MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.13,-104.47 Latitude: 40.13 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 175 1 950 622 2 900 1087 SFC 859 1483 15.4 14.1 92 1.3 14.6 49 16 301.4 303.5 293.4 336.4 11.88 4 850 1573 13.8 13.4 98 0.3 13.6 33 25 300.6 302.7 292.9 334.3 11.48 5 800 2086 14.8 9.1 69 5.6 11.3 17 25 306.9 308.6 292.9 334.5 9.12 6 750 2632 13.2 6.0 62 7.1 8.9 25 11 310.9 312.3 293.1 335.1 7.86 7 700 3211 12.0 0.7 46 11.3 5.7 252 9 315.7 316.8 292.8 334.0 5.75 8 650 3828 8.5 -5.7 36 14.2 1.5 264 27 318.6 319.4 292.0 331.1 3.85 9 600 4482 2.7 -6.6 50 9.4 -1.7 258 30 319.3 320.1 292.2 331.9 3.87 10 550 5178 -3.4 -7.8 72 4.3 -5.4 247 32 320.0 320.7 292.4 332.6 3.87 11 500 5924 -8.3 -12.4 72 4.2 -9.9 253 28 323.0 323.6 292.5 332.8 2.95 12 450 6733 -14.1 -26.2 35 12.1 -17.1 275 32 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.1 1.00 13 400 7613 -21.4 -28.5 53 7.0 -22.9 268 29 327.1 327.3 291.8 330.4 0.91 14 350 8584 -27.9 -30.9 75 3.1 -28.4 269 18 331.2 331.4 292.9 334.2 0.83 15 300 9678 -34.1 -36.8 77 2.6 -34.5 109 4 337.2 337.4 294.1 339.3 0.55 16 250 10934 -41.7 -44.8 71 3.2 -41.9 120 16 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.3 0.28 17 200 12408 -52.2 -61.8 31 9.6 -52.5 276 14 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.05 18 150 14227 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.6 277 60 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16754 -63.5 -87.6 2 24.2 -63.6 83 3 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.26 m Freezing level: 577.83 mb = 4790.58 m = 15716.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.06 mb = 4134.55 m = 13564.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.31 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.16 mb = 1641.37 m = 5385.00 ft T: 13.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 3.94 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 632.32 mb = 4053.16 m = 13297.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.17 C = 89.91 F Cap Strength: 6.02 C Lifted Index: 0.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.02 C Showalter Index: 0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 24.19 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 489.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.65 mb = 2524.07 m = 8280.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 434.65 mb = 6992.16 m = 22939.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 354.65 mb = 8488.06 m = 27847.64 ft B at Equ Level: 65.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 304.65 mb = 9568.57 m = 31392.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.0 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 301.0 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 5.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.9 neg: -117.6 tot: 55.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 238.72 m/s