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: 41.07,-104.94 Latitude: 41.07 Longitude: -104.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 1 950 532 2 900 1020 3 850 1531 SFC 811 1948 27.4 12.4 39 15.0 17.1 161 4 319.1 321.3 297.6 354.7 11.24 5 800 2066 24.5 11.3 44 13.2 15.6 167 7 317.2 319.3 296.7 350.4 10.55 6 750 2626 18.7 10.1 57 8.6 13.0 175 9 316.9 318.9 296.5 349.5 10.40 7 700 3213 13.0 8.9 76 4.1 10.4 183 10 316.9 318.9 296.5 349.2 10.31 8 650 3830 7.6 7.5 100 0.0 7.6 210 11 317.5 319.5 296.5 349.4 10.10 9 600 4487 3.3 2.9 97 0.4 3.1 254 19 320.0 321.5 295.6 345.2 7.91 10 550 5185 -3.4 -6.8 77 3.4 -5.0 272 24 320.0 320.8 292.7 333.6 4.17 11 500 5929 -10.7 -12.1 90 1.4 -11.2 276 27 320.0 320.6 291.7 330.0 3.03 12 450 6729 -16.8 -16.9 100 0.0 -16.9 277 27 322.1 322.5 291.6 329.7 2.27 13 400 7599 -24.1 -38.5 25 14.4 -26.1 274 37 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.0 0.34 14 350 8562 -29.8 -53.5 8 23.7 -31.6 283 50 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.07 15 300 9644 -36.7 -40.4 69 3.7 -37.1 310 42 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.38 16 250 10888 -44.1 -49.1 57 5.1 -44.4 329 31 340.5 340.6 294.6 341.2 0.17 17 200 12355 -51.3 -71.9 7 20.6 -51.7 301 39 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14202 -55.5 -81.3 3 25.8 -55.9 271 44 374.4 374.4 301.3 374.4 0.00 19 100 16741 -61.9 -88.2 2 26.3 -62.1 128 6 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.81 m Freezing level: 575.38 mb = 4830.70 m = 15848.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.04 mb = 4744.66 m = 15566.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.38 % Est. max temperature: 25.78 C = 78.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 650.97 mb = 3817.93 m = 12525.87 ft T: 7.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 5.45 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.37 mb = 3761.73 m = 12341.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.84 C = 78.51 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -7.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2137.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 658.72 mb = 3719.26 m = 12202.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.72 mb = 3910.00 m = 12827.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.72 mb = 12234.12 m = 40137.71 ft B at Equ Level: 2125.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.72 mb = 15936.25 m = 52283.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.7 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 292.7 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 30.57 Bulk Shear: 69.93 m/s