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: 38.79,-104.84 Latitude: 38.79 Longitude: -104.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 1 950 558 2 900 1042 3 850 1547 SFC 810 1964 24.3 7.6 34 16.7 13.8 94 3 315.9 317.5 294.7 341.4 8.13 5 800 2077 22.9 4.4 30 18.5 11.8 294 2 315.6 316.8 293.4 336.2 6.55 6 750 2635 19.3 0.6 29 18.7 8.8 157 1 317.5 318.6 293.0 334.6 5.34 7 700 3222 14.2 -1.2 35 15.4 5.8 235 4 318.2 319.2 292.9 334.3 5.01 8 650 3841 9.1 -4.8 37 13.9 2.1 263 7 319.2 320.0 292.4 332.6 4.12 9 600 4497 3.4 -6.6 48 10.0 -1.4 272 12 320.1 320.8 292.4 332.7 3.87 10 550 5194 -3.0 -8.1 68 5.2 -5.3 279 17 320.6 321.3 292.5 332.9 3.77 11 500 5940 -9.3 -10.8 88 1.6 -9.9 284 27 321.7 322.4 292.4 332.8 3.35 12 450 6747 -14.8 -17.4 80 2.6 -15.7 284 32 324.6 325.1 292.3 332.0 2.16 13 400 7627 -20.6 -35.5 25 14.9 -23.2 288 35 328.2 328.3 291.7 329.9 0.46 14 350 8601 -27.4 -44.5 18 17.1 -29.4 287 40 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.21 15 300 9689 -36.4 -47.6 30 11.2 -37.3 283 50 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.17 16 250 10929 -45.2 -61.4 15 16.2 -45.7 285 60 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.04 17 200 12393 -50.8 -72.3 6 21.5 -51.2 275 67 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14234 -57.5 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.8 279 42 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16736 -66.2 -86.8 4 20.6 -66.3 254 5 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.15 m Freezing level: 573.32 mb = 4868.90 m = 15973.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.05 mb = 4227.25 m = 13868.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.59 % Est. max temperature: 27.25 C = 81.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 633.47 mb = 4051.78 m = 13293.10 ft T: 7.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.63 C/km ThetaE index: 8.82 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 553.81 mb = 5138.90 m = 16859.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.68 C = 83.63 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 61.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 172.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 580.48 mb = 4761.77 m = 15622.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 505.48 mb = 5854.87 m = 19208.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 365.48 mb = 8285.19 m = 27182.04 ft B at Equ Level: 61.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 265.48 mb = 10520.20 m = 34514.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.5 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 311.5 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.5 neg: -5.2 tot: 48.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.81 Bulk Shear: 33.98 m/s