MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 99 1 950 550 2 900 1027 3 850 1525 SFC 829 1741 20.3 15.5 74 4.7 17.0 130 2 309.6 312.1 296.8 350.7 13.51 5 800 2047 17.8 10.9 64 6.9 13.3 177 2 310.1 312.1 294.7 341.6 10.30 6 750 2602 17.7 9.2 57 8.5 12.2 169 17 315.8 317.7 295.8 346.5 9.79 7 700 3188 13.8 3.2 49 10.6 7.6 200 12 317.8 319.1 294.3 339.8 6.92 8 650 3807 10.0 -6.8 30 16.7 1.8 233 5 320.2 320.9 292.2 331.8 3.53 9 600 4465 4.4 -12.3 28 16.7 -2.7 301 2 321.3 321.7 291.6 329.6 2.48 10 550 5165 -1.6 -19.1 25 17.6 -7.7 282 12 322.2 322.5 291.0 327.5 1.53 11 500 5914 -7.8 -30.3 15 22.5 -13.3 281 20 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.8 0.62 12 450 6723 -13.4 -36.8 12 23.3 -17.9 291 27 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.7 0.36 13 400 7607 -20.0 -44.9 9 24.8 -23.4 296 38 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.17 14 350 8582 -27.2 -51.7 8 24.4 -29.5 299 45 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.09 15 300 9672 -35.7 -50.3 21 14.6 -36.8 301 52 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.13 16 250 10914 -44.6 -50.8 50 6.2 -44.9 297 62 339.8 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.14 17 200 12375 -54.0 -66.8 19 12.8 -54.2 292 66 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14183 -61.8 -79.2 8 17.5 -61.9 289 37 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16664 -65.2 -84.8 5 19.6 -65.4 186 20 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.94 m Freezing level: 562.94 mb = 4983.67 m = 16350.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.04 mb = 4063.25 m = 13330.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.56 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.11 mb = 2340.68 m = 7679.31 ft T: 17.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 20.66 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 625.98 mb = 4116.46 m = 13505.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lifted Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 936.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 233.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.63 mb = 3227.92 m = 10590.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 561.63 mb = 4996.38 m = 16392.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.63 mb = 12004.62 m = 39384.77 ft B at Equ Level: 926.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.63 mb = 14981.90 m = 49152.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.8 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 305.8 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.5 neg: -20.3 tot: 44.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 24.42 Bulk Shear: 38.35 m/s