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: 41.14,-104.23 Latitude: 41.14 Longitude: -104.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 559 2 900 1042 3 850 1548 SFC 843 1620 26.1 17.1 58 8.9 19.7 146 12 314.2 317.0 298.7 359.9 14.76 5 800 2076 19.4 15.7 79 3.7 16.8 149 14 311.8 314.5 297.7 355.2 14.14 6 750 2628 16.2 6.6 53 9.6 10.3 189 9 314.2 315.7 294.3 339.7 8.17 7 700 3213 14.3 0.3 38 14.0 6.5 280 9 318.3 319.4 293.4 336.2 5.60 8 650 3833 9.4 -6.8 31 16.2 1.5 286 17 319.6 320.3 292.0 331.2 3.54 9 600 4489 3.2 -9.8 38 13.1 -2.6 285 20 319.9 320.5 291.7 329.8 3.02 10 550 5185 -3.5 -11.2 55 7.7 -6.7 284 22 319.9 320.5 291.6 329.7 2.95 11 500 5928 -10.1 -21.8 38 11.7 -13.5 276 20 320.8 321.0 290.4 325.4 1.33 12 450 6730 -16.8 -27.8 38 11.0 -19.3 265 22 322.1 322.3 290.3 325.1 0.86 13 400 7601 -23.8 -34.6 36 10.8 -25.6 265 27 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.9 0.51 14 350 8560 -31.0 -49.6 14 18.6 -32.5 276 36 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.4 0.12 15 300 9637 -38.8 -47.7 39 8.9 -39.4 284 42 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.17 16 250 10869 -45.5 -49.0 67 3.6 -45.7 266 48 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.2 0.18 17 200 12340 -49.3 -76.2 3 26.9 -49.8 274 39 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 14206 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.1 261 37 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16755 -62.0 -84.7 3 22.6 -62.3 310 6 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.40 m Freezing level: 576.00 mb = 4822.87 m = 15822.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.19 mb = 4073.64 m = 13364.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.17 C = 86.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.12 mb = 2740.21 m = 8990.09 ft T: 15.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.97 C/km ThetaE index: 34.77 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.70 mb = 3671.26 m = 12044.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.92 C = 87.66 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: -7.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.43 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2449.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.77 mb = 2965.02 m = 9727.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.77 mb = 4144.26 m = 13596.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.77 mb = 12152.23 m = 39869.05 ft B at Equ Level: 2430.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.77 mb = 15834.01 m = 51948.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.2 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 298.2 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.6 neg: -2.9 tot: 59.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 24.47 Bulk Shear: 100.14 m/s