MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 41.80,-104.92 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -104.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 500 2 900 987 3 850 1496 SFC 834 1663 28.6 11.8 35 16.8 17.2 105 9 317.8 319.8 296.8 350.8 10.47 5 800 2028 22.7 10.3 45 12.4 14.6 116 10 315.4 317.3 295.8 346.3 9.89 6 750 2585 17.8 7.0 49 10.7 11.1 172 11 315.9 317.5 294.8 342.3 8.43 7 700 3172 14.8 -6.1 23 20.9 4.4 194 10 318.9 319.6 291.8 330.2 3.46 8 650 3792 9.2 -8.9 27 18.0 0.8 234 10 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.3 3.01 9 600 4447 3.3 -11.4 33 14.8 -3.0 276 14 320.0 320.5 291.4 328.8 2.66 10 550 5144 -3.0 -14.4 41 11.4 -7.4 287 18 320.5 320.9 291.2 328.1 2.28 11 500 5888 -10.1 -17.2 56 7.1 -12.5 284 21 320.7 321.1 291.0 327.3 1.98 12 450 6688 -17.1 -25.1 50 7.9 -19.1 282 24 321.7 321.9 290.5 325.5 1.11 13 400 7560 -22.5 -39.9 19 17.4 -25.0 276 33 325.7 325.7 290.8 326.8 0.30 14 350 8529 -28.5 -46.0 17 17.5 -30.3 284 38 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.1 0.18 15 300 9615 -36.8 -49.8 25 12.9 -37.8 287 42 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.14 16 250 10850 -46.3 -58.3 25 12.0 -46.8 289 55 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.06 17 200 12303 -54.2 -67.3 19 13.1 -54.5 290 67 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14139 -56.3 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 258 34 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16662 -63.0 -85.5 3 22.5 -63.2 223 23 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.42 m Freezing level: 573.83 mb = 4811.96 m = 15787.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.97 mb = 3931.79 m = 12899.43 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 652.69 mb = 3757.04 m = 12326.11 ft T: 9.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.20 C/km ThetaE index: 25.24 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 617.68 mb = 4209.48 m = 13810.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.45 C = 86.81 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: -5.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.59 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1443.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 649.40 mb = 3799.18 m = 12464.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 584.40 mb = 4658.25 m = 15282.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.40 mb = 12161.32 m = 39898.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1429.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.40 mb = 14822.42 m = 48629.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.2 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 298.2 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 122.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 15.41 Bulk Shear: 93.65 m/s