MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 1Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 38.88,-103.67 Latitude: 38.88 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 1 950 559 2 900 1045 3 850 1553 SFC 844 1611 26.0 15.6 53 10.4 18.7 143 16 314.0 316.5 297.7 355.2 13.29 5 800 2084 21.6 14.1 62 7.5 16.4 149 26 314.2 316.6 297.4 353.7 12.75 6 750 2640 16.4 12.8 79 3.6 14.0 159 27 314.4 316.8 297.3 353.1 12.49 7 700 3224 12.4 8.9 79 3.5 10.1 185 23 316.2 318.1 296.3 348.3 10.27 8 650 3841 7.9 -0.7 54 8.6 3.3 192 16 317.9 319.0 293.3 335.9 5.61 9 600 4495 2.4 -6.9 50 9.3 -2.0 201 14 318.9 319.6 292.0 331.2 3.80 10 550 5190 -3.8 -8.2 72 4.3 -5.8 203 12 319.5 320.3 292.2 331.8 3.76 11 500 5934 -9.8 -12.8 79 3.0 -10.9 217 11 321.1 321.7 291.9 330.6 2.86 12 450 6738 -15.1 -15.1 100 0.0 -15.1 234 10 324.2 324.8 292.6 333.1 2.62 13 400 7618 -20.8 -20.9 100 0.0 -20.8 251 17 327.9 328.3 292.9 334.2 1.81 14 350 8593 -26.5 -26.5 100 -0.0 -26.5 258 29 333.0 333.3 293.7 337.5 1.25 15 300 9690 -34.5 -34.8 97 0.3 -34.5 264 37 336.8 336.9 294.1 339.3 0.66 16 250 10941 -42.3 -45.3 72 3.1 -42.5 283 45 343.2 343.3 295.3 344.3 0.27 17 200 12419 -51.2 -55.0 64 3.8 -51.4 298 66 351.6 351.7 297.1 352.1 0.11 18 150 14258 -58.2 -76.3 8 18.2 -58.4 277 49 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16766 -63.6 -87.8 2 24.1 -63.8 157 6 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.14 m Freezing level: 580.81 mb = 4761.51 m = 15621.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.81 mb = 4242.86 m = 13919.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.36 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 724.73 mb = 2929.85 m = 9612.25 ft T: 14.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.18 C/km ThetaE index: 23.91 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.90 mb = 3272.87 m = 10737.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -8.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2204.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.39 mb = 3027.91 m = 9933.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.39 mb = 3571.63 m = 11717.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.39 mb = 12700.41 m = 41667.51 ft B at Equ Level: 2193.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.3 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 221.3 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.7 neg: -6.1 tot: 106.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.55 Bulk Rich Number: 74.24 Bulk Shear: 29.70 m/s