MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.67,-104.76 Latitude: 38.67 Longitude: -104.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 559 2 900 1032 3 850 1526 SFC 830 1731 14.2 12.7 91 1.5 13.2 38 4 303.1 305.2 293.4 336.3 11.17 5 800 2044 17.4 12.4 73 4.9 14.1 244 3 309.6 311.8 295.4 344.4 11.42 6 750 2597 16.7 10.6 68 6.0 12.7 171 14 314.7 316.7 296.3 348.2 10.79 7 700 3181 12.9 1.3 45 11.6 6.3 171 14 316.8 318.0 293.3 336.0 6.02 8 650 3798 7.7 0.9 62 6.8 3.9 188 8 317.7 318.9 293.7 337.7 6.29 9 600 4454 4.2 -10.6 33 14.8 -2.3 287 5 321.0 321.5 291.8 330.4 2.84 10 550 5154 -1.6 -19.0 25 17.4 -7.7 296 15 322.2 322.5 291.0 327.5 1.55 11 500 5902 -8.3 -22.1 32 13.7 -12.5 297 18 322.9 323.1 291.0 327.4 1.30 12 450 6711 -13.1 -38.3 10 25.2 -17.9 294 24 326.7 326.8 291.1 327.9 0.31 13 400 7595 -20.3 -41.7 13 21.3 -23.5 296 34 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.25 14 350 8569 -27.0 -48.1 12 21.1 -29.2 299 47 332.3 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.14 15 300 9661 -35.7 -52.2 17 16.6 -36.8 299 53 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 16 250 10904 -44.5 -53.3 37 8.7 -45.0 295 66 339.8 339.9 294.4 340.3 0.11 17 200 12367 -53.0 -66.5 18 13.5 -53.3 282 63 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14184 -59.6 -80.1 5 20.5 -59.9 285 37 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16676 -66.2 -85.0 6 18.7 -66.4 168 15 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.01 m Freezing level: 563.69 mb = 4961.89 m = 16278.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.71 mb = 4202.30 m = 13786.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.23 % Est. max temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.27 mb = 1924.09 m = 6312.57 ft T: 16.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.83 C/km ThetaE index: 12.26 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.45 mb = 3665.61 m = 12026.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.85 C = 82.13 F Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lifted Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.90 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 897.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 198.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.50 mb = 2937.04 m = 9635.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 565.50 mb = 4929.98 m = 16174.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.50 mb = 11579.90 m = 37991.34 ft B at Equ Level: 894.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.50 mb = 14371.53 m = 47150.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.7 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 308.7 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.0 neg: -25.9 tot: 13.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 41.77 Bulk Shear: 21.49 m/s