MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 19Z 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 48 1 950 504 2 900 992 3 850 1503 SFC 828 1732 28.4 15.1 44 13.3 19.0 157 8 318.3 320.8 298.7 359.7 13.15 5 800 2037 23.4 13.2 53 10.1 16.4 160 9 316.0 318.4 297.4 353.6 12.03 6 750 2596 19.7 3.0 33 16.7 9.9 193 7 318.0 319.2 293.9 338.3 6.35 7 700 3185 15.7 -6.4 21 22.0 4.6 222 7 319.8 320.5 292.0 331.0 3.39 8 650 3807 10.9 -13.2 17 24.1 0.5 232 5 321.3 321.7 291.3 328.5 2.12 9 600 4466 4.9 -16.3 20 21.2 -3.4 270 7 321.7 322.1 291.1 327.8 1.78 10 550 5167 -1.7 -18.0 28 16.3 -7.5 275 12 322.0 322.4 291.1 327.8 1.69 11 500 5915 -7.5 -31.4 13 23.9 -13.2 281 23 323.9 324.1 290.6 326.0 0.56 12 450 6725 -13.6 -39.0 10 25.4 -18.2 289 27 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.2 0.29 13 400 7608 -20.2 -43.5 11 23.2 -23.5 297 33 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.20 14 350 8583 -27.1 -45.7 15 18.7 -29.2 293 43 332.3 332.3 292.5 333.0 0.18 15 300 9675 -35.2 -50.8 19 15.5 -36.4 297 52 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.12 16 250 10920 -44.2 -50.4 50 6.3 -44.5 298 63 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.15 17 200 12382 -53.7 -67.3 17 13.6 -53.9 294 66 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.02 18 150 14198 -60.3 -81.8 4 21.5 -60.4 286 28 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16680 -65.4 -86.1 4 20.7 -65.6 207 18 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5867.12 m Freezing level: 563.06 mb = 4983.73 m = 16350.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.68 mb = 3887.78 m = 12755.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 682.23 mb = 3401.03 m = 11158.11 ft T: 14.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.47 C/km ThetaE index: 33.72 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 603.22 mb = 4422.32 m = 14508.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.70 C = 89.05 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.22 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1115.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 639.36 mb = 3943.22 m = 12936.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 574.36 mb = 4817.83 m = 15806.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.36 mb = 12240.58 m = 40158.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1106.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.36 mb = 14871.84 m = 48791.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.0 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 306.0 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.8 neg: -4.1 tot: 27.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 20.03 Bulk Shear: 55.70 m/s