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: 39.77,-104.89 Latitude: 39.77 Longitude: -104.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 540 2 900 1014 3 850 1509 SFC 841 1603 17.6 7.0 50 10.6 11.3 192 5 305.6 307.0 291.2 328.3 7.51 5 800 2035 23.7 -2.0 18 25.7 9.7 310 15 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.7 4.13 6 750 2592 18.8 -3.2 22 22.0 7.2 323 18 317.0 317.7 291.7 329.9 4.03 7 700 3177 13.3 -4.8 28 18.1 4.2 329 22 317.3 318.0 291.6 329.6 3.83 8 650 3793 7.5 -6.7 36 14.3 0.7 329 23 317.5 318.2 291.5 329.1 3.56 9 600 4445 1.6 -10.8 39 12.3 -3.7 328 21 317.9 318.5 290.9 327.1 2.80 10 550 5137 -4.9 -14.0 49 9.1 -8.4 329 21 318.3 318.7 290.6 326.1 2.36 11 500 5877 -10.8 -26.8 25 16.0 -14.9 324 20 319.9 320.0 289.6 322.8 0.85 12 450 6676 -16.7 -41.4 10 24.7 -20.4 307 18 322.3 322.3 289.7 323.1 0.23 13 400 7550 -23.0 -37.8 24 14.9 -25.2 292 25 325.2 325.2 290.7 326.5 0.37 14 350 8515 -29.8 -41.6 31 11.8 -31.1 295 34 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.28 15 300 9595 -37.5 -50.5 25 12.9 -38.4 295 43 332.4 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.12 16 250 10832 -44.7 -62.5 12 17.8 -45.3 302 63 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.03 17 200 12304 -49.4 -71.3 6 21.9 -49.8 300 67 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.7 0.01 18 150 14172 -54.5 -80.5 3 26.0 -54.9 298 41 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16704 -64.2 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 319 18 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.76 m Freezing level: 588.01 mb = 4610.94 m = 15127.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.78 mb = 3897.10 m = 12785.59 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.81 C = 83.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.45 mb = 2968.35 m = 9738.58 ft T: 15.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.95 C/km ThetaE index: 7.12 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 547.36 mb = 5174.24 m = 16975.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6432.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 576.10 mb = 4768.22 m = 15643.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.1 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 349.1 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.5 neg: -2.8 tot: 105.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.22 Bulk Shear: 14.91 m/s