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: 38.83,-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 101 1 950 557 2 900 1044 3 850 1552 SFC 831 1752 27.6 12.5 39 15.1 17.4 168 12 317.1 319.3 297.0 351.8 11.06 5 800 2084 22.5 10.4 46 12.2 14.6 170 13 315.2 317.1 295.8 346.2 9.94 6 750 2641 17.7 5.6 45 12.1 10.3 172 11 315.8 317.3 294.3 339.7 7.61 7 700 3228 14.5 -2.9 30 17.4 5.4 333 7 318.6 319.4 292.5 332.9 4.42 8 650 3847 8.9 -6.1 34 15.0 1.5 323 11 319.0 319.7 292.0 331.1 3.72 9 600 4502 3.0 -13.7 28 16.8 -3.7 308 11 319.6 320.1 290.9 327.0 2.20 10 550 5198 -3.0 -18.5 29 15.5 -8.4 288 15 320.5 320.8 290.6 325.9 1.61 11 500 5943 -8.8 -21.2 36 12.4 -12.6 269 17 322.2 322.5 290.9 327.1 1.41 12 450 6748 -15.3 -37.7 13 22.3 -19.3 258 17 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.2 0.33 13 400 7624 -22.3 -46.3 9 24.1 -25.1 273 22 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.15 14 350 8591 -29.5 -55.5 6 26.0 -31.4 272 32 329.0 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.06 15 300 9674 -36.0 -46.9 32 10.9 -37.0 271 45 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.3 0.19 16 250 10919 -43.5 -59.9 15 16.4 -44.2 270 58 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.05 17 200 12397 -48.7 -76.0 3 27.2 -49.3 259 58 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 14251 -58.7 -81.9 4 23.1 -59.0 275 47 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16748 -65.1 -84.7 5 19.6 -65.3 262 2 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.38 m Freezing level: 575.00 mb = 4849.78 m = 15911.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.37 mb = 4033.13 m = 13231.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.15 C = 84.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 666.51 mb = 3637.30 m = 11933.26 ft T: 10.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.61 C/km ThetaE index: 25.90 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 616.21 mb = 4283.66 m = 14053.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.81 C = 85.67 F Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1039.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 646.80 mb = 3887.17 m = 12753.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.80 mb = 4748.14 m = 15577.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.80 mb = 11139.51 m = 36546.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1033.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.80 mb = 14174.05 m = 46502.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.0 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 301.0 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.0 neg: -14.1 tot: 20.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 18.62 Bulk Shear: 55.85 m/s