MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.72,-104.68 Latitude: 38.72 Longitude: -104.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 558 2 900 1044 3 850 1552 SFC 832 1737 26.9 14.7 47 12.2 18.4 145 8 316.2 318.6 297.9 356.0 12.75 5 800 2083 21.6 12.8 57 8.8 15.6 147 9 314.2 316.4 296.7 350.3 11.66 6 750 2638 17.3 10.1 62 7.3 12.6 203 7 315.4 317.4 296.1 347.7 10.38 7 700 3226 14.9 1.2 39 13.7 7.1 328 4 319.0 320.1 293.9 338.2 5.99 8 650 3846 9.3 -2.7 43 12.0 2.9 324 5 319.5 320.4 293.1 335.1 4.81 9 600 4503 3.3 -4.1 59 7.3 -0.4 301 6 319.9 320.8 293.1 335.2 4.72 10 550 5200 -2.7 -15.4 37 12.8 -7.5 257 9 320.9 321.3 291.1 327.9 2.09 11 500 5946 -9.1 -18.4 47 9.3 -12.2 254 11 322.0 322.3 291.2 328.1 1.79 12 450 6751 -15.5 -25.9 41 10.4 -18.1 258 10 323.7 323.9 291.0 327.3 1.03 13 400 7627 -22.7 -31.4 45 8.7 -24.3 254 16 325.5 325.7 291.2 328.1 0.69 14 350 8593 -28.6 -31.6 75 3.0 -29.2 263 27 330.1 330.3 292.5 333.0 0.78 15 300 9681 -36.3 -40.3 66 4.0 -36.7 279 43 334.3 334.3 293.3 335.7 0.38 16 250 10922 -44.5 -50.3 52 5.9 -44.8 278 54 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.6 0.15 17 200 12398 -49.0 -73.0 4 24.0 -49.6 267 59 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.01 18 150 14258 -57.7 -81.2 3 23.5 -58.0 264 41 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16751 -64.9 -85.7 4 20.8 -65.1 286 10 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.34 m Freezing level: 572.45 mb = 4887.09 m = 16033.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.84 mb = 4423.29 m = 14511.93 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.36 % Est. max temperature: 29.70 C = 85.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.79 mb = 3264.51 m = 10710.19 ft T: 14.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.81 C/km ThetaE index: 20.98 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.80 mb = 3899.53 m = 12793.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.03 C = 86.06 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: -6.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.49 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1843.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 685.50 mb = 3401.24 m = 11158.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.50 mb = 4227.28 m = 13868.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.50 mb = 12059.29 m = 39564.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1820.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.50 mb = 15604.42 m = 51194.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.7 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 285.7 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.1 neg: -4.2 tot: 15.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 72.89 Bulk Shear: 25.30 m/s