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: 40.96,-104.7 Latitude: 40.96 Longitude: -104.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 1 950 641 2 900 1104 3 850 1587 SFC 827 1815 11.4 10.5 94 1.0 10.9 332 23 300.5 302.2 291.4 328.9 9.66 5 800 2094 11.3 6.9 74 4.4 8.7 331 38 303.2 304.6 290.7 326.5 7.82 6 750 2636 12.6 4.3 57 8.3 7.8 350 33 310.3 311.6 292.2 331.8 6.96 7 700 3213 10.7 2.2 56 8.5 5.9 5 25 314.4 315.6 292.9 334.6 6.44 8 650 3826 6.0 1.9 75 4.0 3.7 22 18 315.7 317.0 293.6 337.1 6.79 9 600 4477 1.5 -3.9 67 5.4 -1.2 38 13 317.8 318.7 292.6 333.2 4.78 10 550 5172 -3.3 -8.2 69 4.9 -5.5 46 8 320.2 320.9 292.4 332.4 3.73 11 500 5919 -8.3 -10.9 82 2.5 -9.4 40 4 322.9 323.6 292.8 334.0 3.34 12 450 6729 -13.2 -14.0 94 0.8 -13.5 296 1 326.6 327.2 293.4 336.3 2.87 13 400 7616 -19.0 -19.0 100 0.0 -19.0 250 5 330.3 330.8 293.7 337.8 2.13 14 350 8597 -25.6 -25.7 100 0.0 -25.6 252 11 334.2 334.4 294.1 339.1 1.35 15 300 9697 -33.7 -33.7 100 -0.0 -33.7 257 16 337.9 338.0 294.5 340.7 0.74 16 250 10951 -42.8 -45.9 72 3.1 -43.0 261 22 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.4 0.25 17 200 12416 -54.1 -57.8 64 3.7 -54.2 249 35 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.5 0.08 18 150 14221 -59.1 -63.0 61 3.9 -59.2 265 55 368.3 368.3 300.3 368.5 0.05 19 100 16793 -63.0 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 82 8 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.76 m Freezing level: 584.57 mb = 4691.45 m = 15391.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.30 mb = 4312.03 m = 14146.91 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.68 % Est. max temperature: 25.18 C = 77.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.15 mb = 1937.50 m = 6356.55 ft T: 11.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 2.34 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 613.09 mb = 4301.59 m = 14112.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.35 C = 81.23 F Cap Strength: 6.54 C Lifted Index: 3.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.54 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6321.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.94 mb = 3095.31 m = 10155.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 0.6 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 30.6 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -177.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 160.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 63.10 m/s