MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 4Z SAT 2 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 160 1 950 612 2 900 1085 3 850 1580 SFC 834 1741 17.5 16.6 95 0.9 17.0 45 3 306.2 308.8 296.5 349.5 14.44 5 800 2098 17.8 16.1 90 1.7 16.6 253 2 310.1 312.8 297.5 354.3 14.50 6 750 2650 16.1 7.0 55 9.1 10.5 216 6 314.1 315.7 294.4 340.4 8.43 7 700 3233 13.7 -0.4 38 14.1 5.9 287 8 317.6 318.6 292.9 334.6 5.29 8 650 3852 8.5 -4.3 40 12.8 2.1 306 8 318.6 319.5 292.4 332.5 4.28 9 600 4507 3.0 -8.3 43 11.3 -2.2 310 15 319.5 320.2 291.9 330.7 3.39 10 550 5203 -2.8 -11.2 52 8.4 -6.4 295 17 320.7 321.3 291.9 330.5 2.95 11 500 5950 -7.8 -28.7 17 20.8 -13.2 296 22 323.5 323.6 290.6 326.0 0.72 12 450 6760 -13.5 -28.1 28 14.5 -17.1 297 27 326.2 326.4 291.5 329.2 0.84 13 400 7643 -20.6 -36.3 23 15.7 -23.2 298 34 328.3 328.4 291.7 329.9 0.43 14 350 8615 -27.6 -52.9 7 25.3 -29.8 288 38 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.08 15 300 9707 -35.0 -63.2 4 28.2 -36.4 287 44 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.03 16 250 10955 -43.5 -65.7 7 22.3 -44.2 282 51 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.02 17 200 12424 -50.8 -71.9 6 21.1 -51.2 278 55 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14272 -58.2 -83.4 3 25.2 -58.5 299 37 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16763 -65.5 -86.2 4 20.7 -65.7 71 2 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.23 m Freezing level: 574.57 mb = 4860.80 m = 15947.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.80 mb = 4162.11 m = 13655.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.59 % Est. max temperature: 28.72 C = 83.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.56 mb = 1849.89 m = 6069.12 ft T: 17.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 28.25 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.92 mb = 3649.78 m = 11974.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.08 C = 84.34 F Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lifted Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1274.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 151.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.76 mb = 2835.00 m = 9301.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 608.76 mb = 4387.88 m = 14395.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.76 mb = 11834.07 m = 38825.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1263.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.76 mb = 15210.08 m = 49901.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.0 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 326.0 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.1 neg: -2.0 tot: 41.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 49.62 Bulk Shear: 25.68 m/s