MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 19Z 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 89 1 950 546 2 900 1031 3 850 1538 SFC 810 1964 25.3 9.9 38 15.4 15.2 92 2 317.0 318.8 295.9 346.8 9.48 5 800 2070 22.8 8.5 40 14.3 13.7 114 2 315.5 317.2 295.0 342.9 8.74 6 750 2628 19.5 2.7 33 16.7 9.6 289 6 317.7 318.9 293.7 337.5 6.22 7 700 3216 14.5 0.2 37 14.3 6.5 292 16 318.6 319.7 293.4 336.4 5.55 8 650 3835 9.1 -2.7 43 11.9 2.9 299 23 319.3 320.2 293.0 334.9 4.81 9 600 4491 3.4 -5.6 52 9.0 -1.0 299 23 320.1 320.9 292.7 333.8 4.21 10 550 5189 -2.5 -10.3 55 7.9 -5.8 292 22 321.2 321.8 292.2 331.6 3.17 11 500 5937 -8.4 -15.0 59 6.6 -10.8 282 22 322.8 323.3 291.9 330.8 2.39 12 450 6745 -14.3 -23.8 44 9.6 -16.9 279 25 325.3 325.5 291.6 329.7 1.24 13 400 7626 -21.1 -38.4 19 17.4 -23.8 287 35 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.34 14 350 8597 -27.8 -52.6 8 24.8 -30.0 285 41 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.08 15 300 9684 -36.7 -48.2 29 11.5 -37.6 277 54 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.16 16 250 10922 -45.4 -61.7 14 16.3 -46.0 279 64 338.5 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.04 17 200 12386 -50.5 -69.9 8 19.4 -50.9 270 71 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 18 150 14230 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 281 44 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16736 -66.6 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.7 269 8 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.25 m Freezing level: 570.98 mb = 4896.45 m = 16064.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.62 mb = 4320.62 m = 14175.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.80 % Est. max temperature: 27.32 C = 81.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 645.33 mb = 3894.30 m = 12776.41 ft T: 8.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.43 C/km ThetaE index: 17.90 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 575.88 mb = 4820.49 m = 15815.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.67 C = 83.60 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 424.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 602.71 mb = 4454.36 m = 14613.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 537.71 mb = 5366.74 m = 17607.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.71 mb = 10982.47 m = 36031.29 ft B at Equ Level: 416.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.71 mb = 12792.26 m = 41968.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.6 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 318.6 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.7 neg: -5.6 tot: 60.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 7.00 Bulk Shear: 60.66 m/s