MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 150 1 950 605 2 900 1078 3 850 1573 SFC 834 1740 15.5 10.4 72 5.0 12.3 300 5 304.0 305.8 292.4 332.6 9.56 5 800 2094 19.1 2.6 33 16.5 9.7 113 10 311.5 312.6 291.6 329.5 5.79 6 750 2645 16.3 0.5 34 15.8 7.6 142 12 314.3 315.3 292.0 331.1 5.31 7 700 3228 12.8 -0.1 41 12.9 5.7 193 9 316.6 317.7 292.7 333.9 5.42 8 650 3845 8.3 -1.2 51 9.6 3.2 252 13 318.4 319.4 293.2 335.7 5.38 9 600 4500 2.3 -2.6 70 5.0 -0.2 272 20 318.8 319.8 293.2 335.7 5.25 10 550 5194 -3.9 -5.3 91 1.3 -4.6 278 25 319.4 320.3 293.0 334.6 4.71 11 500 5939 -9.1 -9.7 95 0.6 -9.4 286 29 322.0 322.7 292.8 334.1 3.66 12 450 6746 -14.3 -15.3 92 1.0 -14.6 295 28 325.3 325.8 292.8 334.1 2.59 13 400 7629 -19.8 -21.7 85 1.9 -20.4 290 23 329.2 329.5 293.1 335.1 1.68 14 350 8604 -27.3 -33.2 57 5.9 -28.3 273 27 332.0 332.1 292.9 334.5 0.67 15 300 9697 -35.2 -41.9 50 6.7 -35.8 262 37 335.8 335.9 293.6 337.1 0.32 16 250 10943 -43.9 -49.0 57 5.1 -44.3 266 40 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.5 0.18 17 200 12415 -50.2 -64.2 18 14.0 -50.6 268 52 353.2 353.2 297.4 353.4 0.03 18 150 14271 -57.1 -82.5 3 25.4 -57.3 270 32 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16762 -66.1 -85.5 5 19.4 -66.2 312 9 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.60 m Freezing level: 581.45 mb = 4757.61 m = 15608.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.16 mb = 4456.92 m = 14622.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.64 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.16 mb = 2385.35 m = 7825.86 ft T: 17.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km ThetaE index: 3.06 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 572.17 mb = 4879.04 m = 16007.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.81 C = 85.67 F Cap Strength: 6.14 C Lifted Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.57 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6571.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 633.71 mb = 4052.71 m = 13296.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.5 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 306.5 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 2.8 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 213.3 neg: -16.0 tot: 197.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 104.67 m/s