MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 61 1 950 517 2 900 1003 3 850 1511 SFC 828 1742 26.6 15.8 52 10.7 18.9 149 7 316.3 319.0 298.6 359.5 13.81 5 800 2042 21.6 14.2 63 7.3 16.5 153 6 314.1 316.6 297.5 354.0 12.86 6 750 2600 19.3 7.8 47 11.5 12.0 240 6 317.5 319.3 295.6 345.6 8.88 7 700 3189 16.2 -7.0 20 23.2 4.7 267 4 320.5 321.1 292.0 331.1 3.24 8 650 3812 10.9 -13.6 16 24.5 0.4 270 3 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.3 2.06 9 600 4471 4.8 -15.6 21 20.5 -3.3 272 7 321.7 322.1 291.2 328.1 1.89 10 550 5171 -1.5 -17.7 28 16.2 -7.4 279 14 322.2 322.6 291.2 328.1 1.73 11 500 5920 -7.7 -30.5 14 22.9 -13.3 281 23 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.9 0.60 12 450 6729 -13.8 -36.3 13 22.6 -18.1 288 27 326.0 326.0 291.0 327.4 0.38 13 400 7613 -19.8 -43.8 10 23.9 -23.2 295 34 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.20 14 350 8589 -27.1 -47.2 13 20.2 -29.2 294 39 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.15 15 300 9680 -35.5 -51.0 19 15.5 -36.6 295 46 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.12 16 250 10924 -44.2 -50.4 50 6.2 -44.5 291 60 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.0 0.15 17 200 12386 -54.1 -63.1 32 9.0 -54.4 291 63 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14198 -60.9 -79.3 7 18.4 -61.1 281 35 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16676 -65.4 -86.1 4 20.7 -65.6 214 18 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.18 m Freezing level: 562.11 mb = 5001.59 m = 16409.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.18 mb = 3885.95 m = 12749.03 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.84 C = 87.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 708.00 mb = 3092.00 m = 10144.23 ft T: 16.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.75 C/km ThetaE index: 31.33 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 623.63 mb = 4152.86 m = 13624.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.51 C = 88.73 F Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lifted Index: -4.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.83 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1608.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 174.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.12 mb = 3555.62 m = 11665.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 585.12 mb = 4673.01 m = 15331.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.12 mb = 12872.52 m = 42232.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1585.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.12 mb = 15814.91 m = 51885.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.8 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 311.8 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.3 neg: -6.4 tot: 30.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 32.86 Bulk Shear: 48.95 m/s