MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 25 1 950 484 2 900 976 3 850 1490 SFC 827 1732 30.7 11.0 30 19.7 17.4 164 11 320.8 322.8 297.2 352.7 10.00 5 800 2028 26.1 8.6 33 17.6 14.8 167 12 319.0 320.7 296.0 346.9 8.79 6 750 2591 20.6 7.2 42 13.4 12.1 170 12 319.0 320.6 295.7 346.1 8.53 7 700 3182 17.0 -15.6 9 32.6 3.2 219 10 321.4 321.7 290.8 326.9 1.63 8 650 3805 11.2 -14.0 16 25.2 0.5 232 10 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.4 2.00 9 600 4465 5.1 -14.6 23 19.7 -2.9 249 12 322.0 322.4 291.4 328.9 2.05 10 550 5166 -1.2 -18.5 26 17.3 -7.4 267 15 322.7 323.0 291.2 328.2 1.62 11 500 5917 -6.7 -29.5 14 22.9 -12.5 281 22 324.9 325.1 290.9 327.3 0.66 12 450 6728 -13.3 -32.1 19 18.9 -17.4 287 25 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.7 0.57 13 400 7612 -19.8 -37.5 19 17.7 -22.8 292 29 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.6 0.38 14 350 8589 -26.5 -47.6 12 21.1 -28.7 294 43 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.15 15 300 9684 -35.0 -47.4 27 12.3 -36.1 297 46 336.0 336.0 293.5 336.7 0.18 16 250 10930 -43.9 -48.0 63 4.1 -44.1 299 58 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.20 17 200 12392 -54.5 -62.0 39 7.6 -54.6 294 65 346.5 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.05 18 150 14205 -60.6 -81.7 5 21.1 -60.8 285 29 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16680 -64.7 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 230 17 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5891.54 m Freezing level: 559.58 mb = 5031.63 m = 16507.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.81 mb = 3897.01 m = 12785.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.19 % Est. max temperature: 31.36 C = 88.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 620.45 mb = 4188.82 m = 13742.68 ft T: 7.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.66 C/km ThetaE index: 25.80 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 585.16 mb = 4666.76 m = 15310.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.02 C = 89.64 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 888.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 607.51 mb = 4362.41 m = 14312.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 562.51 mb = 4984.67 m = 16353.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.51 mb = 12310.42 m = 40388.04 ft B at Equ Level: 877.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.51 mb = 14961.45 m = 49085.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.0 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 294.0 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 54.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 14.03 Bulk Shear: 63.31 m/s