MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 44 1 950 501 2 900 984 3 850 1487 SFC 827 1731 21.6 14.8 66 6.7 17.0 137 11 311.2 313.7 296.8 350.9 12.96 5 800 2015 20.1 14.0 68 6.1 15.9 143 25 312.6 315.0 297.0 351.5 12.65 6 750 2577 22.4 6.1 35 16.3 12.1 168 14 320.9 322.4 295.8 346.1 7.88 7 700 3171 17.0 5.1 45 11.9 9.6 195 14 321.3 322.8 295.8 346.6 7.88 8 650 3797 11.6 1.9 51 9.7 5.9 220 18 322.1 323.4 295.3 344.0 6.78 9 600 4460 6.6 -8.1 34 14.7 -0.4 253 22 323.7 324.4 293.1 335.2 3.45 10 550 5165 0.1 -10.9 43 11.0 -4.7 269 25 324.2 324.8 292.9 334.4 3.02 11 500 5919 -6.5 -19.6 35 13.1 -10.9 283 31 325.1 325.4 291.9 330.6 1.61 12 450 6733 -11.3 -47.4 3 36.1 -17.0 295 33 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.12 13 400 7625 -17.4 -35.1 20 17.7 -20.9 293 36 332.3 332.4 292.8 334.1 0.48 14 350 8609 -25.2 -37.5 31 12.2 -27.2 295 34 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.4 0.44 15 300 9709 -33.3 -42.1 41 8.8 -34.3 298 34 338.5 338.5 294.3 339.7 0.32 16 250 10964 -43.0 -51.5 39 8.5 -43.5 300 40 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.8 0.13 17 200 12429 -54.2 -64.0 29 9.7 -54.5 293 45 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.04 18 150 14237 -62.2 -79.6 8 17.4 -62.3 259 20 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16690 -65.8 -85.3 5 19.5 -66.0 299 8 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5874.63 m Freezing level: 549.11 mb = 5178.39 m = 16989.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.51 mb = 4411.24 m = 14472.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.40 % Est. max temperature: 31.46 C = 88.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.73 mb = 2591.34 m = 8501.68 ft T: 22.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.57 C/km ThetaE index: 5.41 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 601.56 mb = 4438.08 m = 14560.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.34 C = 92.00 F Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.29 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1013.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 276.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 661.54 mb = 3648.04 m = 11968.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 556.54 mb = 5069.18 m = 16630.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.54 mb = 12866.55 m = 42212.59 ft B at Equ Level: 992.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.54 mb = 15265.92 m = 50084.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.1 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 294.1 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 224.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 224.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.05 Bulk Rich Number: 5.19 Bulk Shear: 195.19 m/s