MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 41.09,-104.84 Latitude: 41.09 Longitude: -104.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 543 2 900 1026 3 850 1532 SFC 816 1887 25.4 9.3 36 16.0 15.0 33 10 316.4 318.1 295.5 344.8 9.07 5 800 2061 21.7 7.6 40 14.1 12.9 38 11 314.2 315.8 294.3 339.8 8.19 6 750 2616 17.5 4.0 41 13.6 9.5 79 9 315.6 316.9 293.6 337.1 6.81 7 700 3201 13.4 -0.2 39 13.6 5.9 209 6 317.4 318.4 292.9 334.6 5.40 8 650 3819 8.6 -7.5 31 16.1 1.0 223 13 318.7 319.3 291.6 329.6 3.34 9 600 4472 2.2 -8.6 45 10.8 -2.6 225 13 318.7 319.4 291.6 329.6 3.34 10 550 5166 -4.6 -9.8 67 5.2 -6.8 225 14 318.7 319.3 291.6 329.5 3.31 11 500 5908 -10.0 -14.6 69 4.6 -11.6 261 21 320.9 321.3 291.5 329.1 2.47 12 450 6712 -15.5 -22.2 57 6.7 -17.4 273 33 323.7 324.0 291.3 328.6 1.43 13 400 7588 -22.1 -35.5 28 13.4 -24.3 268 35 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.0 0.46 14 350 8556 -29.5 -46.7 17 17.2 -31.2 272 43 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.16 15 300 9635 -37.7 -55.9 13 18.2 -38.8 271 54 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.07 16 250 10868 -46.5 -60.5 19 14.0 -46.9 263 66 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.04 17 200 12325 -50.8 -70.4 8 19.6 -51.2 268 63 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14191 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 299 31 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16728 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 286 6 410.3 410.3 306.5 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.35 m Freezing level: 583.54 mb = 4700.79 m = 15422.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.61 mb = 3988.83 m = 13086.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.13 C = 80.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 644.83 mb = 3884.10 m = 12742.94 ft T: 7.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.65 C/km ThetaE index: 15.27 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 595.31 mb = 4534.86 m = 14877.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.58 C = 81.64 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 599.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 621.99 mb = 4178.43 m = 13708.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 566.99 mb = 4923.61 m = 16153.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.99 mb = 10947.07 m = 35915.16 ft B at Equ Level: 594.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.99 mb = 13117.90 m = 43037.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.2 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 287.2 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 143.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 5.62 Bulk Shear: 106.52 m/s