MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 17Z 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 82 1 950 534 2 900 1018 3 850 1523 SFC 830 1732 24.9 16.7 60 8.2 19.1 153 6 314.4 317.2 298.6 359.6 14.57 5 800 2052 20.0 15.1 74 4.9 16.6 156 6 312.4 315.0 297.5 354.4 13.63 6 750 2607 17.6 8.5 55 9.1 11.8 183 15 315.7 317.4 295.5 344.9 9.33 7 700 3193 13.7 5.2 56 8.5 8.5 193 8 317.6 319.2 295.0 342.8 7.94 8 650 3813 10.2 -9.1 25 19.3 1.3 254 5 320.5 321.1 291.8 330.3 2.96 9 600 4471 4.5 -15.5 22 20.0 -3.4 274 3 321.3 321.7 291.1 327.8 1.90 10 550 5170 -1.7 -19.9 23 18.3 -7.9 284 10 322.1 322.4 290.9 327.1 1.43 11 500 5918 -8.3 -23.7 28 15.4 -12.8 281 20 322.9 323.2 290.8 326.9 1.13 12 450 6727 -13.8 -36.1 13 22.3 -18.1 289 27 326.0 326.0 291.0 327.4 0.39 13 400 7609 -20.7 -43.0 12 22.3 -23.8 297 35 328.0 328.1 291.4 328.9 0.21 14 350 8581 -27.6 -50.0 10 22.3 -29.8 294 41 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.11 15 300 9671 -35.7 -49.3 24 13.5 -36.8 297 54 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.14 16 250 10914 -44.7 -50.2 54 5.5 -45.0 295 64 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.2 0.15 17 200 12375 -53.2 -69.8 11 16.7 -53.5 291 67 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14193 -60.2 -79.8 6 19.7 -60.3 287 32 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16676 -65.6 -86.2 4 20.7 -65.7 215 16 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.28 m Freezing level: 563.41 mb = 4982.83 m = 16347.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.50 mb = 3985.32 m = 13075.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.94 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.03 mb = 2766.98 m = 9077.91 ft T: 16.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.06 C/km ThetaE index: 32.68 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.85 mb = 3890.88 m = 12765.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.85 C = 87.53 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: -5.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.94 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1830.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.78 mb = 3171.76 m = 10405.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 596.78 mb = 4514.16 m = 14810.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.78 mb = 12807.04 m = 42017.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1806.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.78 mb = 16274.41 m = 53393.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.9 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 304.9 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.6 neg: -14.4 tot: 34.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 39.45 Bulk Shear: 46.41 m/s