MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F004.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F004.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 4 hour NAM valid 10Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 164 1 950 609 2 900 1080 3 850 1573 SFC 833 1740 13.2 12.0 92 1.2 12.4 32 4 301.7 303.6 292.5 333.0 10.62 5 800 2090 15.9 10.9 72 5.0 12.7 100 2 308.1 310.0 294.1 339.2 10.26 6 750 2638 13.7 9.8 78 3.8 11.2 195 7 311.4 313.3 295.0 342.8 10.23 7 700 3218 11.2 1.1 50 10.0 5.6 239 6 314.8 316.0 292.7 333.6 5.94 8 650 3833 8.0 -3.6 44 11.5 2.1 271 5 318.0 318.8 292.4 332.5 4.52 9 600 4488 3.2 -6.7 48 9.9 -1.5 299 7 319.9 320.6 292.4 332.5 3.86 10 550 5185 -2.8 -10.0 58 7.1 -5.9 317 13 320.7 321.3 292.1 331.5 3.26 11 500 5931 -9.0 -15.5 59 6.6 -11.3 314 13 322.1 322.6 291.6 329.8 2.28 12 450 6737 -14.8 -20.7 61 5.8 -16.6 306 16 324.6 324.9 291.7 330.2 1.64 13 400 7616 -21.1 -26.5 62 5.3 -22.4 267 23 327.5 327.7 292.1 331.4 1.10 14 350 8589 -27.4 -41.4 25 14.1 -29.2 258 40 331.9 331.9 292.5 333.0 0.29 15 300 9681 -34.7 -42.8 43 8.2 -35.5 244 58 336.5 336.6 293.7 337.7 0.29 16 250 10930 -44.0 -60.4 15 16.4 -44.6 241 61 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 17 200 12401 -50.8 -74.1 5 23.3 -51.2 255 56 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14235 -58.8 -80.6 4 21.8 -59.0 270 44 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16730 -66.6 -84.2 7 17.6 -66.8 12 3 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.37 m Freezing level: 573.39 mb = 4858.88 m = 15941.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.03 mb = 4205.84 m = 13798.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.59 % Est. max temperature: 26.67 C = 80.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.49 mb = 1895.03 m = 6217.22 ft T: 14.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 13.03 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.21 mb = 3893.31 m = 12773.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.85 C = 83.92 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.64 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 389.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 252.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.54 mb = 2801.77 m = 9192.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 550.54 mb = 5177.14 m = 16985.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.54 mb = 9900.58 m = 32481.82 ft B at Equ Level: 389.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.54 mb = 12383.21 m = 40626.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.8 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 321.8 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 47.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 16.69 Bulk Shear: 23.36 m/s