MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 2Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 38.67,-104.78 Latitude: 38.67 Longitude: -104.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 1 950 587 2 900 1060 3 850 1554 SFC 831 1750 16.6 12.4 76 4.3 13.8 343 13 305.6 307.6 293.9 338.3 10.93 5 800 2074 19.0 7.0 46 12.0 11.6 341 15 311.4 312.9 293.3 335.7 7.88 6 750 2628 18.5 7.2 47 11.4 11.4 210 4 316.7 318.3 295.1 343.5 8.50 7 700 3216 14.4 4.5 51 9.9 8.4 231 12 318.4 319.8 294.9 342.3 7.54 8 650 3836 9.4 -2.2 44 11.7 3.2 260 19 319.7 320.6 293.3 335.8 4.99 9 600 4494 4.1 -4.9 52 9.0 -0.4 282 23 320.9 321.7 293.1 335.3 4.42 10 550 5193 -1.9 -9.5 56 7.6 -5.3 293 23 321.8 322.5 292.6 333.1 3.39 11 500 5944 -6.9 -17.4 43 10.5 -10.6 293 23 324.6 325.0 292.1 331.3 1.95 12 450 6757 -12.5 -24.8 35 12.3 -15.9 279 27 327.5 327.7 292.1 331.5 1.14 13 400 7644 -18.9 -37.9 17 19.0 -22.1 282 33 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.8 0.36 14 350 8624 -25.5 -36.1 36 10.6 -27.2 287 21 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.2 0.50 15 300 9723 -33.7 -50.8 16 17.1 -35.1 295 33 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.4 0.12 16 250 10974 -43.1 -58.4 17 15.3 -43.8 291 43 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.06 17 200 12443 -53.1 -70.2 11 17.1 -53.4 276 41 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.01 18 150 14275 -57.6 -84.1 2 26.6 -57.8 277 31 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16765 -67.3 -85.0 6 17.7 -67.5 252 15 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.46 m Freezing level: 565.77 mb = 4972.73 m = 16314.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.37 mb = 4420.77 m = 14503.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.15 % Est. max temperature: 29.25 C = 84.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.59 mb = 2295.85 m = 7532.23 ft T: 18.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 12.15 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 599.61 mb = 4499.27 m = 14761.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.14 C = 88.05 F Cap Strength: 5.55 C Lifted Index: 0.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.86 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 101.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 355.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 666.60 mb = 3625.12 m = 11893.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 491.60 mb = 6074.71 m = 19929.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 331.60 mb = 9009.28 m = 29557.64 ft B at Equ Level: 100.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 241.60 mb = 11199.26 m = 36742.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.5 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 312.5 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 173.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.4 neg: -25.0 tot: 103.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.77 Bulk Shear: 36.53 m/s