MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1076 3 850 1566 SFC 832 1750 14.9 13.9 93 1.1 14.2 115 2 303.7 305.9 294.2 339.5 12.06 5 800 2079 12.7 12.1 96 0.6 12.3 247 3 304.7 306.8 293.9 338.1 11.16 6 750 2631 18.3 3.3 37 15.0 9.5 270 6 316.4 317.7 293.6 336.9 6.46 7 700 3218 14.1 -1.3 35 15.4 5.8 286 6 318.1 319.1 292.8 334.1 4.99 8 650 3836 8.5 -3.1 44 11.6 2.5 288 7 318.5 319.4 292.7 333.6 4.68 9 600 4490 2.2 -4.9 59 7.1 -1.3 294 8 318.7 319.6 292.5 333.0 4.44 10 550 5185 -3.9 -8.9 68 4.9 -6.1 294 12 319.4 320.1 292.0 331.1 3.56 11 500 5930 -8.8 -24.7 26 15.9 -13.3 286 21 322.3 322.5 290.5 325.9 1.03 12 450 6737 -13.8 -33.2 18 19.5 -17.9 286 25 325.9 326.0 291.1 327.8 0.52 13 400 7619 -20.9 -37.5 21 16.6 -23.6 289 35 327.9 327.9 291.5 329.3 0.38 14 350 8591 -27.1 -54.3 6 27.2 -29.5 290 47 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.07 15 300 9684 -34.9 -54.5 12 19.6 -36.2 291 56 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.08 16 250 10931 -44.0 -59.9 16 15.9 -44.6 289 63 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.05 17 200 12401 -49.7 -74.7 4 25.1 -50.2 280 58 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 14247 -57.6 -79.6 5 21.9 -57.9 276 36 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16742 -66.6 -82.8 9 16.2 -66.7 297 6 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.45 m Freezing level: 581.89 mb = 4741.75 m = 15556.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.92 mb = 4262.92 m = 13985.78 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.13 % Est. max temperature: 28.79 C = 83.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.61 mb = 1884.70 m = 6183.34 ft T: 14.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.46 C/km ThetaE index: 13.64 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 626.56 mb = 4136.21 m = 13570.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.13 C = 84.43 F Cap Strength: 7.30 C Lifted Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.11 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 235.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 356.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.40 mb = 3140.15 m = 10302.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 561.40 mb = 5020.91 m = 16472.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 311.40 mb = 9419.66 m = 30904.02 ft B at Equ Level: 234.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.40 mb = 11731.80 m = 38489.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.1 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 317.1 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.6 neg: -1.3 tot: 22.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 10.47 Bulk Shear: 22.46 m/s