MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 41.05,-104.84 Latitude: 41.05 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 93 1 950 533 2 900 1022 3 850 1532 SFC 815 1905 27.5 13.5 42 14.0 17.8 145 12 318.8 321.1 298.1 356.9 12.06 5 800 2067 24.0 12.2 48 11.8 16.0 148 13 316.7 318.9 297.0 351.9 11.23 6 750 2626 18.3 11.1 63 7.2 13.5 154 14 316.5 318.6 296.9 351.2 11.11 7 700 3212 12.7 9.0 79 3.6 10.3 169 12 316.5 318.5 296.4 349.1 10.39 8 650 3830 7.9 5.1 83 2.8 6.2 235 14 317.9 319.5 295.4 344.8 8.51 9 600 4485 2.8 -2.3 69 5.1 0.1 262 21 319.3 320.4 293.5 336.7 5.40 10 550 5182 -3.4 -10.9 56 7.5 -6.5 272 25 320.0 320.6 291.7 330.0 3.03 11 500 5925 -10.7 -13.1 83 2.4 -11.6 272 25 320.0 320.5 291.5 329.3 2.80 12 450 6725 -17.0 -18.8 86 1.7 -17.6 272 27 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.4 1.93 13 400 7595 -24.1 -39.8 22 15.7 -26.2 271 38 323.7 323.7 290.2 324.8 0.30 14 350 8557 -29.9 -53.9 8 24.0 -31.7 279 50 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.07 15 300 9639 -36.8 -40.8 66 4.0 -37.2 303 44 333.6 333.6 293.0 334.9 0.36 16 250 10883 -44.1 -48.7 60 4.6 -44.4 319 35 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.2 0.18 17 200 12350 -51.5 -71.5 7 20.0 -51.9 299 44 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14197 -55.1 -81.0 3 25.8 -55.5 269 45 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16740 -62.4 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.6 133 4 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.23 m Freezing level: 577.60 mb = 4797.22 m = 15738.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.97 mb = 4498.83 m = 14759.78 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.34 % Est. max temperature: 26.26 C = 79.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 664.34 mb = 3648.32 m = 11969.42 ft T: 9.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.61 C/km ThetaE index: 32.06 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.06 mb = 3651.83 m = 11980.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.28 C = 79.31 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -8.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2410.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 671.13 mb = 3563.61 m = 11691.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.13 mb = 3752.08 m = 12309.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.13 mb = 12475.38 m = 40929.23 ft B at Equ Level: 2393.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.13 mb = 16367.43 m = 53698.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.4 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 288.4 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 128.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.44 Bulk Rich Number: 20.73 Bulk Shear: 116.26 m/s