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: 38.74,-104.73 Latitude: 38.74 Longitude: -104.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 559 2 900 1044 3 850 1552 SFC 830 1758 26.2 14.1 47 12.0 17.8 147 7 315.6 318.0 297.5 354.0 12.29 5 800 2083 21.7 12.8 57 9.0 15.7 150 8 314.3 316.6 296.7 350.5 11.66 6 750 2639 17.1 10.7 66 6.4 12.9 200 9 315.1 317.2 296.4 348.8 10.82 7 700 3226 14.6 4.7 52 9.9 8.6 306 2 318.7 320.1 295.1 343.1 7.70 8 650 3847 9.1 1.1 57 8.0 4.6 333 3 319.2 320.5 294.3 339.7 6.39 9 600 4503 3.0 -1.2 74 4.2 0.7 300 4 319.5 320.7 293.9 338.3 5.83 10 550 5200 -2.9 -9.2 61 6.4 -5.7 255 7 320.7 321.3 292.3 332.0 3.45 11 500 5946 -9.3 -17.1 53 7.8 -11.9 245 10 321.7 322.1 291.3 328.5 2.01 12 450 6750 -15.9 -22.5 57 6.6 -17.7 243 9 323.2 323.5 291.2 328.1 1.39 13 400 7626 -22.8 -25.6 78 2.8 -23.4 248 14 325.4 325.6 291.6 329.6 1.19 14 350 8594 -28.0 -28.5 95 0.5 -28.1 270 21 331.0 331.2 293.0 334.8 1.04 15 300 9685 -35.8 -37.7 82 2.0 -36.0 283 36 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.9 0.49 16 250 10926 -45.0 -49.4 61 4.4 -45.2 282 51 339.2 339.3 294.3 339.9 0.17 17 200 12399 -49.3 -73.3 4 24.0 -49.8 269 61 354.7 354.7 297.6 354.7 0.01 18 150 14259 -57.5 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.8 262 42 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16753 -64.9 -85.7 4 20.8 -65.1 286 10 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.01 m Freezing level: 574.71 mb = 4855.69 m = 15930.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.34 mb = 4578.89 m = 15022.42 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.29 % Est. max temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.18 mb = 3271.91 m = 10734.50 ft T: 14.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.78 C/km ThetaE index: 25.92 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.90 mb = 3847.86 m = 12624.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lifted Index: -6.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.28 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1899.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 688.22 mb = 3368.26 m = 11050.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.22 mb = 4191.63 m = 13751.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.22 mb = 11976.15 m = 39291.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1890.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.22 mb = 15989.42 m = 52458.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -81.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.7 neg: -3.0 tot: 22.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 123.73 Bulk Shear: 15.35 m/s