MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 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 6 1 950 465 2 900 959 3 850 1476 SFC 826 1732 30.6 11.4 31 19.2 17.6 152 11 320.8 322.8 297.4 353.6 10.30 5 800 2017 27.7 9.1 31 18.7 15.5 155 14 320.7 322.5 296.6 349.8 9.10 6 750 2583 22.2 8.0 40 14.2 13.0 159 14 320.7 322.5 296.5 349.6 9.02 7 700 3176 16.5 6.8 53 9.6 10.4 165 15 320.7 322.4 296.4 349.2 8.93 8 650 3801 10.8 4.0 63 6.7 6.7 199 14 321.1 322.7 295.8 346.5 7.89 9 600 4463 5.7 -3.8 51 9.5 0.8 243 20 322.7 323.6 293.9 338.4 4.81 10 550 5166 -0.5 -9.1 53 8.5 -4.4 263 25 323.4 324.1 293.1 335.1 3.50 11 500 5919 -6.8 -22.1 28 15.3 -11.5 287 32 324.8 325.1 291.5 329.3 1.30 12 450 6731 -12.8 -44.5 5 31.7 -17.9 292 34 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.16 13 400 7618 -18.5 -46.4 7 27.9 -22.3 290 37 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.15 14 350 8600 -25.4 -54.8 5 29.4 -28.1 292 36 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.06 15 300 9698 -34.5 -42.1 46 7.6 -35.3 297 38 336.8 336.9 293.9 338.0 0.32 16 250 10947 -43.7 -48.7 57 5.1 -44.0 299 47 341.1 341.2 294.8 341.9 0.18 17 200 12408 -54.7 -59.6 54 4.9 -54.8 291 62 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.06 18 150 14212 -61.9 -79.4 8 17.4 -62.1 286 27 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16694 -63.7 -86.0 3 22.4 -63.8 267 14 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5912.74 m Freezing level: 554.44 mb = 5103.90 m = 16744.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.66 mb = 4562.16 m = 14967.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.15 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 624.33 mb = 4134.11 m = 13563.19 ft T: 8.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.46 C/km ThetaE index: 25.81 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 593.75 mb = 4547.36 m = 14918.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.44 C = 90.40 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1394.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 609.94 mb = 4326.84 m = 14195.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 574.94 mb = 4807.64 m = 15772.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.94 mb = 12899.19 m = 42319.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1383.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.94 mb = 15841.70 m = 51973.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.1 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 293.1 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 158.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 11.36 Bulk Shear: 122.71 m/s