MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 169 1 950 614 2 900 1084 3 850 1575 SFC 834 1741 15.1 14.1 94 1.0 14.4 42 2 303.6 305.9 294.3 340.0 12.22 5 800 2089 13.3 13.4 100 -0.0 13.4 141 7 305.4 307.6 294.7 341.7 12.14 6 750 2635 14.6 6.6 59 7.9 9.7 233 5 312.4 313.9 293.7 337.7 8.18 7 700 3217 12.8 -0.6 40 13.3 5.5 295 6 316.6 317.6 292.6 333.4 5.25 8 650 3834 9.0 -4.7 38 13.6 2.1 320 12 319.1 319.9 292.4 332.6 4.16 9 600 4490 3.1 -7.2 47 10.2 -1.7 333 12 319.6 320.4 292.2 331.8 3.72 10 550 5186 -3.1 -11.3 53 8.2 -6.5 328 10 320.5 321.0 291.7 330.2 2.93 11 500 5932 -9.1 -18.2 48 9.0 -12.2 318 8 321.9 322.2 291.2 328.1 1.83 12 450 6737 -15.5 -20.8 64 5.3 -17.1 293 13 323.7 324.0 291.5 329.2 1.61 13 400 7614 -22.1 -28.9 54 6.8 -23.5 276 27 326.3 326.5 291.6 329.5 0.88 14 350 8582 -28.9 -44.3 21 15.4 -30.5 263 39 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.7 0.21 15 300 9671 -35.1 -50.1 20 15.0 -36.2 251 56 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.13 16 250 10919 -43.3 -66.8 6 23.4 -44.1 242 60 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.02 17 200 12388 -51.7 -73.5 6 21.9 -52.0 252 56 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14227 -57.7 -81.1 3 23.5 -57.9 265 43 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16721 -66.9 -84.5 7 17.5 -67.1 325 6 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.60 m Freezing level: 575.03 mb = 4837.72 m = 15871.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.82 mb = 4184.21 m = 13727.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.67 % Est. max temperature: 28.16 C = 82.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.74 mb = 1861.95 m = 6108.67 ft T: 14.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.07 C/km ThetaE index: 13.61 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.77 mb = 3977.05 m = 13047.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.88 C = 85.78 F Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 546.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 296.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.66 mb = 2717.96 m = 8917.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 557.66 mb = 5075.69 m = 16652.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.66 mb = 10200.98 m = 33467.38 ft B at Equ Level: 542.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.66 mb = 12795.16 m = 41978.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.7 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 330.7 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): -165.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.2 neg: -2.9 tot: 55.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 15.99 Bulk Shear: 34.21 m/s