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: 39.72,-104.07 Latitude: 39.72 Longitude: -104.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 528 2 900 1018 3 850 1529 SFC 846 1569 29.7 8.2 26 21.5 15.9 224 5 317.7 319.2 295.1 343.2 8.07 5 800 2065 24.9 6.2 30 18.7 13.3 212 4 317.7 319.2 294.6 341.3 7.45 6 750 2626 19.7 4.7 37 15.1 10.6 178 3 318.0 319.4 294.5 340.7 7.14 7 700 3214 14.5 -1.5 33 16.1 5.8 223 5 318.6 319.5 292.9 334.3 4.89 8 650 3833 8.6 -6.3 34 15.0 1.4 246 8 318.7 319.5 291.9 330.7 3.66 9 600 4487 2.2 -7.1 50 9.3 -2.1 270 10 318.7 319.4 292.0 330.9 3.74 10 550 5181 -4.5 -7.2 81 2.8 -5.7 285 10 318.8 319.6 292.2 331.9 4.04 11 500 5921 -11.5 -12.9 90 1.3 -12.1 305 11 319.0 319.5 291.2 328.3 2.84 12 450 6724 -14.8 -16.1 90 1.3 -15.3 280 14 324.6 325.1 292.4 332.8 2.41 13 400 7608 -19.4 -21.1 86 1.8 -19.8 248 36 329.8 330.2 293.3 336.1 1.77 14 350 8586 -26.8 -29.4 79 2.5 -27.3 254 47 332.6 332.8 293.3 336.1 0.96 15 300 9678 -35.3 -38.1 75 2.8 -35.6 258 46 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.5 0.48 16 250 10921 -45.8 -49.2 69 3.3 -46.0 256 53 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.17 17 200 12375 -52.0 -65.5 18 13.5 -52.3 274 72 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.03 18 150 14240 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.1 300 35 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16749 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.1 239 5 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.04 m Freezing level: 583.22 mb = 4719.52 m = 15483.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.22 mb = 4085.23 m = 13402.82 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.08 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 617.56 mb = 4250.95 m = 13946.52 ft T: 4.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.64 C/km ThetaE index: 12.53 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 599.22 mb = 4496.93 m = 14753.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -5.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 687.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 606.61 mb = 4397.13 m = 14426.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.61 mb = 4598.92 m = 15088.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.61 mb = 11418.67 m = 37462.37 ft B at Equ Level: 676.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.61 mb = 13367.62 m = 43856.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.9 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 294.9 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.1 neg: -7.3 tot: 12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 77.21 Bulk Shear: 8.91 m/s