MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 10Z 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 154 1 950 605 2 900 1075 3 850 1567 SFC 832 1750 13.9 13.5 97 0.5 13.6 88 4 302.6 304.8 293.7 337.4 11.74 5 800 2082 14.5 11.1 80 3.4 12.3 189 1 306.6 308.6 293.9 338.0 10.43 6 750 2634 17.8 6.6 48 11.2 10.9 228 9 315.9 317.5 294.7 341.5 8.16 7 700 3220 13.7 1.6 44 12.0 6.8 246 7 317.6 318.8 293.6 337.2 6.16 8 650 3839 8.4 -2.6 46 11.0 2.7 276 5 318.5 319.4 292.9 334.2 4.88 9 600 4493 2.1 -3.8 65 5.9 -0.9 294 7 318.5 319.5 292.8 334.1 4.82 10 550 5187 -3.8 -10.9 58 7.1 -6.7 292 15 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.6 3.03 11 500 5932 -8.6 -21.9 33 13.3 -12.6 290 22 322.6 322.8 290.9 327.1 1.33 12 450 6740 -13.7 -39.4 9 25.7 -18.3 287 27 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.1 0.28 13 400 7622 -20.7 -35.0 26 14.4 -23.2 288 32 328.1 328.2 291.7 329.9 0.49 14 350 8593 -27.5 -47.9 13 20.3 -29.6 286 46 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.14 15 300 9686 -34.6 -52.6 14 18.0 -35.9 290 61 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.10 16 250 10935 -43.7 -57.5 20 13.8 -44.3 288 66 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.06 17 200 12406 -50.4 -74.2 4 23.7 -50.9 281 58 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14249 -57.8 -80.1 4 22.2 -58.1 280 41 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16753 -66.2 -81.3 10 15.2 -66.3 250 6 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.21 m Freezing level: 582.26 mb = 4739.08 m = 15547.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.22 mb = 4327.91 m = 14199.00 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.38 % Est. max temperature: 28.47 C = 83.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.94 mb = 1810.46 m = 5939.77 ft T: 14.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.21 C/km ThetaE index: 14.48 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 633.30 mb = 4051.23 m = 13291.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.04 C = 84.27 F Cap Strength: 6.44 C Lifted Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.19 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 365.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 305.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.55 mb = 3105.10 m = 10187.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 574.55 mb = 4838.57 m = 15874.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 294.55 mb = 9811.48 m = 32189.51 ft B at Equ Level: 365.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.55 mb = 12257.99 m = 40216.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.7 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 313.7 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.5 neg: -6.2 tot: 38.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 9.72 Bulk Shear: 37.61 m/s