MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 2Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.31,-103.62 Latitude: 39.31 Longitude: -103.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 1 950 611 2 900 1082 3 850 1574 SFC 838 1698 13.3 11.0 86 2.4 11.9 355 14 301.3 303.2 291.9 330.5 9.86 5 800 2094 17.4 12.4 73 5.0 14.1 162 14 309.7 311.9 295.4 344.5 11.41 6 750 2642 14.0 5.5 56 8.5 9.0 163 16 311.8 313.3 293.2 335.3 7.59 7 700 3221 10.6 2.0 55 8.6 5.8 169 15 314.3 315.5 292.8 334.2 6.33 8 650 3834 6.1 3.0 80 3.1 4.4 204 17 315.9 317.3 294.1 339.0 7.34 9 600 4486 2.1 2.0 99 0.1 2.1 223 24 318.6 320.0 294.8 342.2 7.42 10 550 5184 -2.7 -2.8 99 0.1 -2.7 269 32 320.9 322.0 294.1 339.3 5.69 11 500 5931 -9.2 -13.2 73 3.9 -10.8 281 44 321.8 322.3 292.0 331.0 2.78 12 450 6737 -14.5 -27.7 32 13.2 -17.7 292 52 325.0 325.2 291.2 328.2 0.87 13 400 7618 -20.6 -32.1 35 11.5 -22.8 297 50 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.6 0.65 14 350 8593 -27.0 -31.4 66 4.5 -27.8 296 38 332.4 332.6 293.2 335.3 0.79 15 300 9690 -33.2 -35.7 78 2.5 -33.6 315 23 338.6 338.7 294.6 340.9 0.61 16 250 10949 -41.7 -45.1 70 3.3 -42.0 338 23 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.1 0.27 17 200 12423 -52.1 -55.9 63 3.8 -52.2 324 35 350.3 350.3 296.8 350.7 0.10 18 150 14253 -58.3 -77.1 7 18.8 -58.6 281 55 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16765 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 236 8 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.75 m Freezing level: 577.76 mb = 4796.50 m = 15736.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.45 mb = 4779.36 m = 15680.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.93 % Est. max temperature: 25.97 C = 78.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.63 mb = 2002.09 m = 6568.47 ft T: 16.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 10.35 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.45 mb = 3701.95 m = 12145.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.83 C = 80.30 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.46 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 254.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 215.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.21 mb = 2958.91 m = 9707.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 537.21 mb = 5368.38 m = 17612.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 327.21 mb = 9072.28 m = 29764.34 ft B at Equ Level: 252.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.21 mb = 11296.03 m = 37060.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.4 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 297.4 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 482.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 482.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 160.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 1.17 Bulk Shear: 217.41 m/s