MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 13Z 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 115 1 950 563 2 900 1035 3 850 1529 SFC 830 1731 15.3 13.7 90 1.6 14.3 29 3 304.2 306.5 294.3 339.8 11.93 5 800 2046 18.5 12.1 66 6.4 14.3 242 3 310.9 313.0 295.6 345.1 11.17 6 750 2600 16.8 10.2 65 6.6 12.5 168 14 314.8 316.8 296.1 347.4 10.48 7 700 3185 12.7 4.2 56 8.5 7.6 174 15 316.5 318.0 294.3 339.9 7.39 8 650 3802 8.0 -1.7 50 9.7 2.9 188 5 318.0 319.1 293.0 334.8 5.21 9 600 4458 4.4 -14.3 24 18.7 -3.2 296 6 321.2 321.6 291.2 328.3 2.10 10 550 5157 -1.8 -17.9 28 16.1 -7.5 293 14 322.0 322.3 291.1 327.8 1.70 11 500 5905 -8.4 -23.4 29 14.9 -12.8 289 18 322.8 323.0 290.8 326.8 1.16 12 450 6714 -13.3 -37.3 11 24.0 -17.9 295 26 326.5 326.6 291.1 327.8 0.34 13 400 7598 -20.3 -41.9 13 21.6 -23.5 296 35 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.24 14 350 8572 -27.1 -50.5 9 23.4 -29.3 298 46 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.11 15 300 9664 -35.7 -53.2 15 17.4 -36.9 299 54 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.09 16 250 10906 -44.4 -52.6 40 8.2 -44.9 295 67 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.5 0.12 17 200 12369 -53.3 -72.0 8 18.7 -53.7 283 66 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 14190 -60.3 -80.7 5 20.3 -60.5 288 33 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16673 -66.8 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 185 17 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.94 m Freezing level: 564.35 mb = 4956.61 m = 16261.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.28 mb = 4106.39 m = 13472.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.78 % Est. max temperature: 27.53 C = 81.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.10 mb = 1938.80 m = 6360.81 ft T: 17.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.76 C/km ThetaE index: 20.59 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.93 mb = 3713.43 m = 12183.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.20 C = 82.75 F Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.47 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 989.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 183.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.27 mb = 3025.61 m = 9926.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 568.27 mb = 4894.62 m = 16058.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.27 mb = 11796.20 m = 38700.98 ft B at Equ Level: 983.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.27 mb = 14688.39 m = 48189.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.6 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 308.6 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.7 neg: -35.7 tot: 8.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 45.61 Bulk Shear: 21.69 m/s