MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010000F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 115 1 950 569 2 900 1049 3 850 1550 SFC 831 1750 22.7 14.6 60 8.1 17.1 168 3 311.9 314.4 296.8 350.9 12.67 5 800 2074 20.1 10.4 53 9.7 13.8 255 6 312.6 314.5 295.1 343.3 9.94 6 750 2632 19.8 0.2 27 19.5 8.8 292 5 318.0 319.0 293.0 334.7 5.19 7 700 3220 14.4 -1.7 33 16.1 5.7 298 5 318.4 319.4 292.8 334.0 4.82 8 650 3839 8.6 -3.4 43 12.0 2.4 306 4 318.7 319.5 292.6 333.4 4.57 9 600 4493 2.3 -5.1 58 7.4 -1.3 297 5 318.8 319.6 292.5 332.9 4.37 10 550 5188 -3.8 -8.5 70 4.7 -5.9 285 11 319.6 320.3 292.2 331.5 3.65 11 500 5934 -8.4 -16.0 54 7.6 -11.1 288 22 322.8 323.2 291.7 330.2 2.19 12 450 6742 -14.1 -27.4 31 13.4 -17.4 287 23 325.5 325.7 291.3 328.7 0.89 13 400 7623 -21.1 -40.2 16 19.1 -23.9 291 31 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.6 0.29 14 350 8597 -27.4 -50.8 9 23.4 -29.6 291 44 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.10 15 300 9686 -35.9 -53.4 15 17.5 -37.1 283 58 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.09 16 250 10931 -44.2 -64.7 9 20.4 -44.9 286 66 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.03 17 200 12398 -50.7 -72.7 6 22.0 -51.1 275 58 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14242 -58.9 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.1 272 47 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16738 -66.7 -85.3 6 18.7 -66.8 269 6 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.16 m Freezing level: 581.25 mb = 4753.58 m = 15595.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.99 mb = 4251.69 m = 13948.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.42 % Est. max temperature: 28.91 C = 84.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.35 mb = 2777.24 m = 9111.58 ft T: 18.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.40 C/km ThetaE index: 22.26 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 610.16 mb = 4355.93 m = 14290.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.11 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 527.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 184.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 641.86 mb = 3941.79 m = 12932.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 576.86 mb = 4807.04 m = 15770.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.86 mb = 10745.84 m = 35254.95 ft B at Equ Level: 525.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.86 mb = 13185.67 m = 43259.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.5 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 318.5 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.2 neg: -5.5 tot: 18.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 37.96 Bulk Shear: 13.89 m/s