.7 neg: -9.2 tot: 27.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 32.77 Bulk Shear: 22.28 m/s