MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 51 1 950 500 2 900 993 3 850 1507 SFC 828 1741 31.0 7.4 23 23.6 15.8 233 8 321.0 322.6 295.7 346.1 7.81 5 800 2047 27.0 4.3 23 22.7 13.1 230 10 320.0 321.2 294.5 340.8 6.51 6 750 2610 21.5 3.3 30 18.2 10.6 231 10 319.9 321.2 294.5 340.8 6.49 7 700 3201 15.7 1.9 39 13.8 7.7 231 10 319.9 321.1 294.3 340.1 6.28 8 650 3823 9.6 0.6 53 9.0 4.6 229 10 319.9 321.1 294.3 339.7 6.17 9 600 4481 3.2 -0.4 77 3.6 1.3 229 10 319.9 321.1 294.3 339.9 6.22 10 550 5179 -2.6 -2.6 100 0.0 -2.6 230 12 321.0 322.1 294.2 339.5 5.74 11 500 5928 -7.7 -7.7 100 0.0 -7.7 238 12 323.7 324.5 293.8 337.8 4.29 12 450 6741 -12.6 -12.6 100 0.0 -12.6 264 18 327.4 328.0 293.9 338.2 3.22 13 400 7626 -20.5 -25.5 64 5.0 -21.7 275 36 328.3 328.5 292.4 332.6 1.20 14 350 8600 -27.8 -38.5 35 10.7 -29.3 275 45 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.7 0.39 15 300 9688 -36.1 -41.1 60 4.9 -36.7 277 54 334.4 334.5 293.3 335.8 0.35 16 250 10930 -44.7 -48.0 69 3.4 -44.9 285 56 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.5 0.20 17 200 12392 -52.0 -66.3 16 14.4 -52.3 270 74 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.03 18 150 14233 -57.0 -82.3 3 25.3 -57.3 287 41 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16733 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.6 264 6 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5876.88 m Freezing level: 572.41 mb = 4865.99 m = 15964.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.84 mb = 4699.92 m = 15419.51 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.04 % Est. max temperature: 29.94 C = 85.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 586.41 mb = 4664.58 m = 15303.56 ft T: 1.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.59 C/km ThetaE index: 6.40 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 570.80 mb = 4881.11 m = 16013.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.52 C = 86.93 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 542.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 573.90 mb = 4837.69 m = 15871.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 558.90 mb = 5050.22 m = 16568.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.90 mb = 11227.47 m = 36835.09 ft B at Equ Level: 531.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.90 mb = 13473.94 m = 44205.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.4 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 278.4 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.5 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 112.26 Bulk Shear: 4.83 m/s