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,-104.01 Latitude: 40.77 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 -0 1 950 455 2 900 948 3 850 1463 SFC 842 1549 31.9 8.5 23 23.4 16.7 141 17 320.4 322.1 296.0 347.0 8.31 5 800 2003 27.0 6.8 28 20.1 14.2 147 23 319.9 321.4 295.4 344.8 7.79 6 750 2567 21.4 5.7 36 15.7 11.6 153 24 319.8 321.3 295.4 344.4 7.68 7 700 3158 15.7 4.5 47 11.3 8.9 159 25 319.9 321.4 295.3 344.0 7.55 8 650 3781 9.7 2.9 62 6.8 5.7 168 25 320.0 321.4 295.1 343.3 7.28 9 600 4439 3.4 1.8 89 1.6 2.5 177 25 320.1 321.5 295.1 343.4 7.30 10 550 5138 -2.6 -3.5 94 0.9 -3.1 217 24 321.0 322.0 293.9 338.4 5.38 11 500 5886 -8.8 -11.9 78 3.2 -10.0 251 32 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.6 3.07 12 450 6692 -14.9 -25.0 42 10.1 -17.5 265 41 324.5 324.7 291.3 328.4 1.12 13 400 7574 -19.7 -46.0 8 26.3 -23.2 275 48 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.16 14 350 8553 -25.7 -52.0 7 26.3 -28.3 281 47 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.09 15 300 9652 -33.5 -49.1 19 15.6 -34.8 293 60 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.15 16 250 10905 -43.3 -50.7 44 7.4 -43.7 298 67 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.3 0.15 17 200 12369 -54.1 -58.1 61 4.0 -54.2 302 71 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.4 0.07 18 150 14175 -60.9 -81.8 5 20.9 -61.1 285 50 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16681 -60.5 -87.8 2 27.2 -60.8 185 7 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5885.97 m Freezing level: 571.76 mb = 4833.72 m = 15858.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 577.72 mb = 4742.91 m = 15560.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.37 % Est. max temperature: 31.41 C = 88.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 598.82 mb = 4454.72 m = 14615.04 ft T: 3.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.98 C/km ThetaE index: 3.69 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 593.75 mb = 4523.01 m = 14839.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.65 C = 88.97 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 801.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 595.24 mb = 4502.84 m = 14772.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.24 mb = 4570.60 m = 14995.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.24 mb = 11736.07 m = 38503.71 ft B at Equ Level: 796.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.24 mb = 14590.63 m = 47868.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.1 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 247.1 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 143.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 6.66 Bulk Shear: 120.37 m/s