MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 14Z 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 108 1 950 557 2 900 1031 3 850 1525 SFC 830 1731 17.8 15.8 88 2.0 16.4 30 3 306.9 309.4 296.2 348.2 13.71 5 800 2044 19.4 12.4 64 6.9 14.7 227 3 311.8 314.0 296.0 346.9 11.42 6 750 2599 17.0 8.5 57 8.6 11.6 166 15 315.1 316.9 295.3 344.1 9.31 7 700 3183 12.7 6.3 65 6.4 8.8 184 15 316.6 318.2 295.1 343.5 8.58 8 650 3801 8.1 -2.6 47 10.7 2.5 219 4 318.1 319.1 292.7 333.8 4.86 9 600 4457 4.4 -14.3 24 18.7 -3.2 296 6 321.2 321.6 291.2 328.3 2.10 10 550 5157 -1.7 -19.0 25 17.3 -7.7 291 14 322.1 322.4 291.0 327.4 1.55 11 500 5905 -8.4 -24.2 27 15.8 -12.9 290 19 322.8 323.1 290.7 326.6 1.08 12 450 6714 -13.3 -36.0 13 22.6 -17.8 295 26 326.5 326.5 291.1 327.9 0.39 13 400 7597 -20.1 -44.2 10 24.1 -23.4 294 37 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.19 14 350 8572 -27.0 -50.8 9 23.7 -29.3 297 46 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.10 15 300 9663 -35.6 -52.0 17 16.4 -36.7 298 55 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.10 16 250 10907 -44.2 -53.0 37 8.8 -44.7 295 68 340.3 340.3 294.5 340.7 0.11 17 200 12371 -53.1 -68.2 14 15.0 -53.4 290 62 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14195 -60.8 -80.2 6 19.5 -60.9 290 34 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16679 -66.0 -85.4 5 19.5 -66.1 185 18 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.53 m Freezing level: 563.89 mb = 4962.38 m = 16280.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.89 mb = 4084.48 m = 13400.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.40 % Est. max temperature: 27.56 C = 81.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.85 mb = 1981.81 m = 6501.91 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 21.53 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.20 mb = 3747.05 m = 12293.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.33 C = 83.00 F Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lifted Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.31 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1050.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.45 mb = 3141.77 m = 10307.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 568.45 mb = 4891.44 m = 16047.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.45 mb = 11791.88 m = 38686.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1048.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.45 mb = 14685.85 m = 48181.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.6 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 308.6 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.0 neg: -33.7 tot: 24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 38.93 Bulk Shear: 26.99 m/s