MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F005.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 11Z FRI 1 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 161 1 950 606 2 900 1076 3 850 1568 SFC 833 1741 14.5 12.9 91 1.5 13.5 11 3 303.1 305.1 293.5 336.7 11.32 5 800 2083 14.3 14.2 99 0.1 14.2 143 5 306.4 308.8 295.5 344.9 12.81 6 750 2630 14.0 8.4 69 5.6 10.5 230 5 311.8 313.6 294.4 340.5 9.29 7 700 3210 12.1 0.2 44 11.9 5.5 272 6 315.9 316.9 292.6 333.4 5.54 8 650 3827 8.5 -4.3 40 12.8 2.0 315 8 318.5 319.4 292.3 332.3 4.27 9 600 4482 3.3 -7.2 46 10.5 -1.6 324 15 320.0 320.7 292.3 332.2 3.72 10 550 5179 -3.0 -9.9 59 6.9 -6.0 330 11 320.6 321.2 292.1 331.4 3.29 11 500 5925 -9.0 -17.5 50 8.5 -11.9 324 11 322.1 322.5 291.3 328.7 1.94 12 450 6731 -15.3 -20.0 67 4.7 -16.7 304 14 324.1 324.4 291.7 330.0 1.74 13 400 7610 -21.2 -29.8 46 8.5 -23.0 268 23 327.4 327.5 291.8 330.3 0.81 14 350 8581 -28.2 -42.1 25 14.0 -29.9 261 37 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.27 15 300 9673 -34.7 -53.3 13 18.7 -36.0 246 56 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.09 16 250 10920 -43.8 -62.6 11 18.7 -44.5 240 61 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.03 17 200 12389 -51.2 -74.4 5 23.2 -51.5 253 57 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14226 -58.2 -81.6 3 23.4 -58.5 265 45 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16720 -66.9 -84.4 7 17.5 -67.1 323 2 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.76 m Freezing level: 573.47 mb = 4851.95 m = 15918.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.31 mb = 4183.20 m = 13724.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.71 % Est. max temperature: 27.46 C = 81.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.16 mb = 1934.07 m = 6345.29 ft T: 14.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 16.22 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.30 mb = 3771.81 m = 12374.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.92 C = 84.06 F Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.97 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 646.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 227.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.79 mb = 2631.97 m = 8634.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 564.79 mb = 4966.60 m = 16294.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.79 mb = 10790.05 m = 35400.00 ft B at Equ Level: 644.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.79 mb = 13249.02 m = 43467.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.1 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 332.1 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -175.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 49.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 20.68 Bulk Shear: 31.28 m/s