MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.77,-103.94 Latitude: 40.77 Longitude: -103.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 1 950 456 2 900 949 3 850 1465 SFC 845 1516 32.2 8.7 23 23.5 16.8 138 17 320.4 322.0 296.0 347.1 8.35 5 800 2004 26.9 6.9 28 20.0 14.2 145 23 319.8 321.3 295.4 344.7 7.80 6 750 2568 21.4 5.7 36 15.7 11.6 151 24 319.8 321.2 295.3 344.2 7.67 7 700 3159 15.6 4.7 48 11.0 8.9 158 24 319.8 321.3 295.3 344.2 7.65 8 650 3782 9.6 3.2 64 6.4 5.8 166 25 319.9 321.3 295.2 343.6 7.43 9 600 4439 3.3 2.0 91 1.3 2.5 177 25 320.0 321.4 295.2 343.6 7.40 10 550 5138 -2.6 -4.5 86 1.9 -3.6 220 23 321.0 322.0 293.6 337.2 4.98 11 500 5886 -8.7 -11.8 78 3.1 -9.9 251 31 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.8 3.10 12 450 6692 -14.8 -26.3 37 11.5 -17.7 267 39 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.1 0.99 13 400 7574 -19.6 -47.4 7 27.9 -23.1 276 46 329.5 329.6 291.7 330.1 0.13 14 350 8554 -25.8 -53.0 6 27.2 -28.4 280 45 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.08 15 300 9653 -33.6 -49.8 18 16.2 -35.0 292 59 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.5 0.13 16 250 10904 -43.4 -50.4 46 7.0 -43.8 297 66 341.5 341.6 294.8 342.1 0.15 17 200 12368 -54.2 -58.1 62 3.9 -54.4 301 71 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.07 18 150 14175 -60.6 -83.0 4 22.4 -60.8 282 49 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16682 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.0 183 7 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5885.18 m Freezing level: 571.87 mb = 4832.39 m = 15854.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.16 mb = 4723.05 m = 15495.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.58 % Est. max temperature: 31.63 C = 88.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 599.91 mb = 4440.48 m = 14568.34 ft T: 3.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.93 C/km ThetaE index: 3.45 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 594.92 mb = 4507.49 m = 14788.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.89 C = 89.40 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 809.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 596.16 mb = 4490.77 m = 14733.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.16 mb = 4558.41 m = 14955.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.16 mb = 11708.07 m = 38411.83 ft B at Equ Level: 807.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.16 mb = 14550.12 m = 47736.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.9 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 245.9 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 146.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 6.84 Bulk Shear: 118.36 m/s