MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 9 1 950 469 2 900 963 3 850 1479 SFC 826 1732 31.3 8.8 25 22.5 16.5 159 10 321.5 323.2 296.4 349.2 8.63 5 800 2019 27.7 6.1 25 21.6 14.1 162 12 320.7 322.2 295.4 344.5 7.40 6 750 2585 22.2 4.9 32 17.3 11.6 165 12 320.7 322.1 295.3 344.1 7.28 7 700 3178 16.5 3.6 42 12.9 8.7 168 12 320.7 322.1 295.1 343.4 7.08 8 650 3802 11.2 -0.9 43 12.1 4.5 225 15 321.6 322.7 294.2 339.6 5.53 9 600 4463 5.4 -5.0 47 10.4 0.1 253 20 322.3 323.2 293.5 336.7 4.38 10 550 5166 -0.7 -8.9 54 8.1 -4.4 264 24 323.2 323.9 293.0 335.0 3.56 11 500 5918 -6.9 -22.7 27 15.8 -11.8 285 27 324.6 324.8 291.4 328.9 1.23 12 450 6730 -13.0 -34.0 15 20.9 -17.4 293 30 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.6 0.48 13 400 7615 -19.2 -47.6 6 28.4 -22.8 291 32 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.13 14 350 8595 -25.8 -49.0 9 23.3 -28.3 297 38 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.13 15 300 9691 -34.7 -49.4 21 14.8 -35.8 298 40 336.5 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.14 16 250 10939 -43.8 -47.7 65 3.9 -44.1 299 52 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.20 17 200 12402 -54.5 -62.0 39 7.5 -54.7 291 63 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.6 0.05 18 150 14208 -61.5 -79.8 7 18.3 -61.7 291 29 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16687 -63.9 -86.2 3 22.3 -64.0 263 16 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5908.80 m Freezing level: 555.96 mb = 5082.61 m = 16675.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.50 mb = 4483.51 m = 14709.51 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.35 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 595.34 mb = 4526.25 m = 14849.71 ft T: 4.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.54 C/km ThetaE index: 20.56 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 566.50 mb = 4927.50 m = 16166.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.64 C = 90.76 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 675.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 582.56 mb = 4701.64 m = 15425.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 547.56 mb = 5201.44 m = 17064.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.56 mb = 11850.28 m = 38878.41 ft B at Equ Level: 673.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.56 mb = 14308.11 m = 46942.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.3 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 295.3 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 134.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 7.23 Bulk Shear: 93.54 m/s