MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 23Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.40,-103.06 Latitude: 37.40 Longitude: -103.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 509 2 900 999 3 850 1510 SFC 848 1527 29.5 17.1 47 12.4 20.6 160 18 317.3 320.1 299.3 363.2 14.66 5 800 2045 23.0 15.5 63 7.5 17.7 164 23 315.7 318.4 298.5 359.3 13.99 6 750 2603 17.7 14.0 79 3.6 15.1 171 23 315.7 318.4 298.3 358.0 13.56 7 700 3192 17.2 -9.4 15 26.5 4.5 258 6 321.5 322.0 291.8 330.4 2.68 8 650 3817 11.5 -12.1 18 23.5 1.0 277 7 321.9 322.4 291.6 329.8 2.33 9 600 4476 5.2 -13.3 25 18.5 -2.6 295 11 322.1 322.6 291.6 329.8 2.28 10 550 5178 -0.7 -24.5 14 23.8 -8.1 303 18 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.7 0.95 11 500 5930 -6.7 -32.2 11 25.5 -12.8 305 24 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.8 0.51 12 450 6741 -12.9 -39.2 9 26.3 -17.7 306 29 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.1 0.28 13 400 7627 -19.5 -39.6 15 20.1 -22.7 305 32 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.9 0.31 14 350 8606 -26.4 -37.2 35 10.8 -28.0 302 38 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.9 0.45 15 300 9702 -34.2 -47.5 25 13.3 -35.4 305 46 337.1 337.1 293.8 337.8 0.17 16 250 10953 -42.7 -50.2 44 7.4 -43.2 303 53 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.1 0.15 17 200 12422 -53.7 -70.1 12 16.3 -54.0 298 54 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14227 -63.3 -80.8 7 17.6 -63.4 290 28 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16691 -63.4 -87.6 2 24.2 -63.6 213 8 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5877.26 m Freezing level: 555.67 mb = 5098.38 m = 16726.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.79 mb = 3998.81 m = 13119.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.05 % Est. max temperature: 33.57 C = 92.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 708.70 mb = 3086.61 m = 10126.54 ft T: 17.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.70 C/km ThetaE index: 33.47 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.57 mb = 3693.40 m = 12117.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.91 C = 93.03 F Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lifted Index: -6.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.01 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3033.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.03 mb = 3034.68 m = 9956.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.03 mb = 4100.06 m = 13451.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.03 mb = 14307.48 m = 46939.97 ft B at Equ Level: 2995.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.0 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 314.0 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.0 neg: -13.7 tot: 108.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.22 Bulk Rich Number: 19.12 Bulk Shear: 158.66 m/s