MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 19Z 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 48 1 950 505 2 900 994 3 850 1504 SFC 827 1742 28.2 15.8 47 12.4 19.4 151 8 318.1 320.8 299.0 361.5 13.79 5 800 2038 23.2 14.2 57 9.0 17.0 154 9 315.8 318.3 297.8 355.8 12.83 6 750 2597 19.5 6.0 41 13.4 11.2 213 5 317.7 319.2 295.0 342.6 7.86 7 700 3187 16.4 -9.8 16 26.3 4.1 215 5 320.7 321.2 291.5 329.3 2.59 8 650 3810 11.0 -13.6 16 24.6 0.5 236 4 321.4 321.8 291.3 328.4 2.06 9 600 4469 4.8 -14.8 23 19.7 -3.1 255 8 321.7 322.1 291.3 328.5 2.02 10 550 5170 -1.6 -18.6 26 17.0 -7.6 274 15 322.2 322.6 291.1 327.7 1.60 11 500 5919 -7.3 -32.8 11 25.4 -13.3 282 24 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.9 0.49 12 450 6729 -13.7 -37.1 12 23.4 -18.1 288 28 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.3 0.35 13 400 7613 -19.8 -42.9 11 23.0 -23.2 293 32 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.22 14 350 8589 -27.0 -43.7 19 16.7 -29.0 291 38 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.2 0.23 15 300 9680 -35.5 -51.9 17 16.4 -36.6 292 44 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.11 16 250 10923 -44.4 -50.6 50 6.2 -44.7 290 58 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.7 0.15 17 200 12384 -54.5 -60.3 49 5.8 -54.6 292 64 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.06 18 150 14196 -60.7 -79.1 7 18.4 -60.8 277 36 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16674 -65.4 -86.1 4 20.7 -65.6 220 18 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5870.87 m Freezing level: 562.13 mb = 4999.87 m = 16403.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.17 mb = 3897.16 m = 12785.79 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.81 % Est. max temperature: 30.96 C = 87.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.00 mb = 3295.94 m = 10813.32 ft T: 15.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.71 C/km ThetaE index: 33.09 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.97 mb = 4253.03 m = 13953.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.54 C = 88.78 F Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lifted Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.15 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1532.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 653.83 mb = 3760.79 m = 12338.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 588.83 mb = 4620.67 m = 15159.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.83 mb = 12746.38 m = 41818.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1519.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.83 mb = 15619.59 m = 51244.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.1 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 306.1 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.2 neg: -2.0 tot: 35.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 26.29 Bulk Shear: 58.30 m/s