MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F041.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F041.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 41 hour NAM valid 17Z 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 95 1 950 547 2 900 1033 3 850 1541 SFC 830 1750 27.0 13.9 44 13.1 17.9 159 5 316.6 319.0 297.6 354.6 12.13 5 800 2073 22.0 12.2 54 9.8 15.4 193 6 314.6 316.8 296.5 349.6 11.25 6 750 2631 19.6 3.3 34 16.4 9.9 272 4 317.9 319.1 293.9 338.5 6.46 7 700 3219 14.4 0.5 39 13.9 6.5 290 4 318.4 319.5 293.4 336.5 5.65 8 650 3838 8.6 -2.3 46 10.9 2.8 292 5 318.6 319.6 293.0 334.6 4.97 9 600 4493 2.4 -5.0 58 7.4 -1.2 287 5 318.9 319.8 292.6 333.2 4.41 10 550 5188 -3.5 -9.7 62 6.1 -6.2 285 13 319.9 320.6 292.0 330.9 3.34 11 500 5934 -8.5 -16.9 50 8.4 -11.4 286 21 322.7 323.1 291.6 329.6 2.03 12 450 6742 -14.0 -29.5 26 15.4 -17.6 289 27 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.3 0.74 13 400 7623 -20.9 -40.4 16 19.6 -23.8 291 31 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.9 0.28 14 350 8596 -27.5 -49.2 11 21.6 -29.7 290 43 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.12 15 300 9685 -36.0 -50.2 22 14.2 -37.1 284 60 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.13 16 250 10929 -44.2 -57.8 21 13.5 -44.8 284 65 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.06 17 200 12397 -50.1 -75.1 4 25.0 -50.5 277 59 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14242 -59.1 -82.0 4 22.9 -59.3 273 47 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16740 -66.4 -84.9 6 18.4 -66.5 269 6 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.81 m Freezing level: 579.69 mb = 4775.07 m = 15666.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.97 mb = 4291.26 m = 14078.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 684.99 mb = 3400.21 m = 11155.41 ft T: 12.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 26.34 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 624.90 mb = 4160.27 m = 13649.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.37 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1080.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 644.98 mb = 3901.64 m = 12800.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.98 mb = 4357.91 m = 14297.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.98 mb = 11477.99 m = 37656.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1072.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.98 mb = 14668.00 m = 48122.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.7 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 315.7 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.7 neg: -3.2 tot: 19.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 32.79 Bulk Shear: 32.96 m/s