MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 5Z 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 163 1 950 614 2 900 1087 3 850 1581 SFC 834 1741 17.3 16.1 93 1.2 16.5 39 4 305.9 308.5 296.1 347.7 13.95 5 800 2099 19.0 12.8 67 6.2 14.8 267 2 311.4 313.7 296.0 347.4 11.71 6 750 2652 16.5 5.4 48 11.1 9.7 225 6 314.5 315.9 293.8 337.9 7.50 7 700 3236 13.7 -1.5 35 15.2 5.5 284 7 317.7 318.7 292.6 333.5 4.91 8 650 3854 8.7 -4.2 40 12.9 2.1 310 9 318.7 319.6 292.4 332.7 4.30 9 600 4509 3.0 -7.7 46 10.6 -2.0 310 13 319.5 320.2 292.0 331.3 3.58 10 550 5206 -2.8 -19.0 28 16.1 -8.4 296 16 320.7 321.0 290.6 326.0 1.55 11 500 5952 -8.4 -17.7 47 9.3 -11.6 297 21 322.7 323.1 291.5 329.2 1.90 12 450 6760 -13.6 -26.2 34 12.5 -16.9 295 24 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.6 1.00 13 400 7643 -20.6 -36.9 22 16.3 -23.4 298 32 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.7 0.40 14 350 8615 -27.9 -52.0 8 24.1 -30.0 289 37 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.09 15 300 9707 -35.0 -56.9 9 22.0 -36.3 289 50 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.06 16 250 10955 -43.5 -65.7 7 22.3 -44.2 281 55 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.02 17 200 12424 -50.5 -73.8 5 23.4 -50.9 278 56 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14278 -57.4 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.7 297 31 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16770 -66.3 -85.7 5 19.4 -66.5 182 12 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.80 m Freezing level: 574.50 mb = 4864.38 m = 15959.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.04 mb = 4187.91 m = 13739.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.63 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.01 mb = 1888.08 m = 6194.43 ft T: 18.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.17 C/km ThetaE index: 21.70 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.55 mb = 3987.09 m = 13080.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.66 C = 85.39 F Cap Strength: 5.06 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.06 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 773.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 217.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.82 mb = 3189.95 m = 10465.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 588.82 mb = 4659.87 m = 15288.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.82 mb = 11256.15 m = 36929.16 ft B at Equ Level: 762.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.82 mb = 13909.83 m = 45635.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.0 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 326.0 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.2 neg: -0.4 tot: 33.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 33.63 Bulk Shear: 23.00 m/s