MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 2Z 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 11 1 950 464 2 900 957 3 850 1473 SFC 826 1731 26.9 12.2 40 14.6 17.0 148 3 316.9 319.0 296.9 351.1 10.91 5 800 2012 27.9 8.2 29 19.7 15.1 154 15 320.9 322.5 296.3 348.3 8.57 6 750 2578 22.6 7.2 37 15.4 12.7 165 15 321.1 322.7 296.3 348.3 8.50 7 700 3173 16.9 6.1 49 10.9 10.2 183 15 321.3 322.9 296.3 348.4 8.46 8 650 3798 11.3 3.7 60 7.6 6.7 213 20 321.7 323.2 295.8 346.5 7.71 9 600 4461 6.5 -8.1 34 14.6 -0.5 248 23 323.6 324.3 293.1 335.1 3.45 10 550 5167 0.1 -10.9 43 11.0 -4.7 265 27 324.2 324.8 292.9 334.4 3.03 11 500 5920 -6.7 -18.9 37 12.2 -10.8 278 30 324.9 325.2 291.9 330.8 1.72 12 450 6733 -12.2 -36.3 11 24.1 -17.0 291 33 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.4 0.38 13 400 7622 -17.8 -44.4 8 26.6 -21.8 292 37 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.18 14 350 8606 -25.4 -38.5 28 13.1 -27.4 294 34 334.5 334.6 293.3 336.0 0.39 15 300 9703 -33.8 -40.3 52 6.4 -34.6 301 35 337.7 337.8 294.1 339.2 0.38 16 250 10956 -43.1 -50.0 47 6.8 -43.6 303 43 341.9 342.0 294.9 342.6 0.16 17 200 12421 -54.2 -61.5 41 7.2 -54.4 295 49 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.05 18 150 14231 -61.4 -79.7 7 18.3 -61.6 258 22 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16698 -65.3 -84.9 5 19.6 -65.5 310 9 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5909.23 m Freezing level: 549.13 mb = 5179.75 m = 16993.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.52 mb = 4412.96 m = 14478.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.17 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 666.45 mb = 3587.37 m = 11769.45 ft T: 13.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.60 C/km ThetaE index: 2.87 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 579.83 mb = 4738.51 m = 15546.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.43 C = 92.18 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1038.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 606.22 mb = 4375.98 m = 14356.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 551.22 mb = 5148.63 m = 16891.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.22 mb = 12703.40 m = 41677.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1026.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.22 mb = 15526.83 m = 50940.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.6 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 290.6 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 224.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 224.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 8.84 Bulk Shear: 117.43 m/s