MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 36 1 950 493 2 900 983 3 850 1496 SFC 828 1732 29.9 13.1 36 16.8 18.3 160 10 319.9 322.1 298.0 356.4 11.52 5 800 2033 25.1 10.8 41 14.2 15.5 162 11 317.9 319.8 296.7 350.1 10.24 6 750 2594 19.6 9.1 51 10.5 12.7 166 10 317.8 319.7 296.3 348.5 9.72 7 700 3184 16.3 -9.5 16 25.8 4.1 213 9 320.5 321.0 291.5 329.4 2.66 8 650 3807 11.1 -14.3 15 25.4 0.4 237 7 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.2 1.94 9 600 4466 5.0 -16.7 19 21.7 -3.4 253 10 321.9 322.3 291.1 327.8 1.73 10 550 5167 -1.4 -19.9 23 18.5 -7.7 265 13 322.4 322.7 291.0 327.4 1.44 11 500 5916 -7.1 -33.3 10 26.1 -13.2 281 21 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.0 0.46 12 450 6727 -13.4 -39.2 9 25.7 -18.1 288 26 326.4 326.4 291.0 327.4 0.28 13 400 7610 -20.1 -42.7 11 22.7 -23.3 295 31 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.22 14 350 8586 -26.8 -47.9 12 21.2 -29.0 293 43 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.14 15 300 9679 -35.2 -49.3 22 14.2 -36.2 297 49 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.14 16 250 10925 -44.0 -48.5 61 4.5 -44.3 298 62 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.3 0.19 17 200 12387 -54.1 -61.3 41 7.1 -54.3 294 66 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.05 18 150 14201 -60.5 -80.9 5 20.3 -60.7 283 30 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16675 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 225 16 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5880.37 m Freezing level: 560.79 mb = 5015.59 m = 16455.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.05 mb = 3869.82 m = 12696.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.85 % Est. max temperature: 30.95 C = 87.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 648.10 mb = 3830.90 m = 12568.41 ft T: 10.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.57 C/km ThetaE index: 30.38 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 607.32 mb = 4366.37 m = 14325.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.79 C = 89.22 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.07 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1395.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 637.71 mb = 3964.07 m = 13005.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 582.71 mb = 4701.68 m = 15425.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.71 mb = 12621.04 m = 41407.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1386.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.71 mb = 15426.10 m = 50609.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.8 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 298.8 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.0 neg: -2.2 tot: 39.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 22.91 Bulk Shear: 60.94 m/s