MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.31,-104.31 Latitude: 39.31 Longitude: -104.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 1 950 593 2 900 1064 3 850 1556 SFC 824 1819 16.7 12.6 76 4.2 14.0 286 17 306.4 308.4 294.3 340.0 11.17 5 800 2074 18.3 7.4 49 10.9 11.6 298 28 310.7 312.2 293.2 335.6 8.11 6 750 2627 16.8 4.3 43 12.5 9.4 307 29 314.9 316.2 293.5 336.8 6.97 7 700 3210 13.1 1.7 46 11.4 6.6 287 18 316.9 318.1 293.4 336.6 6.19 8 650 3828 8.5 -0.3 54 8.8 3.7 245 13 318.6 319.7 293.6 337.1 5.78 9 600 4483 2.6 -2.2 71 4.8 0.1 215 10 319.1 320.2 293.5 336.6 5.44 10 550 5180 -3.4 -5.7 84 2.3 -4.6 248 11 320.0 320.9 293.0 334.8 4.53 11 500 5925 -8.7 -13.5 68 4.8 -10.5 269 21 322.4 322.9 292.1 331.4 2.70 12 450 6734 -13.5 -17.6 71 4.2 -14.9 269 24 326.3 326.7 292.7 333.6 2.13 13 400 7621 -18.9 -22.1 76 3.2 -19.8 265 29 330.4 330.8 293.3 336.2 1.62 14 350 8600 -27.0 -31.5 66 4.5 -27.8 276 37 332.4 332.5 293.1 335.2 0.79 15 300 9689 -36.4 -41.3 61 4.9 -36.9 300 43 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.4 0.34 16 250 10929 -45.0 -61.6 14 16.6 -45.6 287 60 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.04 17 200 12391 -51.9 -74.9 5 22.9 -52.3 282 65 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14233 -57.3 -82.7 3 25.4 -57.6 279 47 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16742 -65.5 -85.0 5 19.5 -65.6 216 7 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.31 m Freezing level: 578.43 mb = 4783.83 m = 15694.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.15 mb = 4494.78 m = 14746.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.23 % Est. max temperature: 27.56 C = 81.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.62 mb = 2349.82 m = 7709.28 ft T: 17.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.02 C/km ThetaE index: 4.33 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 601.66 mb = 4460.87 m = 14635.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.79 C = 83.82 F Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lifted Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 286.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 657.85 mb = 3728.26 m = 12231.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 532.85 mb = 5427.52 m = 17806.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 432.85 mb = 7026.62 m = 23052.93 ft B at Equ Level: 49.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 252.85 mb = 10851.68 m = 35602.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.1 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 302.1 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 4.8 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -63.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.2 neg: -65.4 tot: -27.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.73 Bulk Shear: 16.02 m/s