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: 38.83,-104.02 Latitude: 38.83 Longitude: -104.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 175 1 950 613 2 900 1084 3 850 1575 SFC 833 1752 15.7 15.6 99 0.1 15.6 135 7 304.4 306.9 295.4 344.6 13.48 5 800 2090 13.1 13.2 100 -0.0 13.1 161 15 305.2 307.4 294.6 341.0 11.97 6 750 2637 13.9 9.2 73 4.7 10.9 173 16 311.7 313.6 294.8 341.9 9.80 7 700 3217 11.4 2.5 54 8.9 6.3 214 12 315.1 316.4 293.3 335.8 6.56 8 650 3832 7.3 1.8 68 5.5 4.2 241 12 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.6 6.73 9 600 4487 3.1 -7.9 44 11.0 -2.0 307 13 319.8 320.4 292.0 331.3 3.52 10 550 5184 -2.9 -10.6 55 7.8 -6.1 314 9 320.7 321.3 292.0 330.9 3.09 11 500 5930 -9.0 -16.2 56 7.1 -11.6 313 10 322.0 322.4 291.5 329.3 2.16 12 450 6736 -14.7 -22.7 51 7.9 -17.0 285 13 324.7 325.0 291.6 329.5 1.38 13 400 7615 -21.2 -28.3 52 7.2 -22.7 268 21 327.5 327.7 291.9 330.8 0.93 14 350 8586 -28.2 -41.8 26 13.7 -29.8 265 35 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.28 15 300 9678 -34.6 -51.3 17 16.6 -35.9 250 55 336.5 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.11 16 250 10926 -43.5 -60.9 13 17.4 -44.2 243 62 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.04 17 200 12396 -51.2 -75.8 4 24.6 -51.6 253 54 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14233 -58.4 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 269 41 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16720 -66.0 -84.6 6 18.6 -66.2 310 8 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.44 m Freezing level: 573.78 mb = 4852.15 m = 15918.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.95 mb = 4271.99 m = 14015.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.87 % Est. max temperature: 26.60 C = 79.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.31 mb = 1764.76 m = 5789.83 ft T: 15.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 6.08 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.76 mb = 3496.93 m = 11472.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lifted Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 650.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 170.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.84 mb = 2560.39 m = 8400.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 571.84 mb = 4871.68 m = 15982.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.84 mb = 10876.01 m = 35682.00 ft B at Equ Level: 644.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.84 mb = 13364.79 m = 43847.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -116.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 114.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 12.34 Bulk Shear: 52.68 m/s