MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 93 1 950 544 2 900 1024 3 850 1526 SFC 830 1732 22.8 16.8 69 6.0 18.5 144 5 312.1 314.9 298.1 357.1 14.63 5 800 2051 18.6 13.2 71 5.3 15.0 149 4 311.0 313.2 296.1 347.8 12.04 6 750 2606 17.6 7.3 51 10.3 11.2 176 17 315.7 317.3 295.0 342.6 8.60 7 700 3191 13.1 6.1 62 7.0 8.8 196 10 317.0 318.7 295.2 343.7 8.47 8 650 3810 8.9 -5.5 36 14.4 1.8 242 4 319.0 319.8 292.2 331.8 3.92 9 600 4467 4.4 -14.6 24 19.0 -3.3 316 3 321.2 321.6 291.2 328.1 2.05 10 550 5166 -1.8 -18.7 26 17.0 -7.7 297 9 322.0 322.3 291.0 327.4 1.59 11 500 5914 -8.4 -23.7 28 15.3 -12.9 285 18 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.7 1.13 12 450 6723 -13.6 -35.5 14 21.8 -18.0 290 27 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.6 0.41 13 400 7605 -20.5 -45.2 9 24.8 -23.7 295 36 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.17 14 350 8579 -27.5 -48.3 12 20.8 -29.6 294 43 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.14 15 300 9668 -35.7 -53.8 14 18.1 -37.0 297 54 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.08 16 250 10911 -44.5 -52.6 40 8.1 -45.0 295 66 339.8 339.9 294.4 340.3 0.12 17 200 12374 -52.7 -68.9 12 16.1 -53.1 291 66 349.2 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14194 -60.5 -82.0 4 21.5 -60.6 285 34 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16678 -64.8 -85.5 4 20.8 -64.9 207 17 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.56 m Freezing level: 564.29 mb = 4966.35 m = 16293.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.36 mb = 4035.52 m = 13239.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.78 % Est. max temperature: 28.18 C = 82.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 760.26 mb = 2489.57 m = 8167.79 ft T: 17.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 14.46 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.53 mb = 3878.99 m = 12726.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.55 C = 85.20 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1242.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 147.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.43 mb = 3210.23 m = 10532.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 583.43 mb = 4692.03 m = 15393.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.43 mb = 11948.21 m = 39199.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1238.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.43 mb = 15388.44 m = 50486.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.3 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 306.3 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -7.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.6 neg: -15.6 tot: 47.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 26.98 Bulk Shear: 46.04 m/s