MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 13Z 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 157 1 950 607 2 900 1076 3 850 1565 SFC 832 1750 14.9 13.7 92 1.2 14.1 327 1 303.6 305.8 294.1 339.1 11.93 5 800 2078 14.8 10.2 74 4.6 11.9 279 5 307.0 308.8 293.5 336.6 9.82 6 750 2632 18.8 1.8 32 16.9 9.0 284 5 316.9 318.1 293.2 335.5 5.83 7 700 3219 14.1 -1.2 35 15.3 5.8 294 6 318.1 319.1 292.9 334.2 5.01 8 650 3837 8.4 -2.3 47 10.7 2.7 298 6 318.4 319.4 292.9 334.4 4.96 9 600 4492 2.3 -5.0 58 7.3 -1.3 306 7 318.8 319.6 292.5 332.9 4.38 10 550 5186 -3.9 -9.5 65 5.6 -6.3 297 12 319.5 320.1 291.9 330.5 3.37 11 500 5931 -8.6 -26.9 21 18.4 -13.5 287 20 322.6 322.7 290.5 325.6 0.84 12 450 6739 -13.6 -37.2 12 23.7 -18.0 289 26 326.2 326.2 291.0 327.5 0.35 13 400 7621 -21.4 -33.9 32 12.4 -23.7 290 35 327.1 327.3 291.5 329.2 0.55 14 350 8595 -27.1 -54.7 6 27.5 -29.5 290 46 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.06 15 300 9687 -35.2 -51.8 17 16.6 -36.4 288 57 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.2 0.11 16 250 10933 -44.2 -60.0 16 15.7 -44.8 289 64 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.05 17 200 12402 -49.8 -79.5 2 29.7 -50.3 282 58 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.00 18 150 14246 -58.4 -79.3 5 21.0 -58.6 272 41 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16738 -66.2 -83.1 8 16.9 -66.3 326 4 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.53 m Freezing level: 581.55 mb = 4747.95 m = 15577.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.42 mb = 4270.99 m = 14012.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.75 C = 83.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.96 mb = 1900.68 m = 6235.76 ft T: 14.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.37 C/km ThetaE index: 4.89 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 613.57 mb = 4308.84 m = 14136.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.16 C = 84.49 F Cap Strength: 6.54 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 150.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 369.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.41 mb = 3443.58 m = 11297.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 546.41 mb = 5237.39 m = 17182.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.41 mb = 8875.51 m = 29118.78 ft B at Equ Level: 149.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 246.41 mb = 11028.19 m = 36181.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.8 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 320.8 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.8 neg: -0.4 tot: 9.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 9.87 Bulk Shear: 15.20 m/s