MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 20Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.74,-104.84 Latitude: 38.74 Longitude: -104.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 552 2 900 1039 3 850 1547 SFC 811 1962 25.6 16.0 56 9.5 18.8 161 9 317.2 320.0 299.1 362.0 14.29 5 800 2079 22.5 15.1 63 7.3 17.3 165 10 315.1 317.7 298.2 357.5 13.64 6 750 2637 18.7 9.4 55 9.3 12.7 194 8 316.9 318.8 296.2 348.1 9.92 7 700 3225 14.3 8.4 68 5.9 10.5 239 3 318.3 320.2 296.5 349.6 9.92 8 650 3846 9.3 0.5 54 8.9 4.4 304 6 319.5 320.7 294.1 339.1 6.09 9 600 4503 3.6 -4.5 56 8.1 -0.4 300 11 320.3 321.2 293.1 335.1 4.58 10 550 5201 -2.9 -7.2 72 4.3 -4.8 290 14 320.7 321.5 292.8 334.0 4.06 11 500 5947 -9.2 -18.0 49 8.7 -12.2 282 17 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.1 1.86 12 450 6752 -15.4 -35.7 16 20.2 -19.2 284 18 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.3 0.41 13 400 7627 -22.4 -48.1 8 25.7 -25.3 288 24 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.4 0.12 14 350 8593 -30.1 -48.0 16 17.9 -31.7 273 30 328.2 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.14 15 300 9675 -36.4 -40.4 66 4.0 -36.8 272 46 334.1 334.1 293.2 335.5 0.38 16 250 10917 -43.6 -70.2 4 26.6 -44.4 273 62 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.2 0.01 17 200 12396 -48.4 -74.7 3 26.4 -49.0 261 58 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.01 18 150 14251 -58.7 -82.2 3 23.4 -59.0 269 46 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16747 -65.3 -84.8 5 19.6 -65.4 75 3 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5856.10 m Freezing level: 572.19 mb = 4891.24 m = 16047.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.67 mb = 4439.25 m = 14564.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.01 % Est. max temperature: 27.51 C = 81.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.03 mb = 3164.32 m = 10381.50 ft T: 14.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.64 C/km ThetaE index: 13.97 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.46 mb = 3878.25 m = 12723.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.79 C = 82.03 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: -6.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2149.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.78 mb = 3545.21 m = 11631.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.78 mb = 4118.54 m = 13512.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.78 mb = 12111.59 m = 39735.69 ft B at Equ Level: 2129.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.78 mb = 16229.49 m = 53245.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.8 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 310.8 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.4 neg: -6.9 tot: 15.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 48.06 Bulk Shear: 44.72 m/s