MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 19Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 41.16,-104.57 Latitude: 41.16 Longitude: -104.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 1 950 496 2 900 983 3 850 1493 SFC 823 1774 28.0 12.3 38 15.7 17.2 163 12 318.3 320.4 297.3 352.9 10.95 5 800 2026 23.5 10.5 44 13.0 14.9 165 14 316.2 318.1 296.1 347.5 10.01 6 750 2585 19.8 1.7 30 18.1 9.3 193 18 318.1 319.2 293.4 336.5 5.77 7 700 3174 15.6 -10.2 16 25.7 3.6 200 14 319.7 320.2 291.2 328.1 2.52 8 650 3794 9.7 -10.0 24 19.7 0.7 208 8 319.9 320.4 291.5 329.0 2.75 9 600 4450 3.7 -12.3 30 16.0 -3.1 272 9 320.3 320.8 291.3 328.6 2.47 10 550 5148 -2.8 -15.3 37 12.6 -7.5 291 14 320.8 321.2 291.1 327.9 2.11 11 500 5893 -9.6 -18.2 50 8.5 -12.5 280 18 321.3 321.6 291.0 327.5 1.83 12 450 6695 -16.3 -28.2 35 11.8 -19.0 273 25 322.7 322.8 290.5 325.6 0.83 13 400 7569 -22.0 -41.7 15 19.6 -24.8 284 35 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.3 0.25 14 350 8539 -28.3 -45.8 17 17.5 -30.2 286 39 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.3 0.18 15 300 9626 -36.2 -52.4 17 16.2 -37.2 291 44 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.10 16 250 10866 -45.1 -59.8 18 14.7 -45.7 294 65 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.05 17 200 12324 -54.2 -67.4 18 13.2 -54.4 293 74 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14152 -57.3 -84.5 2 27.1 -57.6 264 32 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16663 -63.8 -86.1 3 22.3 -64.0 229 24 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.07 m Freezing level: 571.48 mb = 4848.45 m = 15906.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.51 mb = 3914.74 m = 12843.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.75 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 654.45 mb = 3736.96 m = 12260.21 ft T: 10.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.27 C/km ThetaE index: 24.79 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 587.01 mb = 4626.00 m = 15176.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.00 C = 86.01 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.97 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 818.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 610.61 mb = 4306.81 m = 14129.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 565.61 mb = 4923.91 m = 16154.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.61 mb = 11253.26 m = 36919.69 ft B at Equ Level: 814.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.61 mb = 13918.78 m = 45664.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.3 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 290.3 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.7 neg: -23.5 tot: 43.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 11.95 Bulk Shear: 68.48 m/s