MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F039.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F039.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 134 1 950 588 2 900 1062 3 850 1557 SFC 831 1750 19.0 14.2 74 4.8 15.7 103 1 308.0 310.3 295.6 345.2 12.31 5 800 2076 19.6 6.8 43 12.8 11.7 257 5 312.1 313.5 293.3 336.1 7.76 6 750 2633 19.5 0.1 27 19.3 8.6 297 5 317.7 318.7 292.9 334.2 5.16 7 700 3220 14.3 -1.9 32 16.3 5.6 304 5 318.3 319.3 292.7 333.6 4.74 8 650 3839 8.6 -3.4 43 11.9 2.4 313 5 318.6 319.5 292.6 333.4 4.58 9 600 4493 2.3 -4.8 59 7.1 -1.2 310 7 318.8 319.6 292.6 333.2 4.45 10 550 5188 -4.1 -7.7 76 3.6 -5.7 291 11 319.2 320.0 292.3 332.0 3.91 11 500 5933 -8.4 -24.3 27 15.9 -12.9 291 21 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.5 1.07 12 450 6741 -14.1 -31.8 21 17.7 -17.9 294 25 325.5 325.7 291.0 327.7 0.59 13 400 7622 -21.0 -43.4 11 22.4 -24.0 295 34 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.21 14 350 8596 -27.4 -52.1 8 24.7 -29.6 292 47 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.09 15 300 9686 -35.8 -52.8 16 16.9 -37.0 285 57 334.8 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.10 16 250 10930 -44.3 -65.9 7 21.5 -45.0 287 66 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.02 17 200 12397 -50.3 -71.3 7 21.0 -50.7 276 60 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14241 -58.7 -79.9 5 21.2 -59.0 268 47 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16737 -66.7 -83.9 7 17.1 -66.8 278 4 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.42 m Freezing level: 582.13 mb = 4741.46 m = 15555.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.80 mb = 4267.55 m = 14000.96 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.90 C = 84.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.57 mb = 2365.96 m = 7762.23 ft T: 19.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.39 C/km ThetaE index: 18.74 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 594.24 mb = 4570.30 m = 14994.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.23 C = 84.62 F Cap Strength: 4.09 C Lifted Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.89 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 145.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 273.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 633.71 mb = 4046.47 m = 13275.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 548.71 mb = 5206.22 m = 17080.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.71 mb = 9483.26 m = 31112.68 ft B at Equ Level: 144.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 238.71 mb = 11233.68 m = 36855.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.3 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 324.3 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.0 neg: -3.6 tot: 22.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 9.08 Bulk Shear: 16.02 m/s