MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 2Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.36,-103.33 Latitude: 39.36 Longitude: -103.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 165 1 950 592 2 900 1073 3 850 1575 SFC 848 1596 22.9 16.9 69 6.0 18.7 131 3 310.4 313.1 297.6 354.5 14.46 5 800 2100 17.7 15.8 88 2.0 16.4 160 13 310.1 312.8 297.4 353.4 14.21 6 750 2649 13.8 13.8 100 -0.0 13.8 179 19 311.5 314.0 297.1 352.4 13.33 7 700 3231 11.7 10.2 91 1.5 10.7 208 30 315.5 317.6 296.8 350.6 11.27 8 650 3847 6.8 3.0 77 3.8 4.6 199 12 316.7 318.1 294.3 339.8 7.32 9 600 4499 1.5 -5.2 61 6.6 -1.7 155 13 317.8 318.7 292.2 331.8 4.34 10 550 5192 -4.8 -6.7 86 1.9 -5.7 178 17 318.4 319.2 292.3 332.0 4.20 11 500 5933 -11.0 -11.4 97 0.4 -11.2 189 20 319.6 320.2 291.7 330.1 3.20 12 450 6732 -17.0 -17.5 96 0.5 -17.1 215 19 321.8 322.3 291.5 329.1 2.16 13 400 7609 -21.2 -22.6 89 1.3 -21.6 261 25 327.4 327.7 292.5 332.8 1.56 14 350 8583 -26.8 -28.5 85 1.7 -27.2 264 25 332.6 332.8 293.4 336.4 1.04 15 300 9679 -34.0 -36.4 79 2.4 -34.4 288 31 337.4 337.5 294.2 339.5 0.56 16 250 10931 -43.0 -46.4 69 3.4 -43.3 294 49 342.1 342.2 295.1 343.1 0.24 17 200 12400 -52.9 -56.7 63 3.8 -53.1 292 66 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.4 0.09 18 150 14240 -53.8 -62.4 34 8.5 -54.1 258 40 377.3 377.3 301.9 377.6 0.06 19 100 16767 -64.9 -87.1 3 22.1 -65.1 181 2 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.31 m Freezing level: 588.33 mb = 4660.34 m = 15289.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.73 mb = 4314.45 m = 14154.85 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.57 mb = 2352.86 m = 7719.25 ft T: 15.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.42 C/km ThetaE index: 22.67 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.89 mb = 2504.22 m = 8215.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.65 C = 74.57 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -9.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2429.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.42 mb = 2431.68 m = 7977.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.42 mb = 2599.34 m = 8527.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 714.42 mb = 3059.28 m = 10036.90 ft B at Equ Level: 7.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.6 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 226.6 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.5 neg: -36.3 tot: 99.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.01 Bulk Rich Number: 108.35 Bulk Shear: 22.42 m/s