MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 51 1 950 509 2 900 1001 3 850 1514 SFC 829 1742 30.6 9.3 27 21.4 16.5 61 2 320.6 322.3 296.4 348.9 8.88 5 800 2052 26.3 6.5 28 19.7 13.8 78 2 319.1 320.6 295.1 343.4 7.63 6 750 2615 20.7 4.8 35 16.0 11.0 332 1 319.1 320.5 294.8 342.0 7.18 7 700 3205 15.4 1.7 39 13.8 7.5 287 5 319.6 320.8 294.1 339.4 6.18 8 650 3827 9.8 -0.4 49 10.2 4.1 288 8 320.0 321.1 293.9 338.4 5.71 9 600 4484 4.0 -6.5 46 10.5 -1.1 294 21 320.7 321.5 292.7 333.5 3.92 10 550 5184 -1.3 -23.4 17 22.2 -8.2 286 32 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.2 1.05 11 500 5934 -7.4 -29.8 15 22.4 -13.0 282 32 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.3 0.64 12 450 6743 -13.7 -32.4 19 18.7 -17.8 276 30 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.0 0.56 13 400 7624 -21.2 -37.5 22 16.2 -23.9 277 34 327.4 327.4 291.4 328.8 0.38 14 350 8595 -28.0 -49.6 11 21.5 -30.1 281 51 330.9 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.12 15 300 9682 -36.2 -52.4 17 16.3 -37.2 275 61 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.10 16 250 10924 -45.0 -60.5 16 15.6 -45.5 279 68 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.04 17 200 12391 -50.1 -70.2 8 20.2 -50.5 265 68 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14236 -57.9 -81.3 3 23.4 -58.2 280 45 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16735 -65.8 -86.3 4 20.5 -65.9 295 6 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5882.51 m Freezing level: 562.20 mb = 5013.28 m = 16447.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.48 mb = 4342.08 m = 14245.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.47 % Est. max temperature: 29.89 C = 85.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 606.54 mb = 4395.38 m = 14420.36 ft T: 4.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.39 C/km ThetaE index: 22.68 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 578.32 mb = 4780.28 m = 15683.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.52 C = 88.73 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 809.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 595.21 mb = 4548.87 m = 14923.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 550.21 mb = 5180.88 m = 16997.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.21 mb = 11465.85 m = 37617.15 ft B at Equ Level: 793.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.21 mb = 13813.78 m = 45320.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.7 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 312.7 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 41.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 13.14 Bulk Shear: 61.60 m/s