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: 41.11,-104.68 Latitude: 41.11 Longitude: -104.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 539 2 900 1026 3 850 1534 SFC 824 1808 26.7 15.3 50 11.4 18.7 133 15 316.9 319.5 298.4 358.7 13.35 5 800 2067 22.4 13.9 58 8.6 16.5 134 18 315.1 317.5 297.5 354.2 12.57 6 750 2624 16.9 12.5 76 4.3 13.9 135 19 314.9 317.2 297.3 353.0 12.27 7 700 3209 13.9 1.2 42 12.7 6.7 162 10 317.9 319.0 293.6 337.0 5.98 8 650 3829 8.8 -0.0 54 8.8 3.9 228 12 318.9 320.1 293.8 337.8 5.89 9 600 4484 3.2 -7.8 44 11.0 -1.9 252 17 319.9 320.5 292.1 331.5 3.55 10 550 5181 -3.4 -12.3 50 8.9 -7.0 260 22 320.1 320.6 291.5 329.1 2.71 11 500 5924 -10.6 -14.0 76 3.4 -11.8 260 23 320.1 320.7 291.3 328.8 2.59 12 450 6724 -17.3 -23.0 61 5.7 -18.8 258 26 321.5 321.8 290.6 326.1 1.33 13 400 7594 -24.3 -43.7 15 19.4 -26.6 262 34 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.2 0.20 14 350 8554 -31.1 -44.1 27 13.0 -32.4 270 49 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.6 0.22 15 300 9630 -37.9 -41.1 72 3.2 -38.2 284 47 332.0 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.35 16 250 10870 -43.4 -47.0 68 3.5 -43.7 300 48 341.5 341.5 294.9 342.4 0.22 17 200 12341 -52.1 -59.4 41 7.4 -52.3 292 52 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.6 0.06 18 150 14197 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 258 39 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16749 -63.2 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.4 231 2 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.31 m Freezing level: 575.49 mb = 4825.90 m = 15832.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.16 mb = 4266.50 m = 13997.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.16 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 697.33 mb = 3241.34 m = 10634.20 ft T: 13.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.02 C/km ThetaE index: 21.71 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.14 mb = 3636.19 m = 11929.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: -8.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2668.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 694.94 mb = 3270.05 m = 10728.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.94 mb = 3956.36 m = 12980.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.94 mb = 12673.84 m = 41580.32 ft B at Equ Level: 2640.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.94 mb = 16152.78 m = 52994.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.8 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 273.8 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.0 neg: -2.8 tot: 79.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.02 Bulk Rich Number: 20.71 Bulk Shear: 128.84 m/s