MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 65 1 950 523 2 900 1013 3 850 1524 SFC 829 1742 29.3 11.4 33 18.0 17.2 116 2 319.1 321.1 297.0 351.5 10.23 5 800 2060 24.7 8.9 37 15.8 14.5 128 3 317.5 319.3 295.7 345.9 8.98 6 750 2621 20.3 3.3 32 17.1 10.2 256 7 318.6 319.9 294.1 339.3 6.46 7 700 3210 15.1 0.9 38 14.1 7.0 288 11 319.2 320.3 293.8 338.0 5.86 8 650 3831 9.5 -3.0 42 12.4 2.9 297 19 319.7 320.6 293.0 335.0 4.74 9 600 4488 4.0 -13.5 27 17.5 -3.1 290 23 320.8 321.2 291.2 328.4 2.26 10 550 5187 -1.6 -27.9 11 26.2 -9.0 282 24 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.7 0.70 11 500 5935 -7.8 -34.1 10 26.3 -13.7 278 24 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.0 0.43 12 450 6743 -13.9 -34.5 16 20.6 -18.1 275 26 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.4 0.46 13 400 7624 -20.9 -40.8 15 19.9 -23.8 283 35 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.9 0.27 14 350 8596 -27.6 -50.0 10 22.4 -29.7 284 46 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.11 15 300 9684 -36.6 -49.5 25 12.9 -37.5 276 57 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.14 16 250 10924 -45.0 -60.0 17 15.1 -45.5 279 67 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.4 0.05 17 200 12393 -49.6 -73.1 5 23.5 -50.1 266 69 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14239 -57.1 -80.7 4 23.6 -57.4 280 42 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.7 0.00 19 100 16741 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.9 281 6 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5869.59 m Freezing level: 564.40 mb = 4985.37 m = 16356.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.80 mb = 4142.11 m = 13589.42 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.21 % Est. max temperature: 29.59 C = 85.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 638.06 mb = 3982.87 m = 13066.99 ft T: 8.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 26.85 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 587.89 mb = 4651.42 m = 15260.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 837.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 610.44 mb = 4346.00 m = 14258.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 555.44 mb = 5107.53 m = 16756.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.44 mb = 11318.48 m = 37133.65 ft B at Equ Level: 831.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.44 mb = 13609.83 m = 44651.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.0 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 312.0 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.1 neg: -2.7 tot: 55.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 12.20 Bulk Shear: 68.63 m/s