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: 38.68,-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 154 1 950 604 2 900 1075 3 850 1566 SFC 833 1741 14.0 13.4 96 0.7 13.6 88 4 302.6 304.7 293.6 337.1 11.65 5 800 2082 14.5 11.1 80 3.3 12.3 197 1 306.6 308.5 293.9 338.0 10.45 6 750 2634 17.8 6.7 48 11.0 10.9 226 9 315.9 317.5 294.7 341.8 8.26 7 700 3220 13.7 1.6 44 12.1 6.8 246 7 317.6 318.8 293.6 337.1 6.13 8 650 3838 8.4 -2.3 47 10.7 2.7 271 5 318.4 319.4 292.9 334.4 4.97 9 600 4493 2.1 -3.4 67 5.5 -0.7 295 7 318.5 319.5 292.9 334.5 4.96 10 550 5187 -3.9 -10.0 62 6.2 -6.5 291 15 319.5 320.1 291.7 330.1 3.24 11 500 5932 -8.6 -20.7 37 12.1 -12.4 290 22 322.5 322.8 291.0 327.6 1.47 12 450 6740 -13.7 -39.7 9 26.0 -18.3 287 27 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.1 0.27 13 400 7622 -20.7 -34.5 28 13.8 -23.2 288 32 328.1 328.2 291.7 330.0 0.51 14 350 8593 -27.6 -47.6 13 20.0 -29.6 286 45 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.15 15 300 9686 -34.7 -52.9 14 18.2 -36.0 290 61 336.5 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.09 16 250 10935 -43.7 -57.7 20 13.9 -44.3 288 66 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.3 0.06 17 200 12406 -50.4 -73.9 5 23.5 -50.9 281 58 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14249 -57.8 -79.9 4 22.1 -58.1 280 41 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16753 -66.2 -81.8 9 15.7 -66.2 252 6 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.10 m Freezing level: 582.65 mb = 4733.50 m = 15529.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.97 mb = 4357.96 m = 14297.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.11 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.68 mb = 1823.34 m = 5982.02 ft T: 14.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.23 C/km ThetaE index: 7.41 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 634.77 mb = 4032.30 m = 13229.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.07 C = 84.32 F Cap Strength: 6.49 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.15 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 374.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 306.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.84 mb = 3077.60 m = 10096.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 576.84 mb = 4806.65 m = 15769.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.84 mb = 9992.78 m = 32784.31 ft B at Equ Level: 372.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.84 mb = 12507.69 m = 41035.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.4 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 313.4 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.3 neg: -6.4 tot: 38.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 10.01 Bulk Shear: 37.44 m/s