MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F005.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 11Z 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 107 1 950 554 2 900 1027 3 850 1521 SFC 828 1740 14.1 11.7 86 2.4 12.6 23 4 303.1 305.1 292.9 334.3 10.50 5 800 2038 16.3 12.4 78 3.9 13.7 335 4 308.5 310.6 295.0 342.9 11.35 6 750 2591 16.7 13.1 79 3.6 14.3 177 12 314.7 317.2 297.5 354.3 12.74 7 700 3176 13.1 6.5 64 6.7 9.0 173 16 317.0 318.7 295.4 344.4 8.69 8 650 3794 7.3 1.7 67 5.6 4.2 201 8 317.3 318.6 293.9 338.5 6.67 9 600 4450 4.5 -10.8 32 15.2 -2.3 299 10 321.3 321.8 291.9 330.6 2.80 10 550 5151 -1.6 -14.4 37 12.8 -6.7 296 17 322.1 322.6 291.6 329.8 2.27 11 500 5900 -6.8 -27.8 17 21.0 -12.4 304 22 324.8 325.0 291.0 327.6 0.78 12 450 6714 -12.1 -41.1 7 28.9 -17.3 299 26 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.23 13 400 7600 -19.5 -45.6 8 26.0 -23.1 299 36 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.16 14 350 8578 -26.3 -50.9 8 24.6 -28.7 301 45 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.10 15 300 9673 -35.0 -52.7 15 17.6 -36.3 300 50 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.10 16 250 10917 -44.2 -56.4 25 12.1 -44.8 296 62 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.07 17 200 12381 -53.5 -72.2 8 18.7 -53.8 286 60 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 14190 -60.8 -80.0 6 19.3 -60.9 288 41 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16676 -65.5 -85.0 5 19.5 -65.6 141 8 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.07 m Freezing level: 563.47 mb = 4961.91 m = 16279.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.57 mb = 4213.40 m = 13823.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.97 % Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.71 mb = 2041.51 m = 6697.79 ft T: 16.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 26.72 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.32 mb = 3487.79 m = 11442.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.39 C = 81.30 F Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1028.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 152.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.02 mb = 2762.14 m = 9062.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 580.02 mb = 4722.77 m = 15494.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.02 mb = 12060.51 m = 39568.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1026.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.02 mb = 15066.60 m = 49430.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.3 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 317.3 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.8 neg: -36.4 tot: 25.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 36.57 Bulk Shear: 28.13 m/s