MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 17Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.9,-105.79 Latitude: 39.90 Longitude: -105.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 1 950 553 2 900 1037 3 850 1544 4 800 2074 5 750 2632 SFC 724 2928 18.8 3.8 37 15.0 9.7 315 5 320.2 321.5 294.9 342.4 6.95 7 700 3220 14.4 0.3 38 14.1 6.5 309 4 318.4 319.5 293.4 336.3 5.58 8 650 3838 8.6 -3.5 43 12.0 2.4 286 11 318.6 319.5 292.6 333.4 4.56 9 600 4492 2.3 -4.8 59 7.1 -1.2 280 14 318.7 319.6 292.6 333.1 4.45 10 550 5187 -4.2 -7.4 79 3.2 -5.7 274 17 319.1 319.8 292.3 332.0 3.99 11 500 5930 -9.8 -15.2 64 5.4 -11.7 275 21 321.1 321.6 291.5 329.0 2.35 12 450 6734 -15.4 -26.2 39 10.7 -18.1 278 28 323.8 324.0 291.0 327.4 1.00 13 400 7610 -22.3 -41.0 17 18.7 -24.9 279 31 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.0 0.27 14 350 8579 -28.5 -51.7 9 23.1 -30.6 276 41 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.09 15 300 9662 -37.4 -49.4 27 12.1 -38.2 276 58 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.14 16 250 10897 -45.2 -61.0 15 15.9 -45.7 275 65 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 17 200 12369 -49.6 -70.7 7 21.1 -50.1 270 65 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14219 -56.9 -81.2 3 24.4 -57.2 269 55 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16740 -66.3 -85.7 5 19.4 -66.4 271 2 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.42 m Freezing level: 582.53 mb = 4735.20 m = 15535.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.94 mb = 4265.03 m = 13992.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.06 % Est. max temperature: 17.69 C = 63.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 578.57 mb = 4782.80 m = 15691.41 ft T: -0.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.90 C/km ThetaE index: 15.40 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 552.44 mb = 5151.73 m = 16901.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.80 C = 64.04 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 209.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 554.67 mb = 5119.65 m = 16796.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 539.67 mb = 5334.98 m = 17503.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.67 mb = 9899.28 m = 32477.57 ft B at Equ Level: 207.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.67 mb = 11456.70 m = 37587.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.0 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 308.0 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 37.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.37 Bulk Shear: 47.96 m/s