MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 22Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 1 950 611 2 900 1083 3 850 1576 SFC 834 1741 16.9 9.6 62 7.3 12.4 303 28 305.5 307.2 292.4 332.8 9.04 5 800 2094 19.8 5.5 39 14.3 11.2 328 24 312.3 313.6 292.9 334.3 7.09 6 750 2649 16.8 11.0 69 5.7 13.0 8 6 314.8 316.9 296.5 349.3 11.10 7 700 3233 12.4 4.7 59 7.7 7.8 94 4 316.2 317.7 294.4 340.4 7.67 8 650 3848 6.5 -2.1 54 8.6 2.0 114 9 316.3 317.3 292.4 332.4 5.04 9 600 4498 1.0 -7.4 54 8.4 -2.9 128 12 317.2 317.9 291.5 329.1 3.65 10 550 5191 -4.3 -12.3 54 7.9 -7.5 155 11 319.0 319.5 291.1 327.9 2.71 11 500 5933 -9.8 -16.6 58 6.8 -12.1 182 8 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.2 2.09 12 450 6738 -14.8 -19.3 69 4.4 -16.2 317 4 324.6 325.0 292.0 331.0 1.85 13 400 7620 -20.0 -20.9 92 0.9 -20.3 326 13 329.0 329.4 293.2 335.4 1.81 14 350 8598 -26.1 -26.1 100 -0.0 -26.1 280 12 333.5 333.8 293.9 338.2 1.30 15 300 9698 -33.2 -33.1 100 -0.0 -33.1 264 30 338.6 338.8 294.7 341.6 0.78 16 250 10954 -42.8 -46.0 71 3.1 -43.0 264 42 342.4 342.5 295.1 343.4 0.25 17 200 12420 -53.7 -57.6 62 3.9 -53.8 268 52 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.1 0.08 18 150 14271 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.8 250 27 376.3 376.3 301.6 376.3 0.00 19 100 16775 -65.4 -86.0 4 20.6 -65.5 307 7 401.4 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.35 m Freezing level: 590.93 mb = 4623.68 m = 15169.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.31 mb = 4110.82 m = 13486.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.70 % Est. max temperature: 27.10 C = 80.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.47 mb = 2677.34 m = 8783.82 ft T: 16.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.22 C/km ThetaE index: 21.35 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.77 mb = 3939.03 m = 12923.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.26 C = 81.07 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.57 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 395.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 680.26 mb = 3470.62 m = 11386.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 605.26 mb = 4427.21 m = 14524.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 315.26 mb = 9343.71 m = 30654.86 ft B at Equ Level: 393.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.26 mb = 12573.96 m = 41252.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 38.1 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 68.1 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -118.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.1 neg: -18.2 tot: 86.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 4.78 Bulk Shear: 82.69 m/s