MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F038.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F038.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 38 hour NAM valid 14Z 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 148 1 950 598 2 900 1069 3 850 1560 SFC 831 1750 16.5 13.8 84 2.7 14.7 18 2 305.4 307.6 294.6 341.3 12.00 5 800 2076 17.7 7.9 52 9.9 11.6 266 6 310.1 311.6 293.3 335.8 8.37 6 750 2631 19.1 0.7 29 18.4 8.7 298 6 317.3 318.4 292.9 334.5 5.36 7 700 3218 14.2 -1.3 34 15.5 5.8 304 6 318.2 319.2 292.9 334.2 4.97 8 650 3837 8.5 -2.7 45 11.2 2.6 310 7 318.5 319.5 292.8 334.1 4.81 9 600 4491 2.3 -4.7 60 7.0 -1.2 314 7 318.8 319.6 292.6 333.3 4.49 10 550 5186 -4.2 -7.3 79 3.1 -5.6 298 11 319.1 319.9 292.3 332.2 4.02 11 500 5931 -8.5 -29.7 16 21.3 -13.7 287 20 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.0 0.65 12 450 6739 -13.8 -32.2 19 18.5 -17.8 292 26 325.9 326.0 291.2 328.0 0.57 13 400 7620 -21.0 -39.6 17 18.5 -23.9 292 35 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.8 0.31 14 350 8595 -27.1 -52.2 7 25.0 -29.5 293 46 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.09 15 300 9685 -35.7 -47.3 30 11.6 -36.7 286 56 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.18 16 250 10930 -44.3 -59.1 18 14.7 -44.9 287 66 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.05 17 200 12401 -49.2 -74.3 4 25.2 -49.7 277 58 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.01 18 150 14246 -59.0 -79.5 5 20.6 -59.2 268 45 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16738 -66.4 -83.3 8 16.8 -66.6 279 2 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.80 m Freezing level: 582.32 mb = 4737.12 m = 15541.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.36 mb = 4284.82 m = 14057.65 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.40 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.11 mb = 2096.58 m = 6878.45 ft T: 17.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.37 C/km ThetaE index: 16.29 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 600.00 mb = 4491.50 m = 14735.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.19 C = 84.55 F Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lifted Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 105.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 331.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 651.41 mb = 3818.98 m = 12529.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 546.41 mb = 5237.07 m = 17181.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 346.41 mb = 8667.74 m = 28437.12 ft B at Equ Level: 104.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 256.41 mb = 10756.64 m = 35290.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.0 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 324.0 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.9 neg: -2.6 tot: 10.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.46 Bulk Shear: 14.10 m/s