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: 39.52,-103.7 Latitude: 39.52 Longitude: -103.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 1 950 573 2 900 1052 3 850 1553 SFC 848 1575 20.2 15.8 76 4.4 17.2 84 9 307.6 310.1 296.2 348.1 13.44 5 800 2079 20.8 13.3 62 7.5 15.7 127 20 313.3 315.6 296.7 350.6 12.05 6 750 2634 17.0 5.4 46 11.6 10.0 138 17 315.0 316.5 294.0 338.7 7.54 7 700 3218 12.8 -0.4 40 13.2 5.6 150 15 316.7 317.7 292.7 333.6 5.32 8 650 3834 7.6 -3.8 44 11.5 1.8 170 13 317.6 318.4 292.2 331.9 4.43 9 600 4487 2.1 -2.5 71 4.6 -0.3 214 21 318.6 319.6 293.2 335.6 5.31 10 550 5183 -3.5 -8.2 70 4.7 -5.6 238 25 319.9 320.7 292.3 332.2 3.74 11 500 5927 -9.7 -14.7 67 5.0 -11.5 253 25 321.2 321.7 291.5 329.4 2.45 12 450 6734 -14.4 -14.8 96 0.5 -14.5 262 24 325.2 325.7 292.9 334.3 2.69 13 400 7614 -20.8 -21.9 91 1.1 -21.1 253 28 328.0 328.3 292.7 333.8 1.66 14 350 8588 -26.6 -27.4 92 0.9 -26.8 263 31 333.0 333.2 293.6 337.1 1.15 15 300 9682 -35.7 -38.8 73 3.1 -36.1 270 43 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.7 0.44 16 250 10921 -44.9 -52.8 41 7.9 -45.3 287 52 339.3 339.4 294.3 339.8 0.11 17 200 12395 -49.7 -68.5 9 18.9 -50.1 284 58 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.02 18 150 14245 -57.1 -80.8 3 23.8 -57.3 277 51 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16766 -64.9 -87.0 3 22.2 -65.0 41 2 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.85 m Freezing level: 581.14 mb = 4749.78 m = 15583.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.48 mb = 4399.81 m = 14434.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.01 mb = 2144.02 m = 7034.11 ft T: 20.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.30 C/km ThetaE index: 18.71 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.53 mb = 3638.03 m = 11935.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lifted Index: -5.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.11 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1340.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 710.85 mb = 3087.72 m = 10130.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.85 mb = 4143.32 m = 13593.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.85 mb = 11592.04 m = 38031.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1338.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.85 mb = 14861.28 m = 48756.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.5 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 250.5 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 12.48 Bulk Shear: 107.46 m/s