MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.45,-104.68 Latitude: 38.45 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 93 1 950 544 2 900 1034 3 850 1545 SFC 845 1600 30.5 12.4 33 18.1 18.2 166 9 318.7 320.8 297.3 352.8 10.78 5 800 2079 23.8 10.6 43 13.2 15.1 168 10 316.5 318.4 296.2 348.1 10.08 6 750 2638 18.2 9.2 56 9.0 12.4 169 10 316.4 318.2 296.0 347.1 9.81 7 700 3225 14.5 -0.9 35 15.4 6.1 256 4 318.5 319.5 293.0 334.9 5.10 8 650 3845 9.6 -10.8 23 20.3 0.5 240 3 319.8 320.3 291.2 328.4 2.58 9 600 4500 3.5 -13.3 28 16.8 -3.4 237 5 320.1 320.6 291.0 327.7 2.28 10 550 5198 -2.8 -13.8 42 11.0 -7.1 259 11 320.8 321.3 291.4 328.8 2.39 11 500 5943 -9.1 -21.3 36 12.2 -12.8 263 15 322.0 322.2 290.8 326.8 1.40 12 450 6748 -15.2 -29.7 28 14.5 -18.4 259 17 324.1 324.3 290.8 326.7 0.72 13 400 7626 -21.5 -31.0 42 9.5 -23.4 282 18 327.0 327.2 291.6 329.6 0.72 14 350 8598 -26.7 -34.8 47 8.0 -28.0 286 50 332.7 332.8 293.0 334.8 0.57 15 300 9692 -35.0 -50.7 19 15.7 -36.2 283 62 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.12 16 250 10939 -44.1 -55.2 28 11.0 -44.6 277 63 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.09 17 200 12411 -49.6 -70.1 7 20.5 -50.1 274 56 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 18 150 14266 -58.1 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 271 37 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16760 -64.7 -85.5 4 20.8 -64.8 309 10 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.80 m Freezing level: 572.17 mb = 4888.38 m = 16037.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.78 mb = 3923.61 m = 12872.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.89 % Est. max temperature: 30.48 C = 86.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 648.87 mb = 3859.03 m = 12660.69 ft T: 9.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.67 C/km ThetaE index: 25.04 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.59 mb = 4106.15 m = 13471.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.70 C = 89.05 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1516.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 655.47 mb = 3774.68 m = 12383.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.47 mb = 4358.72 m = 14300.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.47 mb = 11768.07 m = 38608.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1512.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.47 mb = 15124.20 m = 49619.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.7 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 277.7 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.8 neg: -4.5 tot: 12.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 67.63 Bulk Shear: 22.42 m/s