MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 578 2 900 1051 3 850 1547 SFC 831 1741 19.0 8.2 49 10.8 12.3 356 16 308.0 309.6 292.6 333.1 8.22 5 800 2066 18.6 6.6 45 12.1 11.3 351 25 311.0 312.5 293.0 334.6 7.65 6 750 2620 17.4 9.6 60 7.8 12.3 75 13 315.5 317.4 296.0 346.9 10.07 7 700 3206 12.7 7.7 72 5.0 9.5 128 17 316.5 318.3 295.8 346.2 9.46 8 650 3822 6.8 6.6 99 0.1 6.7 130 19 316.6 318.4 295.8 346.3 9.47 9 600 4479 4.5 4.5 100 0.0 4.5 138 18 321.3 323.1 296.5 349.6 8.84 10 550 5185 0.2 -0.0 98 0.2 0.1 176 14 324.4 325.7 296.0 347.1 6.97 11 500 5940 -6.8 -8.0 91 1.3 -7.4 235 21 324.8 325.6 294.0 338.7 4.18 12 450 6751 -14.4 -16.5 84 2.0 -15.1 286 24 325.1 325.6 292.6 333.1 2.35 13 400 7636 -18.9 -20.0 92 1.0 -19.3 284 24 330.4 330.8 293.6 337.2 1.96 14 350 8616 -26.5 -28.8 81 2.3 -27.0 271 30 333.0 333.2 293.5 336.7 1.01 15 300 9709 -35.4 -38.4 74 3.0 -35.8 284 37 335.4 335.5 293.6 337.2 0.46 16 250 10954 -44.0 -47.4 69 3.4 -44.3 286 44 340.6 340.6 294.7 341.4 0.21 17 200 12420 -51.7 -58.8 42 7.1 -51.9 281 61 350.9 350.9 296.9 351.2 0.07 18 150 14276 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 299 33 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16783 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.7 240 8 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.47 m Freezing level: 548.33 mb = 5209.97 m = 17092.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 549.47 mb = 5192.26 m = 17034.78 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.01 % Est. max temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 707.22 mb = 3118.77 m = 10232.05 ft T: 13.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 0.73 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 598.63 mb = 4497.39 m = 14755.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.68 C = 89.03 F Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lifted Index: 0.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.50 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 255.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 312.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.87 mb = 3522.30 m = 11555.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 488.87 mb = 6113.26 m = 20056.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.87 mb = 10457.10 m = 34307.67 ft B at Equ Level: 253.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.87 mb = 12456.79 m = 40868.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.3 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 253.3 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 387.2 neg: -39.3 tot: 347.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 1.36 Bulk Shear: 188.56 m/s