MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.34,-103.70 Latitude: 39.34 Longitude: -103.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 529 2 900 1018 3 850 1529 SFC 834 1703 29.5 15.0 41 14.5 19.3 148 11 318.9 321.4 298.7 359.9 12.99 5 800 2064 23.7 13.2 52 10.5 16.5 147 11 316.4 318.7 297.5 354.1 12.04 6 750 2624 19.6 4.5 37 15.2 10.4 96 2 317.9 319.2 294.4 340.2 7.03 7 700 3212 14.5 -0.1 37 14.6 6.3 235 0 318.6 319.6 293.3 336.0 5.42 8 650 3831 8.6 -0.6 53 9.1 3.6 288 2 318.7 319.8 293.5 336.8 5.66 9 600 4486 2.5 -3.0 67 5.5 -0.3 297 5 319.0 320.0 293.2 335.5 5.13 10 550 5182 -3.1 -10.2 58 7.1 -6.1 300 12 320.4 321.0 292.0 331.0 3.19 11 500 5927 -9.4 -16.3 57 6.8 -11.8 286 15 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.8 2.14 12 450 6732 -15.4 -27.5 35 12.1 -18.3 283 23 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.1 0.89 13 400 7608 -22.1 -30.7 46 8.6 -23.8 271 34 326.3 326.4 291.4 328.9 0.74 14 350 8577 -28.5 -45.7 18 17.1 -30.3 293 54 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.0 0.18 15 300 9662 -36.6 -42.1 56 5.6 -37.1 282 61 333.8 333.9 293.0 335.0 0.31 16 250 10902 -44.2 -53.7 34 9.5 -44.6 284 69 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.9 0.10 17 200 12379 -49.0 -74.2 4 25.2 -49.5 273 68 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.01 18 150 14232 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.2 286 41 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16737 -64.6 -85.7 4 21.1 -64.7 207 5 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.38 m Freezing level: 577.72 mb = 4796.10 m = 15735.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.23 mb = 4428.49 m = 14528.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.54 % Est. max temperature: 29.29 C = 84.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 674.76 mb = 3518.73 m = 11544.24 ft T: 11.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.82 C/km ThetaE index: 23.91 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.89 mb = 3984.90 m = 13073.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.43 C = 84.97 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1752.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 649.26 mb = 3840.34 m = 12599.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.26 mb = 4161.60 m = 13653.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.26 mb = 11923.28 m = 39117.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1730.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.26 mb = 15395.13 m = 50508.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.1 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 309.1 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: -25.5 tot: -14.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 29.82 Bulk Shear: 58.76 m/s