MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F005.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 23Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 35.79,-104.48 Latitude: 35.79 Longitude: -104.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 1 950 573 2 900 1057 3 850 1564 SFC 837 1698 25.1 15.4 55 9.7 18.4 146 10 313.9 316.4 297.7 354.9 13.27 5 800 2094 20.9 13.9 64 7.0 16.1 150 13 313.4 315.8 297.1 352.3 12.56 6 750 2648 15.5 12.8 84 2.7 13.7 153 13 313.4 315.8 297.1 352.1 12.52 7 700 3230 11.6 9.4 86 2.3 10.2 187 11 315.4 317.4 296.3 348.5 10.62 8 650 3848 8.4 1.9 64 6.5 4.7 359 5 318.5 319.8 294.3 340.0 6.77 9 600 4505 3.9 -8.8 39 12.7 -1.9 9 3 320.7 321.3 292.1 331.5 3.28 10 550 5204 -2.1 -8.2 63 6.1 -4.8 318 4 321.6 322.4 292.8 334.0 3.75 11 500 5953 -7.7 -21.2 33 13.5 -11.9 279 14 323.7 324.0 291.3 328.6 1.41 12 450 6764 -12.5 -25.2 34 12.7 -16.0 280 33 327.5 327.7 292.1 331.4 1.09 13 400 7652 -19.0 -38.8 16 19.8 -22.3 281 38 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.6 0.33 14 350 8634 -23.9 -29.9 58 6.0 -25.1 296 36 336.6 336.8 294.3 340.0 0.92 15 300 9743 -31.8 -35.5 69 3.7 -32.4 290 45 340.5 340.7 295.0 342.9 0.62 16 250 11008 -40.7 -43.9 71 3.2 -41.0 287 48 345.6 345.6 295.9 346.8 0.31 17 200 12491 -50.7 -54.4 64 3.7 -50.9 291 53 352.5 352.5 297.3 353.0 0.12 18 150 14308 -63.4 -69.2 45 5.9 -63.4 278 46 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.02 19 100 16768 -68.9 -83.7 10 14.8 -68.9 159 4 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.69 m Freezing level: 567.13 mb = 4964.32 m = 16286.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.14 mb = 4313.84 m = 14152.85 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.05 % Est. max temperature: 27.31 C = 81.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 725.84 mb = 2924.10 m = 9593.38 ft T: 13.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 23.44 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.27 mb = 3166.34 m = 10388.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.38 C = 79.48 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -5.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1371.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.27 mb = 2977.38 m = 9768.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.27 mb = 3768.25 m = 12362.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.27 mb = 12609.64 m = 41369.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1361.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.27 mb = 16399.38 m = 53803.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.5 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 298.5 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -27.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.2 neg: -10.5 tot: 52.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 19.65 Bulk Shear: 69.78 m/s