MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F004.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F004.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 4 hour NAM valid 10Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 557 2 900 1031 3 850 1525 SFC 829 1740 14.5 10.7 78 3.8 12.1 25 4 303.5 305.3 292.4 332.6 9.78 5 800 2044 15.9 13.0 83 2.9 14.0 310 1 308.2 310.4 295.3 344.1 11.86 6 750 2595 16.0 13.0 82 3.0 14.0 186 20 313.9 316.3 297.3 353.0 12.63 7 700 3180 12.5 9.4 82 3.1 10.4 168 16 316.3 318.3 296.5 349.6 10.65 8 650 3797 7.7 0.7 61 7.0 3.8 209 9 317.7 318.9 293.7 337.5 6.20 9 600 4453 4.4 -9.7 35 14.1 -2.0 301 10 321.2 321.8 292.0 331.2 3.04 10 550 5153 -1.6 -12.6 43 10.9 -6.1 299 18 322.1 322.7 292.0 331.0 2.64 11 500 5904 -6.5 -28.2 16 21.7 -12.3 309 24 325.2 325.3 291.1 327.9 0.75 12 450 6718 -11.8 -40.8 7 29.0 -17.0 305 28 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.4 0.24 13 400 7606 -19.2 -46.6 7 27.3 -22.9 303 34 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.15 14 350 8584 -26.3 -50.9 8 24.6 -28.7 304 44 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.10 15 300 9679 -35.0 -53.2 14 18.2 -36.3 301 50 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.09 16 250 10924 -44.0 -56.5 24 12.5 -44.6 295 61 340.6 340.6 294.6 340.9 0.07 17 200 12388 -53.2 -72.0 9 18.7 -53.6 287 59 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 14197 -61.5 -80.6 6 19.2 -61.6 276 40 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16676 -65.7 -85.2 5 19.5 -65.9 158 5 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.66 m Freezing level: 563.69 mb = 4961.68 m = 16278.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.00 mb = 4224.08 m = 13858.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.69 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.96 mb = 2227.58 m = 7308.26 ft T: 15.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 25.16 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.91 mb = 3434.73 m = 11268.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.17 C = 80.90 F Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.82 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 959.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.52 mb = 2680.10 m = 8792.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.52 mb = 4760.38 m = 15617.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.52 mb = 12146.03 m = 39848.68 ft B at Equ Level: 947.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.52 mb = 14727.99 m = 48319.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.8 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 318.8 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 3.2 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.7 neg: -99.9 tot: -13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 30.78 Bulk Shear: 31.16 m/s