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: 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 7 1 950 465 2 900 959 3 850 1475 SFC 826 1731 28.9 12.5 36 16.4 17.7 151 6 319.0 321.2 297.5 354.2 11.12 5 800 2016 27.9 8.7 30 19.2 15.4 155 14 320.9 322.6 296.5 349.2 8.87 6 750 2582 22.5 7.7 39 14.7 13.0 162 15 320.9 322.7 296.4 349.2 8.83 7 700 3176 16.7 6.4 51 10.3 10.2 174 16 321.0 322.6 296.3 348.7 8.66 8 650 3801 11.0 4.8 65 6.2 7.2 200 19 321.4 323.0 296.2 348.0 8.30 9 600 4463 5.9 -4.6 47 10.5 0.5 243 21 322.9 323.8 293.7 337.8 4.52 10 550 5168 -0.3 -8.6 53 8.3 -4.1 262 27 323.8 324.5 293.3 335.9 3.64 11 500 5921 -6.7 -19.1 37 12.4 -10.9 281 32 324.9 325.2 291.9 330.7 1.68 12 450 6733 -12.4 -40.5 8 28.1 -17.5 292 34 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.25 13 400 7621 -18.2 -42.9 10 24.6 -22.0 289 38 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.22 14 350 8604 -25.4 -50.3 8 24.9 -28.0 291 35 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.11 15 300 9702 -34.2 -40.5 53 6.3 -34.9 297 38 337.2 337.3 294.0 338.7 0.37 16 250 10952 -43.4 -49.2 52 5.9 -43.7 301 45 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.3 0.17 17 200 12415 -54.7 -60.3 50 5.6 -54.8 290 54 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.06 18 150 14221 -61.7 -78.5 9 16.8 -61.9 274 22 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16700 -64.3 -85.1 4 20.9 -64.4 287 10 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5914.40 m Freezing level: 552.04 mb = 5139.24 m = 16860.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.09 mb = 4543.60 m = 14906.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.93 C = 87.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 650.38 mb = 3796.40 m = 12455.24 ft T: 11.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.52 C/km ThetaE index: 25.66 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 589.84 mb = 4601.69 m = 15097.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.76 C = 90.97 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1288.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 609.17 mb = 4338.04 m = 14232.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 564.17 mb = 4962.05 m = 16279.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.17 mb = 12932.91 m = 42430.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1271.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.17 mb = 15889.66 m = 52130.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.9 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 289.9 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 207.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 207.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.74 Bulk Shear: 119.97 m/s