MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F048.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F048.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.75,-104.31 Latitude: 39.75 Longitude: -104.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 538 2 900 1013 3 850 1509 SFC 838 1630 12.5 8.6 77 3.9 10.2 246 3 300.5 302.0 290.3 325.3 8.40 5 800 2034 21.6 1.1 26 20.5 10.0 316 14 314.2 315.2 291.9 330.6 5.18 6 750 2589 17.9 -1.7 26 19.6 7.3 329 15 316.0 316.9 291.8 330.4 4.49 7 700 3173 13.3 -4.9 28 18.1 4.1 329 22 317.2 317.9 291.6 329.5 3.80 8 650 3790 7.6 -6.6 36 14.1 0.8 326 25 317.5 318.2 291.5 329.2 3.60 9 600 4441 1.5 -10.2 41 11.7 -3.5 324 24 317.9 318.5 291.0 327.5 2.94 10 550 5134 -4.7 -15.0 44 10.4 -8.5 323 24 318.6 319.0 290.5 325.8 2.16 11 500 5874 -11.2 -19.4 51 8.2 -13.7 316 22 319.4 319.7 290.3 324.9 1.65 12 450 6673 -16.6 -29.7 31 13.2 -19.4 295 21 322.4 322.6 290.3 325.0 0.72 13 400 7547 -22.7 -40.3 19 17.5 -25.2 294 23 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.5 0.29 14 350 8512 -29.5 -41.4 30 12.0 -30.9 297 30 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.29 15 300 9592 -37.9 -47.9 34 10.0 -38.6 298 36 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.17 16 250 10828 -44.6 -60.5 15 15.9 -45.2 303 61 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.04 17 200 12302 -48.8 -71.7 5 22.9 -49.4 300 64 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 18 150 14171 -54.7 -80.6 3 25.9 -55.1 292 40 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16707 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 347 16 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.68 m Freezing level: 587.59 mb = 4613.10 m = 15134.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.59 mb = 3908.43 m = 12822.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.01 % Est. max temperature: 28.49 C = 83.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.10 mb = 2141.14 m = 7024.66 ft T: 20.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.06 C/km ThetaE index: 5.64 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 563.77 mb = 4936.86 m = 16196.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Cap Strength: 4.73 C Lifted Index: 0.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 65.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7210.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 611.06 mb = 4292.60 m = 14083.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.9 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 345.9 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.5 neg: -4.3 tot: 47.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.69 Bulk Shear: 17.83 m/s