MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F025.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F025.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 25 hour NAM valid 1Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 37.17,-103.14 Latitude: 37.17 Longitude: -103.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 1 950 483 2 900 972 3 850 1484 SFC 841 1579 27.7 14.8 45 13.0 18.7 80 18 316.2 318.6 297.8 355.8 12.68 5 800 2019 24.2 13.5 51 10.7 16.8 124 35 316.9 319.3 297.7 355.2 12.21 6 750 2579 18.6 12.6 68 6.0 14.6 134 39 316.8 319.2 297.8 355.4 12.33 7 700 3167 12.9 11.5 92 1.3 12.0 137 39 316.7 319.1 297.8 355.3 12.32 8 650 3787 9.2 9.2 100 -0.0 9.2 140 39 319.4 321.6 297.8 355.3 11.34 9 600 4446 3.9 2.9 93 1.0 3.3 141 36 320.6 322.1 295.7 345.8 7.88 10 550 5146 -2.2 -5.8 76 3.7 -3.9 143 31 321.5 322.4 293.4 336.2 4.50 11 500 5895 -8.4 -9.1 94 0.7 -8.7 153 25 322.8 323.6 293.2 335.5 3.83 12 450 6706 -12.0 -12.0 100 0.0 -12.0 182 18 328.2 328.8 294.2 339.6 3.39 13 400 7602 -16.0 -16.2 99 0.2 -16.0 235 17 334.2 334.8 295.2 343.7 2.71 14 350 8597 -21.3 -21.5 98 0.3 -21.4 269 22 340.1 340.5 296.0 347.2 1.95 15 300 9719 -28.7 -29.0 97 0.3 -28.7 283 30 344.9 345.2 296.5 349.3 1.16 16 250 11001 -37.2 -38.1 91 0.9 -37.3 289 40 350.8 350.9 297.3 353.0 0.57 17 200 12503 -49.5 -52.8 68 3.4 -49.6 294 54 354.4 354.5 297.7 355.0 0.14 18 150 14320 -65.1 -69.2 56 4.1 -65.1 299 84 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16781 -58.9 -82.4 3 23.5 -59.3 192 23 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.95 m Freezing level: 568.01 mb = 4893.65 m = 16055.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 577.19 mb = 4757.52 m = 15608.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.92 % Est. max temperature: 28.72 C = 83.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.02 mb = 3214.60 m = 10546.46 ft T: 12.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 19.96 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.22 mb = 3480.83 m = 11419.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.55 C = 85.20 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -7.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1188.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 686.75 mb = 3326.73 m = 10914.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.75 mb = 3764.36 m = 12350.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.75 mb = 12768.63 m = 41891.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1185.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.75 mb = 16106.76 m = 52843.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.6 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 174.6 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 278.5 neg: -10.6 tot: 267.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.04 Bulk Rich Number: 32.80 Bulk Shear: 36.22 m/s