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: 40.86,-104.47 Latitude: 40.86 Longitude: -104.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 1 950 589 2 900 1065 3 850 1562 SFC 846 1602 21.2 14.1 64 7.1 16.4 352 28 308.7 311.0 295.6 345.2 12.01 5 800 2081 16.1 12.5 79 3.7 13.7 355 34 308.3 310.5 295.0 343.0 11.44 6 750 2630 14.4 12.8 91 1.5 13.3 27 16 312.2 314.5 296.8 350.7 12.51 7 700 3211 11.8 11.8 100 -0.0 11.7 95 14 315.5 317.9 297.6 354.4 12.50 8 650 3830 7.5 6.5 93 1.0 6.9 111 15 317.4 319.2 296.0 347.0 9.39 9 600 4482 1.8 -4.8 61 6.6 -1.4 138 10 318.2 319.1 292.4 332.6 4.45 10 550 5177 -4.2 -9.9 65 5.6 -6.6 178 10 319.1 319.7 291.7 329.8 3.29 11 500 5918 -11.4 -11.9 96 0.5 -11.6 203 11 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.2 3.08 12 450 6719 -16.2 -16.2 100 0.0 -16.2 209 12 322.9 323.4 292.0 331.0 2.41 13 400 7591 -24.4 -26.6 82 2.2 -24.8 235 22 323.3 323.5 290.9 327.1 1.09 14 350 8547 -32.2 -36.1 68 3.9 -32.7 250 45 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.1 0.50 15 300 9626 -35.3 -38.6 72 3.2 -35.7 273 54 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.3 0.45 16 250 10880 -42.2 -45.5 70 3.3 -42.5 298 62 343.3 343.3 295.4 344.3 0.26 17 200 12351 -53.3 -57.1 62 3.9 -53.4 296 72 348.4 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.08 18 150 14194 -53.5 -80.8 2 27.2 -54.0 249 51 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16766 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 79 8 406.6 406.6 306.0 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.50 m Freezing level: 585.01 mb = 4690.60 m = 15388.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.68 mb = 4365.34 m = 14321.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.95 % Est. max temperature: 27.77 C = 81.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.67 mb = 2498.67 m = 8197.63 ft T: 14.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.57 C/km ThetaE index: 2.16 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.09 mb = 3354.65 m = 11005.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.06 C = 82.50 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -6.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.36 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1571.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.25 mb = 2615.69 m = 8581.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.25 mb = 4133.44 m = 13560.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.25 mb = 11252.99 m = 36918.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1571.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.25 mb = 14803.68 m = 48567.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 147.3 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 177.3 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.8 neg: -3.2 tot: 239.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.31 Bulk Rich Number: 5.72 Bulk Shear: 274.97 m/s