MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F035.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F035.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 35 hour NAM valid 11Z 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 158 1 950 607 2 900 1077 3 850 1567 SFC 832 1750 14.4 13.6 95 0.8 13.9 110 2 303.1 305.3 293.9 338.3 11.85 5 800 2081 13.0 12.9 99 0.1 12.9 179 3 305.0 307.1 294.3 340.1 11.74 6 750 2632 18.1 4.8 42 13.3 10.1 245 7 316.2 317.6 294.1 339.0 7.23 7 700 3218 14.0 -0.6 36 14.6 6.0 277 6 318.0 319.0 293.0 334.7 5.22 8 650 3836 8.4 -2.4 47 10.8 2.7 304 7 318.5 319.4 292.9 334.4 4.95 9 600 4491 2.2 -4.0 63 6.2 -0.9 300 8 318.7 319.6 292.7 333.9 4.73 10 550 5185 -4.1 -7.5 77 3.5 -5.6 295 14 319.3 320.0 292.3 332.1 3.95 11 500 5930 -8.6 -26.1 23 17.5 -13.3 287 22 322.6 322.7 290.5 325.8 0.91 12 450 6737 -13.8 -37.6 12 23.8 -18.3 286 26 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.1 0.33 13 400 7620 -20.6 -38.5 19 17.9 -23.5 289 35 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.4 0.34 14 350 8591 -27.1 -50.9 9 23.8 -29.4 288 48 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.10 15 300 9684 -34.9 -54.7 11 19.9 -36.2 291 58 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.08 16 250 10932 -43.9 -58.6 18 14.7 -44.6 288 65 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.06 17 200 12403 -50.0 -74.5 4 24.5 -50.4 279 59 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14246 -58.0 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 280 37 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16746 -66.3 -82.0 9 15.7 -66.4 280 6 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.23 m Freezing level: 582.51 mb = 4733.58 m = 15529.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.63 mb = 4320.36 m = 14174.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.67 % Est. max temperature: 28.72 C = 83.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.05 mb = 1850.92 m = 6072.51 ft T: 13.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.34 C/km ThetaE index: 14.30 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 635.06 mb = 4026.46 m = 13210.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Cap Strength: 6.99 C Lifted Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.55 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 357.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 321.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.21 mb = 3023.36 m = 9919.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 571.21 mb = 4883.00 m = 16020.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.21 mb = 10126.97 m = 33224.55 ft B at Equ Level: 354.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.21 mb = 12362.75 m = 40559.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.8 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 316.8 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.0 neg: -4.7 tot: 33.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 9.62 Bulk Shear: 37.15 m/s