MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F011.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F011.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 11 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 100 1 950 569 2 900 1043 3 850 1538 SFC 830 1741 18.2 10.8 62 7.4 13.4 331 22 307.3 309.1 293.6 337.0 9.82 5 800 2059 21.4 7.8 41 13.7 12.9 329 29 314.0 315.6 294.3 339.9 8.30 6 750 2616 18.6 5.1 41 13.5 10.4 327 18 316.8 318.2 294.3 340.1 7.36 7 700 3203 14.4 2.9 46 11.5 7.7 298 14 318.5 319.8 294.3 340.0 6.77 8 650 3824 9.1 1.3 58 7.9 4.6 263 16 319.3 320.6 294.3 340.0 6.46 9 600 4480 3.1 0.2 81 3.0 1.5 256 19 319.7 321.0 294.4 340.5 6.48 10 550 5179 -2.5 -5.7 79 3.2 -4.0 267 24 321.1 322.0 293.3 335.9 4.55 11 500 5927 -8.4 -12.3 73 3.9 -9.9 275 36 322.8 323.4 292.4 332.7 2.97 12 450 6736 -14.0 -17.5 75 3.5 -15.2 283 45 325.6 326.0 292.5 333.0 2.15 13 400 7619 -19.5 -28.8 44 9.2 -21.6 291 44 329.6 329.8 292.4 332.8 0.89 14 350 8595 -27.7 -52.7 7 25.1 -29.9 286 50 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.08 15 300 9685 -35.4 -68.8 2 33.4 -36.8 276 49 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.01 16 250 10928 -44.7 -55.1 30 10.4 -45.2 280 51 339.6 339.7 294.3 340.0 0.09 17 200 12392 -52.0 -74.6 5 22.6 -52.4 265 63 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14229 -57.1 -80.7 4 23.6 -57.4 275 45 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16735 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.7 280 8 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.01 m Freezing level: 572.28 mb = 4867.31 m = 15968.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.52 mb = 4662.43 m = 15296.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.39 % Est. max temperature: 29.12 C = 84.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 743.20 mb = 2693.41 m = 8836.54 ft T: 18.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.38 C/km ThetaE index: 0.09 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 600.68 mb = 4470.71 m = 14667.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.00 C = 85.99 F Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lifted Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.68 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 335.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 261.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.40 mb = 3881.76 m = 12735.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 540.40 mb = 5316.75 m = 17443.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.40 mb = 10650.33 m = 34941.60 ft B at Equ Level: 331.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.40 mb = 12705.65 m = 41684.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.1 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 315.1 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.1 neg: -11.2 tot: 41.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 6.04 Bulk Shear: 55.59 m/s