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: 41.16,-104.81 Latitude: 41.16 Longitude: -104.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 549 2 900 1035 3 850 1542 SFC 819 1873 25.3 15.3 54 10.0 18.2 160 10 316.0 318.6 298.3 358.0 13.45 5 800 2072 21.6 14.1 63 7.4 16.4 164 11 314.1 316.6 297.4 353.7 12.77 6 750 2628 16.0 13.0 83 2.9 14.0 173 12 313.9 316.3 297.3 353.2 12.68 7 700 3212 14.8 -0.7 35 15.5 6.3 257 17 318.9 319.9 293.2 335.7 5.21 8 650 3833 9.7 -8.5 27 18.2 1.2 276 19 320.0 320.6 291.7 330.2 3.09 9 600 4489 3.4 -10.2 36 13.6 -2.6 282 21 320.1 320.6 291.6 329.8 2.93 10 550 5186 -3.4 -11.6 53 8.2 -6.7 284 21 320.1 320.7 291.6 329.6 2.86 11 500 5930 -10.2 -14.2 73 3.9 -11.7 282 21 320.6 321.1 291.5 329.1 2.56 12 450 6731 -16.7 -27.1 40 10.4 -19.1 264 22 322.2 322.4 290.4 325.4 0.92 13 400 7602 -23.9 -37.9 26 14.0 -25.9 270 24 324.0 324.0 290.3 325.3 0.37 14 350 8562 -31.0 -46.2 21 15.3 -32.4 286 35 327.0 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.17 15 300 9636 -38.4 -41.9 70 3.5 -38.8 280 42 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.4 0.32 16 250 10867 -46.2 -49.9 66 3.7 -46.4 259 49 337.3 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.16 17 200 12339 -48.3 -68.8 8 20.5 -48.8 288 39 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.02 18 150 14206 -54.4 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.8 256 36 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16754 -61.9 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.1 351 10 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.74 m Freezing level: 574.74 mb = 4841.32 m = 15883.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.11 mb = 4035.97 m = 13241.22 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.13 % Est. max temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.65 mb = 3132.29 m = 10276.42 ft T: 14.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.22 C/km ThetaE index: 32.69 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.44 mb = 3801.72 m = 12472.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.96 C = 84.13 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: -7.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.79 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2540.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.52 mb = 3206.10 m = 10518.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.52 mb = 4147.73 m = 13607.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.52 mb = 12159.04 m = 39891.38 ft B at Equ Level: 2512.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.52 mb = 16416.18 m = 53858.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.1 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 298.1 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 124.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.88 Bulk Rich Number: 32.30 Bulk Shear: 78.66 m/s