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: 41.37,-104.01 Latitude: 41.37 Longitude: -104.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 1 950 467 2 900 959 3 850 1474 SFC 839 1593 31.7 7.9 23 23.7 16.3 170 13 320.5 322.1 295.8 346.2 8.02 5 800 2013 26.7 5.6 26 21.1 13.6 172 18 319.7 321.1 294.9 342.5 7.16 6 750 2576 21.3 4.3 33 16.9 11.0 175 19 319.7 321.0 294.8 341.9 6.97 7 700 3167 15.5 3.3 44 12.2 8.3 178 19 319.7 321.1 294.8 341.9 6.95 8 650 3789 9.5 2.0 60 7.4 5.2 183 20 319.7 321.0 294.7 341.5 6.84 9 600 4446 3.4 -1.4 71 4.8 0.8 209 17 320.0 321.1 294.0 338.5 5.74 10 550 5144 -2.9 -11.4 52 8.5 -6.4 229 19 320.7 321.3 291.8 330.4 2.92 11 500 5889 -10.0 -12.5 82 2.4 -11.0 248 29 320.8 321.4 291.9 330.5 2.94 12 450 6694 -15.3 -15.5 99 0.1 -15.4 265 39 324.0 324.5 292.4 332.6 2.55 13 400 7572 -20.9 -26.7 60 5.8 -22.3 283 47 327.8 328.0 292.2 331.6 1.07 14 350 8547 -27.0 -41.3 25 14.3 -28.9 294 53 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.4 0.29 15 300 9646 -32.9 -38.9 55 6.1 -33.6 309 55 339.1 339.1 294.5 340.8 0.44 16 250 10901 -43.6 -56.5 23 13.0 -44.2 314 73 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.07 17 200 12362 -54.5 -62.8 35 8.3 -54.8 300 67 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.6 0.04 18 150 14173 -59.4 -82.5 3 23.1 -59.6 277 44 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16676 -62.9 -85.4 3 22.5 -63.1 245 14 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5870.90 m Freezing level: 572.99 mb = 4823.25 m = 15824.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.53 mb = 4519.64 m = 14828.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.23 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 593.47 mb = 4533.98 m = 14875.07 ft T: 2.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.41 C/km ThetaE index: 4.24 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 583.01 mb = 4676.64 m = 15343.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.39 C = 88.51 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 672.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 586.30 mb = 4631.46 m = 15194.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 571.30 mb = 4839.30 m = 15876.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.30 mb = 11132.81 m = 36524.52 ft B at Equ Level: 670.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.30 mb = 14118.45 m = 46319.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 10.01 Bulk Shear: 67.19 m/s