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: 41.23,-104.55 Latitude: 41.23 Longitude: -104.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 558 2 900 1042 3 850 1548 SFC 831 1749 25.3 16.3 57 9.0 18.9 145 8 314.7 317.4 298.4 358.7 14.17 5 800 2077 20.1 15.1 73 5.0 16.7 146 9 312.6 315.2 297.6 354.6 13.65 6 750 2630 14.8 12.0 83 2.9 13.0 154 11 312.7 314.9 296.4 349.1 11.83 7 700 3213 13.5 4.1 53 9.4 7.9 282 6 317.4 318.8 294.5 340.7 7.34 8 650 3832 9.2 -3.5 41 12.6 2.7 282 13 319.4 320.2 292.8 334.1 4.56 9 600 4489 3.4 -9.7 38 13.0 -2.4 279 19 320.0 320.6 291.7 330.1 3.06 10 550 5185 -3.3 -11.4 54 8.1 -6.7 277 22 320.1 320.7 291.6 329.7 2.90 11 500 5928 -10.5 -13.7 78 3.1 -11.7 273 23 320.2 320.7 291.5 329.0 2.66 12 450 6728 -16.9 -29.0 34 12.0 -19.6 259 24 321.9 322.1 290.2 324.7 0.77 13 400 7599 -24.0 -35.3 34 11.4 -25.8 262 29 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.6 0.47 14 350 8558 -30.9 -51.3 12 20.4 -32.5 282 39 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.10 15 300 9635 -38.9 -47.1 42 8.1 -39.5 292 41 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.2 0.18 16 250 10865 -45.6 -49.5 65 3.9 -45.9 268 53 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.9 0.17 17 200 12336 -49.0 -77.0 2 27.9 -49.6 282 39 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.01 18 150 14206 -53.8 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.2 259 36 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16752 -62.0 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.2 318 8 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.41 m Freezing level: 574.98 mb = 4837.01 m = 15869.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.94 mb = 4167.71 m = 13673.42 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.19 % Est. max temperature: 28.56 C = 83.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.21 mb = 2878.95 m = 9445.26 ft T: 14.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.84 C/km ThetaE index: 34.01 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.46 mb = 3498.89 m = 11479.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.71 C = 83.68 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: -8.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2659.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.07 mb = 2903.85 m = 9526.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.07 mb = 4074.62 m = 13368.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.07 mb = 12301.25 m = 40357.94 ft B at Equ Level: 2631.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.07 mb = 16092.56 m = 52796.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.5 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 294.5 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.6 neg: -9.3 tot: 47.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 35.02 Bulk Shear: 75.96 m/s