MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 41.18,-104.86 Latitude: 41.18 Longitude: -104.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 548 2 900 1021 3 850 1516 SFC 813 1900 11.8 5.0 63 6.7 7.9 302 8 302.3 303.6 289.5 322.5 6.76 5 800 2036 20.4 1.5 28 18.9 9.7 308 22 312.9 313.9 291.6 329.7 5.32 6 750 2590 16.7 -0.2 32 17.0 7.4 334 20 314.7 315.7 291.9 330.6 5.01 7 700 3172 11.8 -2.4 37 14.2 4.4 337 12 315.5 316.4 291.7 330.1 4.57 8 650 3785 6.2 -5.3 43 11.5 0.6 322 9 316.0 316.7 291.3 328.7 3.96 9 600 4433 0.3 -7.3 57 7.6 -3.1 307 17 316.5 317.2 291.3 328.5 3.70 10 550 5123 -5.7 -11.2 65 5.6 -7.9 306 18 317.4 318.0 290.9 327.0 2.95 11 500 5862 -11.1 -19.6 49 8.6 -13.7 299 24 319.6 319.9 290.3 325.0 1.62 12 450 6662 -16.9 -22.8 60 5.9 -18.4 277 10 322.0 322.3 290.8 326.7 1.36 13 400 7535 -23.0 -32.1 43 9.1 -24.6 263 13 325.1 325.3 291.0 327.5 0.65 14 350 8497 -31.0 -38.5 47 7.6 -31.9 265 16 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.5 0.39 15 300 9571 -39.3 -44.4 59 5.0 -39.8 283 24 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.9 0.25 16 250 10794 -46.4 -60.0 20 13.6 -46.9 288 30 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.05 17 200 12272 -47.3 -77.5 2 30.2 -48.0 294 40 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.00 18 150 14152 -53.3 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 283 35 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16698 -61.5 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.8 338 7 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.65 m Freezing level: 597.08 mb = 4473.69 m = 14677.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.86 mb = 3886.98 m = 12752.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.75 % Est. max temperature: 24.52 C = 76.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.07 mb = 2770.70 m = 9090.13 ft T: 15.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.48 C/km ThetaE index: 5.59 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 565.62 mb = 4901.21 m = 16079.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.70 C = 78.26 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: 0.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.78 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 197.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 593.24 mb = 4523.24 m = 14839.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 448.24 mb = 6690.55 m = 21950.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 438.24 mb = 6857.82 m = 22499.14 ft B at Equ Level: 25.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 308.24 mb = 9381.84 m = 30779.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.3 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 333.3 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 52.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.57 Bulk Shear: 3.42 m/s