MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 100 1 950 549 2 900 1026 3 850 1525 SFC 830 1731 20.4 16.4 78 4.0 17.7 86 2 309.7 312.4 297.3 353.2 14.31 5 800 2047 19.4 12.5 64 6.9 14.8 189 3 311.9 314.0 296.0 347.1 11.48 6 750 2603 17.0 9.5 61 7.4 12.1 167 16 315.0 316.9 295.8 346.2 10.02 7 700 3187 12.8 7.1 68 5.7 9.2 184 13 316.6 318.4 295.6 345.1 9.06 8 650 3805 8.3 -3.5 43 11.8 2.2 233 4 318.4 319.3 292.6 333.1 4.56 9 600 4461 4.4 -15.1 23 19.5 -3.4 303 5 321.2 321.6 291.1 327.9 1.97 10 550 5161 -1.7 -19.0 25 17.3 -7.8 294 11 322.0 322.3 291.0 327.3 1.55 11 500 5909 -8.5 -24.0 27 15.5 -12.9 287 17 322.7 322.9 290.7 326.6 1.10 12 450 6718 -13.4 -35.4 14 22.0 -17.9 293 27 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.9 0.42 13 400 7601 -20.2 -45.1 9 24.9 -23.5 294 37 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.17 14 350 8575 -27.2 -50.6 9 23.4 -29.5 296 45 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.11 15 300 9666 -35.7 -52.6 16 16.8 -36.9 298 55 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.10 16 250 10908 -44.4 -53.1 37 8.7 -44.9 296 68 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.4 0.11 17 200 12372 -52.7 -68.6 13 16.0 -53.0 292 66 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14195 -60.7 -80.1 6 19.4 -60.9 288 34 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 19 100 16681 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 191 19 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.56 m Freezing level: 564.11 mb = 4963.50 m = 16284.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.03 mb = 4060.64 m = 13322.14 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.40 % Est. max temperature: 27.70 C = 81.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.51 mb = 2237.47 m = 7340.68 ft T: 18.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 26.65 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.77 mb = 3680.34 m = 12074.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.37 C = 83.06 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: -4.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.86 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1318.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.89 mb = 3116.02 m = 10223.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 580.89 mb = 4721.64 m = 15490.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.89 mb = 12024.25 m = 39449.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1315.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.89 mb = 15517.66 m = 50910.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.2 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 308.2 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.8 neg: -13.3 tot: 40.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 35.17 Bulk Shear: 37.48 m/s