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: 41.80,-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 32 1 950 485 2 900 975 3 850 1487 SFC 833 1663 30.5 11.4 31 19.1 17.6 105 10 319.9 321.9 297.1 352.3 10.22 5 800 2023 24.6 9.7 39 15.0 14.8 114 11 317.4 319.2 296.0 347.2 9.47 6 750 2583 19.0 8.5 51 10.5 12.3 126 12 317.2 319.0 295.9 346.7 9.35 7 700 3171 14.7 -5.1 25 19.9 4.6 188 10 318.8 319.5 292.0 331.0 3.73 8 650 3790 9.2 -7.4 30 16.6 1.3 234 10 319.4 320.1 291.9 330.5 3.38 9 600 4447 3.5 -11.4 32 15.0 -2.9 272 16 320.2 320.7 291.5 329.0 2.65 10 550 5144 -2.9 -14.4 41 11.4 -7.4 279 18 320.6 321.0 291.2 328.2 2.28 11 500 5888 -10.1 -16.8 58 6.7 -12.3 277 20 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.7 2.06 12 450 6689 -17.0 -24.8 51 7.7 -19.0 276 28 321.8 322.0 290.5 325.8 1.14 13 400 7561 -22.3 -41.8 15 19.5 -25.0 279 34 325.9 326.0 290.8 326.9 0.24 14 350 8531 -28.2 -44.3 20 16.0 -30.0 284 37 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.5 0.21 15 300 9618 -36.6 -49.9 24 13.3 -37.6 288 42 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.13 16 250 10854 -45.8 -59.3 21 13.4 -46.3 290 58 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.05 17 200 12309 -54.7 -67.4 19 12.7 -54.9 291 72 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 14137 -56.7 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 263 37 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16657 -62.6 -85.1 3 22.6 -62.8 229 22 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5855.71 m Freezing level: 572.69 mb = 4827.21 m = 15837.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.27 mb = 3991.10 m = 13094.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.67 C = 85.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 631.21 mb = 4030.72 m = 13223.99 ft T: 7.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.13 C/km ThetaE index: 26.57 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 618.16 mb = 4201.98 m = 13785.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -6.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.95 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1734.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 636.59 mb = 3961.17 m = 12995.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.59 mb = 4424.84 m = 14517.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.59 mb = 12581.99 m = 41278.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1704.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.59 mb = 15442.39 m = 50663.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.1 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 296.1 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 130.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 16.30 Bulk Shear: 106.39 m/s