MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 66 1 950 520 2 900 1006 3 850 1514 SFC 829 1732 26.8 15.8 51 11.0 19.0 151 8 316.4 319.1 298.5 359.3 13.73 5 800 2045 21.7 14.2 62 7.6 16.5 154 8 314.3 316.7 297.5 354.0 12.79 6 750 2602 19.1 4.7 39 14.4 10.3 192 10 317.3 318.7 294.3 339.9 7.13 7 700 3190 14.6 -0.6 35 15.1 6.2 211 6 318.6 319.7 293.2 335.5 5.25 8 650 3811 10.7 -10.4 22 21.1 1.1 259 5 321.1 321.6 291.7 330.0 2.67 9 600 4470 4.8 -16.7 19 21.5 -3.5 261 4 321.6 322.0 291.0 327.5 1.72 10 550 5170 -1.7 -19.6 24 17.9 -7.8 281 11 322.1 322.4 290.9 327.2 1.47 11 500 5918 -8.0 -25.8 23 17.7 -12.9 279 21 323.2 323.4 290.7 326.5 0.94 12 450 6727 -13.8 -37.0 12 23.3 -18.2 288 28 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.2 0.35 13 400 7609 -20.5 -42.4 12 21.8 -23.7 298 34 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.23 14 350 8582 -27.5 -48.4 12 21.0 -29.6 293 41 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.13 15 300 9673 -35.5 -48.3 26 12.9 -36.5 298 54 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.0 0.16 16 250 10917 -44.5 -51.0 48 6.6 -44.8 297 64 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.6 0.14 17 200 12378 -53.7 -65.7 22 12.0 -54.0 294 67 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14194 -60.5 -82.0 4 21.5 -60.6 289 32 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16676 -65.7 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.9 207 16 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.02 m Freezing level: 562.85 mb = 4989.85 m = 16370.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.84 mb = 3966.40 m = 13012.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.98 % Est. max temperature: 29.83 C = 85.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.36 mb = 3113.03 m = 10213.24 ft T: 15.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.30 C/km ThetaE index: 32.82 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 617.29 mb = 4236.01 m = 13897.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.56 C = 88.80 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1378.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 663.95 mb = 3633.03 m = 11919.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.95 mb = 4757.09 m = 15607.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.95 mb = 12410.89 m = 40717.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1370.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.95 mb = 15613.74 m = 51225.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.6 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 306.6 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.9 neg: -6.4 tot: 30.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 25.42 Bulk Shear: 54.22 m/s