MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 1 950 583 2 900 1059 3 850 1557 SFC 832 1741 19.1 14.9 77 4.2 16.3 29 5 308.0 310.5 296.0 347.1 12.92 5 800 2080 21.7 4.2 32 17.5 11.3 302 11 314.3 315.5 292.9 334.6 6.47 6 750 2637 19.0 0.6 29 18.4 8.6 276 11 317.2 318.3 292.9 334.3 5.33 7 700 3224 14.5 -4.1 27 18.6 4.9 267 13 318.6 319.4 292.2 331.7 4.04 8 650 3843 9.1 -7.5 30 16.5 1.2 262 14 319.2 319.9 291.7 330.2 3.35 9 600 4499 2.9 -8.2 44 11.1 -2.2 260 18 319.5 320.1 291.9 330.7 3.43 10 550 5195 -3.3 -9.1 64 5.8 -5.8 257 25 320.2 320.8 292.2 331.7 3.50 11 500 5939 -9.6 -12.2 82 2.6 -10.6 273 31 321.3 321.9 292.0 331.2 3.00 12 450 6745 -14.7 -17.0 83 2.3 -15.4 289 37 324.8 325.2 292.4 332.5 2.25 13 400 7627 -20.6 -25.4 65 4.8 -21.8 291 40 328.2 328.5 292.4 332.5 1.21 14 350 8601 -27.4 -36.3 42 8.9 -28.7 286 42 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.7 0.49 15 300 9690 -36.1 -48.3 27 12.3 -37.0 286 50 334.5 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.16 16 250 10932 -44.9 -62.8 12 17.8 -45.6 287 60 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.03 17 200 12399 -50.2 -72.4 6 22.1 -50.7 275 65 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14242 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.3 279 39 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16736 -66.3 -86.8 4 20.6 -66.4 255 5 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.99 m Freezing level: 576.68 mb = 4823.24 m = 15824.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.47 mb = 4067.16 m = 13343.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.76 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.93 mb = 2277.33 m = 7471.45 ft T: 20.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.91 C/km ThetaE index: 16.87 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 581.05 mb = 4755.29 m = 15601.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.21 C = 86.37 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.54 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 147.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 290.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 621.82 mb = 4206.17 m = 13799.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 526.82 mb = 5530.97 m = 18146.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 316.82 mb = 9304.61 m = 30526.56 ft B at Equ Level: 147.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.82 mb = 11288.06 m = 37033.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.9 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 306.9 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.4 neg: -8.4 tot: 37.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.94 Bulk Shear: 37.51 m/s