MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 19Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.72,-104.70 Latitude: 38.72 Longitude: -104.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 563 2 900 1047 3 850 1552 SFC 832 1738 25.1 17.7 64 7.4 19.8 155 7 314.3 317.3 299.1 362.3 15.47 5 800 2080 19.9 14.7 72 5.2 16.4 159 7 312.4 314.9 297.3 353.3 13.29 6 750 2638 19.4 1.7 31 17.7 9.2 296 6 317.6 318.7 293.3 336.0 5.76 7 700 3226 15.0 -5.0 25 20.0 4.8 317 12 319.1 319.8 292.1 331.3 3.76 8 650 3845 9.2 -5.8 34 14.9 1.8 309 13 319.3 320.1 292.2 331.8 3.83 9 600 4501 3.2 -9.3 39 12.5 -2.4 297 12 319.8 320.4 291.7 330.2 3.16 10 550 5198 -2.8 -14.0 42 11.2 -7.2 277 14 320.7 321.2 291.3 328.6 2.36 11 500 5944 -8.9 -22.0 34 13.1 -12.8 262 14 322.2 322.5 290.8 326.7 1.31 12 450 6749 -15.4 -28.6 31 13.2 -18.5 279 17 323.8 324.0 290.7 326.7 0.80 13 400 7625 -22.0 -45.7 10 23.7 -24.9 282 24 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.16 14 350 8592 -29.6 -53.3 8 23.7 -31.4 274 31 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.2 0.08 15 300 9675 -36.3 -53.8 15 17.6 -37.4 272 49 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.6 0.08 16 250 10918 -43.9 -63.4 10 19.5 -44.6 268 60 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 17 200 12391 -50.0 -73.5 5 23.4 -50.5 259 55 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14242 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 272 45 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16741 -65.0 -84.6 5 19.6 -65.1 40 3 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.26 m Freezing level: 573.52 mb = 4870.25 m = 15978.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.64 mb = 4119.26 m = 13514.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.72 mb = 2675.00 m = 8776.13 ft T: 19.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.78 C/km ThetaE index: 30.97 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 634.77 mb = 4039.76 m = 13253.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.96 C = 85.93 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: -4.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.64 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1474.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 152.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.91 mb = 3543.37 m = 11625.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.91 mb = 4515.76 m = 14815.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.91 mb = 11794.54 m = 38695.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1455.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.91 mb = 15175.76 m = 49788.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.2 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 313.2 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.6 neg: -6.0 tot: 23.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 33.17 Bulk Shear: 44.44 m/s