MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.97,-104.81 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -104.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 1 950 502 2 900 990 3 850 1499 SFC 800 2033 26.8 9.4 33 17.4 15.3 168 12 319.7 321.5 296.4 349.1 9.27 5 800 2034 24.7 9.0 37 15.7 14.5 168 12 317.4 319.2 295.7 345.9 9.02 6 750 2593 18.8 7.0 46 11.8 11.4 169 13 317.0 318.6 295.2 343.6 8.43 7 700 3181 15.6 -7.2 20 22.8 4.4 220 4 319.7 320.4 291.7 330.2 3.17 8 650 3803 10.4 -13.3 17 23.7 0.3 288 6 320.7 321.1 291.1 327.8 2.11 9 600 4460 4.2 -14.8 24 19.0 -3.4 294 8 320.9 321.3 291.0 327.7 2.01 10 550 5158 -2.0 -20.6 23 18.5 -8.2 276 11 321.7 321.9 290.6 326.3 1.35 11 500 5908 -6.7 -32.2 11 25.5 -12.9 278 19 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.7 0.51 12 450 6721 -12.6 -40.2 8 27.5 -17.6 284 26 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.3 0.26 13 400 7606 -19.7 -42.6 11 22.9 -23.0 294 31 329.4 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.22 14 350 8584 -26.4 -46.0 14 19.6 -28.7 294 37 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.18 15 300 9678 -34.5 -49.9 20 15.4 -35.8 295 44 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.13 16 250 10928 -43.2 -51.6 39 8.3 -43.7 297 52 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.3 0.13 17 200 12393 -53.8 -64.6 25 10.9 -54.0 296 48 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14204 -61.2 -78.7 8 17.5 -61.3 284 33 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16687 -66.0 -85.4 5 19.5 -66.1 212 12 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5861.86 m Freezing level: 566.53 mb = 4927.44 m = 16165.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.56 mb = 3846.26 m = 12618.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.75 % Est. max temperature: 27.71 C = 81.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 619.69 mb = 4194.87 m = 13762.53 ft T: 6.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.18 C/km ThetaE index: 22.83 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 574.41 mb = 4809.76 m = 15779.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.30 C = 82.94 F Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lifted Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 234.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 601.68 mb = 4437.07 m = 14557.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 526.68 mb = 5499.10 m = 18041.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.68 mb = 10232.64 m = 33571.24 ft B at Equ Level: 232.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.68 mb = 12498.44 m = 41004.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.5 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 308.5 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.8 neg: -7.7 tot: 17.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.17 Bulk Shear: 73.87 m/s