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: 39.04,-103.51 Latitude: 39.04 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 558 2 900 1043 3 850 1549 SFC 845 1604 25.5 16.3 57 9.2 18.9 142 17 313.4 316.0 298.0 356.3 13.89 5 800 2079 20.8 15.0 69 5.8 16.7 149 26 313.3 315.9 297.7 355.0 13.51 6 750 2634 15.9 13.1 83 2.8 14.0 169 25 313.9 316.3 297.4 353.4 12.76 7 700 3218 13.6 0.0 39 13.6 6.1 191 9 317.6 318.6 293.1 335.1 5.48 8 650 3837 8.8 -3.8 41 12.6 2.4 186 3 318.9 319.8 292.6 333.3 4.45 9 600 4492 3.0 -9.3 40 12.3 -2.5 260 3 319.5 320.1 291.7 329.9 3.15 10 550 5188 -3.1 -12.2 50 9.1 -6.8 290 10 320.4 320.9 291.6 329.5 2.74 11 500 5933 -9.5 -13.3 73 3.9 -10.9 291 13 321.5 322.0 291.9 330.6 2.73 12 450 6738 -15.5 -17.5 84 2.0 -16.1 298 19 323.8 324.2 292.0 331.1 2.15 13 400 7616 -21.2 -24.1 77 2.9 -21.9 296 41 327.5 327.7 292.3 332.3 1.36 14 350 8589 -27.2 -29.4 81 2.2 -27.6 288 46 332.0 332.2 293.2 335.5 0.95 15 300 9684 -34.1 -37.5 71 3.4 -34.6 276 51 337.3 337.4 294.1 339.2 0.51 16 250 10936 -42.8 -46.4 67 3.6 -43.0 281 62 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.4 0.24 17 200 12411 -50.9 -54.7 64 3.8 -51.0 280 66 352.2 352.3 297.2 352.7 0.11 18 150 14261 -56.6 -77.8 5 21.2 -56.9 281 42 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.01 19 100 16770 -64.8 -84.4 5 19.6 -65.0 287 5 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.99 m Freezing level: 575.62 mb = 4830.98 m = 15849.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.85 mb = 4146.68 m = 13604.42 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.46 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 738.23 mb = 2767.99 m = 9081.22 ft T: 15.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.51 C/km ThetaE index: 26.80 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.50 mb = 3368.70 m = 11052.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.78 C = 85.61 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -8.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.77 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2334.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.30 mb = 2859.45 m = 9381.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.30 mb = 3769.23 m = 12366.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.30 mb = 12902.54 m = 42330.65 ft B at Equ Level: 2302.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.30 mb = 16451.06 m = 53972.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.9 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 283.9 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -12.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.7 neg: -36.7 tot: 81.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.70 Bulk Rich Number: 19.55 Bulk Shear: 119.42 m/s