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: 41,-104.31 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -104.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -2 1 950 443 2 900 937 3 850 1452 SFC 834 1621 30.3 9.2 27 21.1 16.4 180 17 319.6 321.3 296.1 347.4 8.76 5 800 1992 27.5 6.3 26 21.1 14.1 180 26 320.4 321.9 295.4 344.5 7.51 6 750 2557 21.9 5.2 34 16.6 11.6 187 28 320.3 321.8 295.3 344.1 7.44 7 700 3150 16.1 4.2 45 11.8 8.9 199 31 320.3 321.7 295.3 344.1 7.43 8 650 3773 10.0 3.3 63 6.7 6.1 206 33 320.3 321.7 295.3 344.2 7.49 9 600 4432 3.7 2.1 89 1.6 2.7 208 33 320.3 321.8 295.3 344.1 7.43 10 550 5133 -1.2 -1.6 97 0.4 -1.4 220 35 322.7 323.9 295.0 342.8 6.21 11 500 5885 -7.0 -7.7 95 0.6 -7.4 255 46 324.4 325.3 294.0 338.7 4.30 12 450 6697 -13.7 -13.9 98 0.2 -13.7 261 49 326.1 326.6 293.3 335.9 2.91 13 400 7579 -21.0 -27.9 54 6.9 -22.5 279 60 327.7 327.9 292.0 331.1 0.96 14 350 8553 -26.4 -46.3 14 19.9 -28.6 296 67 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.17 15 300 9652 -33.7 -41.3 46 7.6 -34.6 305 77 337.8 337.9 294.1 339.2 0.34 16 250 10907 -42.2 -45.5 70 3.3 -42.5 311 78 343.4 343.4 295.4 344.4 0.26 17 200 12378 -53.3 -57.0 63 3.8 -53.4 323 68 348.4 348.4 296.4 348.7 0.09 18 150 14184 -61.1 -65.7 54 4.6 -61.2 303 46 364.8 364.8 299.7 365.0 0.04 19 100 16690 -59.9 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.2 249 11 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5887.52 m Freezing level: 562.40 mb = 4958.77 m = 16268.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 567.14 mb = 4885.46 m = 16028.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.85 % Est. max temperature: 30.95 C = 87.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 612.97 mb = 4255.57 m = 13961.68 ft T: 5.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.45 C/km ThetaE index: 3.34 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 583.98 mb = 4649.56 m = 15254.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.69 C = 89.04 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 681.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 590.48 mb = 4560.42 m = 14961.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 565.48 mb = 4909.03 m = 16105.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.48 mb = 11027.34 m = 36178.50 ft B at Equ Level: 678.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.48 mb = 14372.87 m = 47154.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 5.56 Bulk Shear: 122.43 m/s