MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 4Z 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 175 1 950 619 2 900 1091 3 850 1584 SFC 834 1749 14.9 12.8 87 2.1 13.5 307 6 303.4 305.4 293.4 336.6 11.18 5 800 2101 15.5 9.7 69 5.7 11.9 146 8 307.6 309.4 293.4 336.5 9.51 6 750 2649 15.1 7.6 61 7.5 10.4 117 10 313.0 314.6 294.4 340.2 8.79 7 700 3230 11.0 5.4 68 5.6 7.6 176 3 314.7 316.2 294.3 339.9 8.07 8 650 3846 8.4 1.1 60 7.3 4.3 267 9 318.4 319.7 294.0 338.8 6.38 9 600 4502 3.3 -2.2 67 5.5 0.4 300 17 319.9 321.0 293.7 337.4 5.43 10 550 5200 -3.0 -5.1 86 2.1 -4.0 314 20 320.5 321.4 293.3 335.9 4.76 11 500 5947 -8.5 -12.7 72 4.2 -10.1 299 25 322.7 323.2 292.3 332.3 2.89 12 450 6756 -13.3 -32.6 18 19.3 -17.4 287 28 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.6 0.55 13 400 7641 -20.0 -36.0 23 15.9 -22.8 290 32 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.6 0.44 14 350 8616 -26.7 -52.1 7 25.4 -29.0 286 32 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.09 15 300 9712 -34.1 -60.5 5 26.4 -35.6 288 44 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.04 16 250 10965 -42.7 -64.4 7 21.7 -43.5 284 48 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.03 17 200 12435 -52.5 -70.1 10 17.7 -52.8 271 42 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14268 -57.8 -83.7 2 25.9 -58.1 286 40 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16759 -64.0 -86.2 3 22.2 -64.1 353 12 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.58 m Freezing level: 574.09 mb = 4863.69 m = 15956.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.78 mb = 4558.82 m = 14956.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.17 % Est. max temperature: 26.70 C = 80.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.00 mb = 2016.29 m = 6615.03 ft T: 15.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 11.60 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 626.86 mb = 4143.11 m = 13592.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Cap Strength: 4.39 C Lifted Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.95 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 145.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 299.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.97 mb = 3028.22 m = 9934.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 541.97 mb = 5315.23 m = 17438.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 331.97 mb = 8992.27 m = 29501.83 ft B at Equ Level: 145.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.97 mb = 10911.36 m = 35797.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.4 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 322.4 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 2.6 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.2 neg: -71.2 tot: 34.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 2.00 Bulk Shear: 72.69 m/s