MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 33.95,-110.85 Latitude: 33.95 Longitude: -110.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 552 2 900 1044 3 850 1558 SFC 845 1616 33.2 7.7 21 25.5 16.7 251 9 321.5 323.1 295.9 346.7 7.84 5 800 2096 25.9 6.2 28 19.7 13.6 248 11 318.8 320.2 294.9 342.5 7.45 6 750 2658 20.4 4.9 36 15.4 10.9 243 11 318.7 320.1 294.7 341.8 7.27 7 700 3247 14.8 3.0 45 11.8 7.8 239 11 318.8 320.1 294.4 340.5 6.79 8 650 3868 9.5 -4.7 36 14.2 2.3 234 11 319.7 320.5 292.6 333.2 4.15 9 600 4524 4.2 -9.4 37 13.5 -2.0 235 16 321.0 321.6 292.1 331.3 3.13 10 550 5226 0.0 -29.4 9 29.5 -8.2 259 13 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.3 0.61 11 500 5981 -4.3 -43.2 3 38.9 -12.0 275 17 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.4 0.17 12 450 6801 -9.9 -43.0 5 33.0 -15.9 277 20 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.19 13 400 7699 -15.8 -41.6 9 25.7 -20.3 276 24 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.4 0.25 14 350 8689 -23.4 -46.6 10 23.2 -26.3 287 27 337.1 337.2 293.8 337.8 0.16 15 300 9795 -33.0 -47.5 22 14.5 -34.4 292 29 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.5 0.17 16 250 11045 -43.8 -52.7 37 8.8 -44.3 298 33 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.4 0.12 17 200 12512 -52.3 -70.4 10 18.1 -52.7 279 29 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14317 -64.5 -78.2 14 13.7 -64.6 275 29 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16731 -72.3 -83.9 16 11.5 -72.4 122 8 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5897.77 m Freezing level: 549.63 mb = 5231.10 m = 17162.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.06 mb = 4215.01 m = 13828.60 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.73 C = 87.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 582.99 mb = 4756.19 m = 15604.11 ft T: 2.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 20.39 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 564.84 mb = 5011.00 m = 16440.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.76 C = 94.57 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 86.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 594.01 mb = 4605.32 m = 15109.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 349.01 mb = 8709.70 m = 28574.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.01 mb = 11340.94 m = 37207.34 ft B at Equ Level: 82.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.01 mb = 12222.44 m = 40099.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.0 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 289.0 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.1 neg: -2.3 tot: 13.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 25.33 Bulk Shear: 3.42 m/s