MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 39 1 950 495 2 900 986 3 850 1498 SFC 827 1742 29.6 14.4 39 15.2 18.9 150 9 319.6 322.1 298.6 359.3 12.54 5 800 2035 24.7 12.4 46 12.4 16.4 153 9 317.5 319.7 297.3 353.3 11.38 6 750 2596 19.2 10.9 58 8.4 13.7 159 9 317.5 319.6 297.0 351.9 10.96 7 700 3186 16.6 -9.5 16 26.1 4.2 223 6 320.9 321.4 291.6 329.7 2.65 8 650 3809 11.1 -14.5 15 25.6 0.4 225 7 321.6 321.9 291.2 328.1 1.91 9 600 4469 5.0 -14.5 23 19.5 -3.0 249 12 321.9 322.3 291.4 328.9 2.07 10 550 5170 -1.3 -20.5 22 19.2 -7.8 269 17 322.6 322.9 290.9 327.3 1.36 11 500 5919 -7.3 -29.6 15 22.4 -12.9 281 25 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.5 0.66 12 450 6730 -13.3 -40.9 8 27.6 -18.1 289 31 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.24 13 400 7614 -19.7 -42.9 11 23.2 -23.1 293 34 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.22 14 350 8591 -26.9 -41.8 23 14.9 -28.7 287 36 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.6 0.28 15 300 9683 -35.2 -48.2 25 13.0 -36.3 290 41 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.16 16 250 10928 -44.2 -50.0 52 5.9 -44.5 291 55 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.16 17 200 12390 -54.4 -61.6 41 7.2 -54.5 291 60 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.05 18 150 14203 -60.6 -80.8 5 20.2 -60.7 272 34 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16677 -65.8 -84.4 6 18.5 -66.0 230 25 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5880.13 m Freezing level: 560.07 mb = 5028.46 m = 16497.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.44 mb = 3880.24 m = 12730.29 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.18 % Est. max temperature: 31.08 C = 87.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 662.58 mb = 3648.28 m = 11969.28 ft T: 12.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.74 C/km ThetaE index: 31.30 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 622.17 mb = 4170.03 m = 13681.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.59 C = 88.86 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: -4.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.65 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1865.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 654.66 mb = 3749.39 m = 12300.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 599.66 mb = 4473.48 m = 14676.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.66 mb = 13065.88 m = 42866.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1842.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.66 mb = 16113.84 m = 52866.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.3 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 302.3 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.7 neg: -0.0 tot: 54.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 25.26 Bulk Shear: 73.87 m/s