MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 8Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 41.16,-104.89 Latitude: 41.16 Longitude: -104.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 545 2 900 1019 3 850 1514 SFC 812 1903 13.4 8.8 74 4.5 10.6 261 7 304.1 305.7 291.8 330.4 8.81 5 800 2035 20.2 3.1 32 17.1 10.3 262 21 312.7 313.8 292.1 331.4 5.98 6 750 2588 17.2 -1.5 28 18.7 7.1 282 19 315.2 316.1 291.6 329.8 4.57 7 700 3172 12.8 -4.4 30 17.2 4.1 311 13 316.6 317.4 291.5 329.3 3.94 8 650 3788 7.9 -8.1 31 16.1 0.5 320 20 318.0 318.6 291.2 328.4 3.18 9 600 4440 1.6 -7.0 53 8.6 -2.4 308 30 317.9 318.6 291.7 330.1 3.76 10 550 5133 -4.4 -12.2 54 7.9 -7.5 307 33 318.9 319.4 291.1 327.9 2.72 11 500 5876 -9.9 -18.4 50 8.5 -12.6 311 29 321.0 321.4 290.9 327.1 1.80 12 450 6679 -15.8 -25.2 44 9.4 -18.1 323 22 323.4 323.7 290.9 327.3 1.10 13 400 7555 -22.6 -29.6 53 6.9 -24.1 322 17 325.6 325.7 291.3 328.5 0.82 14 350 8518 -30.6 -38.8 44 8.2 -31.6 296 14 327.6 327.6 291.4 329.0 0.38 15 300 9595 -38.7 -45.2 50 6.6 -39.2 238 25 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.8 0.23 16 250 10821 -47.6 -54.3 46 6.7 -47.9 217 32 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.10 17 200 12292 -45.7 -73.8 3 28.0 -46.5 272 28 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 18 150 14180 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 266 33 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16710 -62.8 -85.4 3 22.5 -63.1 257 10 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.79 m Freezing level: 586.84 mb = 4622.48 m = 15165.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.66 mb = 3893.28 m = 12773.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.15 % Est. max temperature: 26.14 C = 79.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.96 mb = 2486.63 m = 8158.13 ft T: 17.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.36 C/km ThetaE index: 3.00 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 552.64 mb = 5095.10 m = 16716.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.16 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.36 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6110.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 589.80 mb = 4576.67 m = 15015.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.1 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 339.1 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.4 neg: -8.6 tot: 93.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 31.15 m/s