MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 23Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 40.7,-104.01 Latitude: 40.70 Longitude: -104.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 553 2 900 1040 SFC 855 1497 28.2 16.1 48 12.1 19.6 137 5 315.2 317.8 298.2 357.6 13.62 4 850 1548 26.6 15.7 51 10.9 18.9 138 5 314.0 316.6 297.7 355.2 13.29 5 800 2079 21.1 14.5 66 6.6 16.5 145 6 313.7 316.2 297.5 354.2 13.12 6 750 2634 15.7 13.6 87 2.1 14.3 150 7 313.6 316.2 297.6 354.4 13.20 7 700 3216 12.2 4.2 58 8.0 7.5 248 8 316.0 317.5 294.2 339.4 7.43 8 650 3832 7.7 -0.1 58 7.8 3.5 268 13 317.7 318.8 293.4 336.4 5.86 9 600 4486 2.9 -9.3 40 12.2 -2.5 279 11 319.5 320.1 291.7 329.9 3.16 10 550 5182 -3.4 -15.7 38 12.3 -7.9 277 10 320.1 320.5 290.9 327.0 2.05 11 500 5926 -9.9 -18.9 48 9.0 -12.8 258 12 320.9 321.2 290.8 326.7 1.71 12 450 6729 -16.0 -23.4 53 7.5 -18.0 251 19 323.2 323.4 291.0 327.6 1.28 13 400 7604 -22.6 -26.4 71 3.8 -23.4 256 27 325.7 325.9 291.6 329.6 1.11 14 350 8572 -28.5 -32.9 66 4.4 -29.3 262 36 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.8 0.68 15 300 9657 -36.7 -48.6 28 12.0 -37.6 258 52 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.3 0.15 16 250 10899 -44.2 -51.0 47 6.8 -44.6 267 56 340.4 340.4 294.6 340.9 0.14 17 200 12368 -52.3 -56.1 64 3.8 -52.4 278 54 349.9 350.0 296.7 350.3 0.10 18 150 14205 -56.7 -80.6 3 23.9 -57.0 266 45 372.3 372.3 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16740 -62.6 -85.2 3 22.5 -62.9 298 8 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.02 m Freezing level: 576.70 mb = 4810.77 m = 15783.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.05 mb = 4204.68 m = 13794.70 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.15 mb = 3011.88 m = 9881.38 ft T: 13.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.19 C/km ThetaE index: 27.71 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.64 mb = 3136.56 m = 10290.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.71 C = 83.68 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -8.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Showalter Index: -8.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.56 C Cross Totals Index: 25.62 C K Index: 44.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 473.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2752.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.68 mb = 2912.03 m = 9553.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.68 mb = 3449.06 m = 11315.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.68 mb = 13016.76 m = 42705.39 ft B at Equ Level: 2717.93 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.6 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 283.6 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 41.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 88.45 Bulk Shear: 31.12 m/s