MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 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 118 1 950 571 2 900 1050 3 850 1551 SFC 832 1741 22.4 10.0 45 12.5 14.4 320 6 311.6 313.4 294.4 340.2 9.29 5 800 2077 21.8 3.9 31 17.9 11.2 241 3 314.4 315.6 292.9 334.4 6.35 6 750 2634 18.8 0.1 28 18.7 8.4 173 9 317.0 318.0 292.7 333.5 5.15 7 700 3221 13.9 -0.5 37 14.4 6.0 228 7 317.9 319.0 293.0 334.9 5.28 8 650 3840 9.5 -4.1 38 13.6 2.5 290 11 319.7 320.5 292.7 333.7 4.33 9 600 4497 3.7 -8.5 40 12.3 -1.9 298 18 320.5 321.1 292.1 331.5 3.35 10 550 5195 -2.6 -11.5 50 8.9 -6.3 290 22 320.9 321.5 291.9 330.5 2.88 11 500 5942 -8.8 -14.7 62 6.0 -10.9 283 23 322.4 322.9 291.9 330.6 2.44 12 450 6750 -13.9 -36.3 13 22.4 -18.2 281 27 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.2 0.38 13 400 7634 -19.5 -36.0 22 16.5 -22.4 276 28 329.7 329.8 292.1 331.3 0.44 14 350 8613 -26.2 -29.9 71 3.7 -27.0 262 27 333.4 333.6 293.5 336.7 0.91 15 300 9708 -34.8 -42.0 48 7.3 -35.5 252 30 336.4 336.4 293.7 337.6 0.32 16 250 10958 -43.3 -48.1 60 4.7 -43.7 263 40 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.4 0.20 17 200 12433 -50.3 -72.9 5 22.6 -50.8 272 46 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14283 -58.5 -80.4 4 21.8 -58.7 273 25 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16775 -66.1 -85.5 5 19.4 -66.2 353 5 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.56 m Freezing level: 570.67 mb = 4906.64 m = 16097.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.39 mb = 4209.52 m = 13810.60 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.01 % Est. max temperature: 29.05 C = 84.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.53 mb = 3322.31 m = 10899.83 ft T: 13.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.34 C/km ThetaE index: 6.74 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 560.84 mb = 5038.62 m = 16530.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lifted Index: 0.20 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5216.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 604.89 mb = 4430.57 m = 14535.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.8 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 309.8 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.9 neg: -7.3 tot: 47.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.93 Bulk Shear: 24.76 m/s