MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 22Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 40.93,-104.52 Latitude: 40.93 Longitude: -104.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 1 950 646 2 900 1101 3 850 1577 SFC 842 1650 8.4 7.2 92 1.2 7.8 358 27 295.7 297.1 288.0 317.8 7.59 5 800 2084 12.6 8.7 77 3.9 10.2 343 43 304.6 306.2 292.0 331.2 8.88 6 750 2625 10.9 8.2 83 2.7 9.2 357 34 308.4 310.1 293.4 336.2 9.14 7 700 3201 10.3 10.2 100 0.0 10.2 39 18 313.8 316.0 296.4 348.7 11.25 8 650 3819 8.0 7.8 99 0.2 7.9 103 20 318.0 320.0 296.7 350.5 10.30 9 600 4473 1.9 -3.1 70 4.9 -0.6 115 23 318.3 319.3 293.0 334.6 5.09 10 550 5167 -4.4 -10.2 64 5.8 -6.8 134 19 318.9 319.5 291.5 329.4 3.20 11 500 5908 -10.9 -13.9 78 3.0 -11.9 157 16 319.8 320.3 291.3 328.5 2.62 12 450 6709 -16.8 -19.8 78 3.0 -17.7 180 15 322.1 322.5 291.2 328.2 1.77 13 400 7581 -23.8 -27.3 72 3.6 -24.5 222 23 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.7 1.02 14 350 8544 -29.1 -31.8 77 2.7 -29.6 254 41 329.5 329.7 292.3 332.3 0.76 15 300 9636 -34.0 -36.1 81 2.1 -34.3 287 47 337.5 337.6 294.3 339.7 0.58 16 250 10889 -43.3 -46.6 70 3.3 -43.6 298 58 341.7 341.7 295.0 342.6 0.23 17 200 12351 -54.6 -58.4 62 3.8 -54.7 295 65 346.3 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.07 18 150 14191 -49.8 -64.8 16 15.0 -50.3 250 41 384.3 384.3 302.9 384.5 0.04 19 100 16773 -63.2 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.4 62 7 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.38 m Freezing level: 585.05 mb = 4680.37 m = 15355.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.68 mb = 4423.09 m = 14511.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.58 % Est. max temperature: 26.25 C = 79.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.28 mb = 1803.05 m = 5915.44 ft T: 9.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 842.50 mb = 1650.32 m = 5414.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.22 C = 48.60 F Cap Strength: 6.81 C Lifted Index: 0.32 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.90 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 76.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 514.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.84 mb = 2548.75 m = 8361.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 461.84 mb = 6511.34 m = 21362.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 381.84 mb = 7915.63 m = 25969.58 ft B at Equ Level: 75.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 331.84 mb = 8921.03 m = 29268.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 95.4 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 125.4 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.1 neg: 2.8 tot: 12.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 261.8 neg: -59.2 tot: 202.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 300.19 m/s