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: 38.68,-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 158 1 950 607 2 900 1076 3 850 1567 SFC 833 1741 14.4 13.5 94 0.9 13.8 113 2 303.0 305.2 293.8 337.9 11.77 5 800 2081 13.0 12.8 99 0.2 12.9 180 3 305.0 307.1 294.3 339.9 11.69 6 750 2632 18.1 4.8 42 13.2 10.1 243 8 316.2 317.6 294.0 338.9 7.22 7 700 3218 14.0 -0.2 38 14.2 6.1 277 6 317.9 319.0 293.1 335.2 5.39 8 650 3836 8.3 -2.0 48 10.3 2.9 306 7 318.4 319.4 293.0 334.8 5.10 9 600 4491 2.2 -3.8 65 5.9 -0.8 299 8 318.6 319.6 292.9 334.2 4.82 10 550 5185 -4.2 -6.8 82 2.6 -5.4 294 13 319.2 320.0 292.4 332.8 4.19 11 500 5930 -8.6 -26.2 23 17.7 -13.3 287 23 322.6 322.8 290.5 325.8 0.90 12 450 6737 -13.8 -38.5 10 24.8 -18.3 286 26 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.1 0.30 13 400 7620 -20.6 -37.7 20 17.1 -23.4 290 35 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.5 0.37 14 350 8591 -27.1 -50.7 9 23.5 -29.4 289 48 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.10 15 300 9684 -34.9 -54.4 12 19.6 -36.2 290 58 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.08 16 250 10932 -44.0 -58.3 19 14.4 -44.6 288 65 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.06 17 200 12402 -50.0 -74.8 4 24.9 -50.4 279 59 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14246 -58.0 -83.4 2 25.4 -58.3 281 37 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16746 -66.2 -81.9 9 15.6 -66.4 279 6 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.04 m Freezing level: 582.90 mb = 4728.06 m = 15511.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.84 mb = 4344.16 m = 14252.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.24 % Est. max temperature: 28.75 C = 83.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.39 mb = 1857.68 m = 6094.68 ft T: 13.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.31 C/km ThetaE index: 14.14 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 635.84 mb = 4016.31 m = 13176.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.09 C = 84.36 F Cap Strength: 7.03 C Lifted Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.56 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 346.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 323.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.85 mb = 3003.96 m = 9855.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 572.85 mb = 4860.07 m = 15944.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.85 mb = 10087.08 m = 33093.69 ft B at Equ Level: 343.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.85 mb = 12309.16 m = 40383.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.6 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 316.6 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.2 neg: -6.1 tot: 33.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 9.35 Bulk Shear: 37.05 m/s