MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 22Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 40.73,-104.78 Latitude: 40.73 Longitude: -104.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 519 2 900 1010 3 850 1523 SFC 842 1604 31.4 12.5 32 18.9 18.4 124 13 319.8 322.0 297.5 354.4 10.89 5 800 2059 24.7 11.1 42 13.6 15.6 135 17 317.5 319.5 296.7 350.3 10.44 6 750 2620 19.2 10.0 55 9.2 13.1 143 18 317.4 319.4 296.6 349.9 10.33 7 700 3207 13.4 8.8 73 4.7 10.4 149 19 317.4 319.3 296.5 349.5 10.20 8 650 3826 8.1 3.5 73 4.5 5.4 183 16 318.1 319.6 294.8 342.3 7.62 9 600 4481 2.6 -4.1 61 6.7 -0.7 233 24 319.1 320.1 292.9 334.4 4.72 10 550 5176 -3.5 -10.0 61 6.5 -6.3 250 30 319.9 320.5 291.9 330.6 3.24 11 500 5920 -10.2 -13.7 76 3.4 -11.5 261 35 320.5 321.1 291.5 329.4 2.66 12 450 6721 -16.6 -24.7 50 8.1 -18.6 267 41 322.4 322.6 290.7 326.4 1.15 13 400 7597 -21.4 -53.8 4 32.5 -24.6 277 48 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.5 0.06 14 350 8568 -28.0 -51.7 8 23.8 -30.1 287 53 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.09 15 300 9658 -35.5 -46.4 32 10.8 -36.5 293 57 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.1 0.20 16 250 10900 -44.4 -48.4 65 4.0 -44.7 310 56 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.8 0.19 17 200 12373 -50.0 -53.8 64 3.8 -50.2 323 60 353.6 353.6 297.5 354.1 0.13 18 150 14216 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.2 283 56 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16743 -60.2 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.5 171 7 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.87 m Freezing level: 578.74 mb = 4776.41 m = 15670.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.03 mb = 4398.83 m = 14431.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.12 C = 84.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 640.40 mb = 3947.80 m = 12951.95 ft T: 7.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 28.02 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.49 mb = 3819.87 m = 12532.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -7.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2068.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 651.65 mb = 3804.91 m = 12483.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.65 mb = 3868.33 m = 12691.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.65 mb = 12156.97 m = 39884.58 ft B at Equ Level: 2056.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.65 mb = 15783.13 m = 51781.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 222.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 222.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.54 Bulk Rich Number: 11.72 Bulk Shear: 176.51 m/s