MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 23Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 39.43,-104.07 Latitude: 39.43 Longitude: -104.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 536 2 900 1024 3 850 1534 SFC 832 1728 27.9 12.7 39 15.2 17.5 179 19 317.3 319.5 297.1 352.4 11.16 5 800 2068 23.6 11.2 46 12.4 15.3 177 25 316.3 318.3 296.4 349.2 10.52 6 750 2627 18.4 10.2 59 8.1 13.0 172 25 316.5 318.5 296.5 349.4 10.50 7 700 3214 12.7 9.1 79 3.6 10.3 171 25 316.5 318.5 296.4 349.2 10.41 8 650 3831 7.1 5.2 88 1.8 5.9 165 18 316.9 318.6 295.3 344.0 8.59 9 600 4483 1.6 1.0 96 0.6 1.3 145 10 318.0 319.3 294.3 339.9 6.88 10 550 5180 -3.2 -3.3 100 0.0 -3.3 179 7 320.2 321.3 293.8 337.9 5.48 11 500 5927 -7.8 -7.8 100 0.0 -7.8 251 12 323.5 324.3 293.7 337.5 4.24 12 450 6739 -13.4 -13.4 100 0.0 -13.4 272 24 326.4 327.0 293.4 336.6 3.02 13 400 7625 -19.3 -20.5 90 1.2 -19.6 288 41 330.0 330.3 293.4 336.5 1.87 14 350 8602 -27.1 -29.1 83 2.0 -27.5 291 47 332.2 332.4 293.3 335.8 0.98 15 300 9695 -34.9 -37.7 76 2.8 -35.3 283 54 336.1 336.2 293.8 338.0 0.50 16 250 10941 -44.5 -51.0 48 6.5 -44.9 286 60 339.9 340.0 294.4 340.5 0.14 17 200 12404 -53.0 -66.6 18 13.5 -53.4 287 63 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14242 -58.9 -81.7 4 22.8 -59.2 287 63 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16751 -64.9 -85.6 4 20.8 -65.0 217 8 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.93 m Freezing level: 583.40 mb = 4714.59 m = 15467.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.91 mb = 4673.58 m = 15333.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.30 % Est. max temperature: 27.26 C = 81.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 665.98 mb = 3628.58 m = 11904.65 ft T: 8.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 13.66 C Layer 700.0- 300.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.79 mb = 3668.46 m = 12035.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.42 C = 81.35 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -4.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1652.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 665.61 mb = 3633.20 m = 11919.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.61 mb = 3695.99 m = 12125.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.61 mb = 12711.30 m = 41703.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1627.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.61 mb = 15591.57 m = 51152.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.4 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 246.4 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -35.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.1 neg: -103.4 tot: -82.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -27.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 59.68 Bulk Shear: 27.69 m/s