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,-103.62 Latitude: 39.04 Longitude: -103.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 555 2 900 1041 3 850 1548 SFC 843 1619 25.8 15.9 54 10.0 18.8 146 16 313.9 316.5 297.9 355.9 13.57 5 800 2079 21.2 14.5 65 6.8 16.5 149 25 313.8 316.3 297.5 354.2 13.06 6 750 2634 16.0 13.1 83 2.9 14.0 164 25 313.9 316.3 297.3 353.3 12.72 7 700 3218 13.2 4.1 54 9.1 7.8 186 14 317.1 318.5 294.4 340.3 7.36 8 650 3837 8.6 -3.6 42 12.2 2.3 182 6 318.6 319.5 292.6 333.2 4.51 9 600 4491 2.9 -9.2 41 12.0 -2.5 214 4 319.4 320.0 291.7 329.9 3.18 10 550 5187 -3.4 -8.7 67 5.3 -5.8 297 8 320.0 320.7 292.2 331.8 3.60 11 500 5932 -9.3 -11.9 81 2.6 -10.3 312 14 321.8 322.4 292.3 332.0 3.07 12 450 6737 -14.8 -17.8 78 2.9 -15.8 307 24 324.6 325.0 292.2 331.8 2.10 13 400 7618 -20.3 -21.9 87 1.6 -20.7 284 35 328.6 328.9 292.9 334.4 1.66 14 350 8596 -26.1 -27.3 90 1.2 -26.3 268 39 333.6 333.8 293.7 337.8 1.16 15 300 9695 -33.6 -35.6 82 2.1 -33.8 262 42 338.1 338.2 294.4 340.4 0.61 16 250 10951 -41.8 -45.1 70 3.3 -42.1 272 51 343.9 344.0 295.5 345.0 0.27 17 200 12431 -50.7 -54.6 64 3.8 -50.9 277 62 352.4 352.4 297.3 352.9 0.12 18 150 14277 -56.7 -60.6 61 3.9 -56.9 276 46 372.3 372.3 301.0 372.7 0.07 19 100 16787 -64.9 -84.5 5 19.6 -65.0 309 4 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.04 m Freezing level: 577.25 mb = 4807.63 m = 15772.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.01 mb = 4144.07 m = 13595.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.03 C = 84.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.86 mb = 2876.32 m = 9436.63 ft T: 14.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.26 C/km ThetaE index: 26.04 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.28 mb = 3359.26 m = 11021.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -7.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2076.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.82 mb = 2946.70 m = 9667.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.82 mb = 3736.78 m = 12259.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.82 mb = 12834.44 m = 42107.23 ft B at Equ Level: 2047.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.82 mb = 16321.07 m = 53546.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.2 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 282.2 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -4.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.9 neg: -32.9 tot: 64.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.24 Bulk Rich Number: 18.52 Bulk Shear: 112.15 m/s