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: 39.4,-103.62 Latitude: 39.40 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 189 1 950 649 2 900 1111 3 850 1593 SFC 838 1712 11.9 11.2 95 0.8 11.4 44 9 299.8 301.7 291.5 329.2 9.99 5 800 2101 12.1 8.3 78 3.8 9.7 139 11 304.0 305.6 291.6 329.7 8.60 6 750 2643 11.8 7.6 75 4.2 9.3 232 9 309.4 311.1 293.4 336.3 8.79 7 700 3220 10.0 6.9 81 3.1 8.0 268 24 313.5 315.2 294.6 341.3 8.94 8 650 3834 6.8 5.0 88 1.8 5.7 270 34 316.6 318.3 295.1 343.3 8.46 9 600 4487 1.9 1.0 94 0.9 1.4 271 36 318.3 319.6 294.4 340.2 6.87 10 550 5182 -3.2 -6.3 79 3.1 -4.6 288 31 320.3 321.2 292.9 334.5 4.35 11 500 5930 -8.2 -14.2 62 6.0 -10.5 298 33 323.0 323.5 292.2 331.6 2.55 12 450 6739 -13.8 -19.4 62 5.6 -15.6 303 32 325.9 326.3 292.3 332.2 1.83 13 400 7624 -19.6 -22.3 79 2.7 -20.4 306 26 329.5 329.8 293.1 335.1 1.60 14 350 8604 -25.3 -25.5 98 0.2 -25.3 316 13 334.7 335.0 294.3 339.7 1.38 15 300 9707 -32.6 -32.9 98 0.2 -32.7 346 6 339.4 339.5 294.9 342.4 0.80 16 250 10966 -42.1 -45.4 70 3.3 -42.3 4 8 343.5 343.5 295.4 344.6 0.26 17 200 12438 -52.7 -56.6 63 3.9 -52.8 6 21 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.7 0.09 18 150 14260 -59.3 -71.2 20 11.9 -59.5 283 57 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.02 19 100 16775 -64.1 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 184 8 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.94 m Freezing level: 581.29 mb = 4747.18 m = 15574.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.56 mb = 4640.75 m = 15225.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.62 % Est. max temperature: 25.61 C = 78.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.60 mb = 1807.13 m = 5928.82 ft T: 11.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 636.13 mb = 4009.55 m = 13154.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.33 C = 82.99 F Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lifted Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.84 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5880.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.36 mb = 2672.40 m = 8767.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.2 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 315.2 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 339.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 339.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 181.83 m/s