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: 42.73,-104.15 Latitude: 42.73 Longitude: -104.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 1 950 555 2 900 1023 3 850 1513 SFC 849 1520 13.6 11.0 84 2.6 12.0 312 6 300.5 302.2 291.5 329.2 9.76 5 800 2033 18.8 4.6 39 14.2 10.4 338 9 311.2 312.5 292.2 331.9 6.66 6 750 2584 16.0 -0.3 33 16.3 7.1 321 12 314.0 314.9 291.6 329.8 4.99 7 700 3165 11.6 -2.3 38 13.9 4.4 301 15 315.3 316.2 291.7 330.0 4.62 8 650 3778 6.1 -3.3 51 9.4 1.3 295 12 315.8 316.7 291.9 330.6 4.62 9 600 4427 0.3 -6.3 61 6.5 -2.8 279 9 316.4 317.2 291.5 329.3 3.99 10 550 5117 -5.8 -10.6 69 4.8 -7.7 267 6 317.3 317.9 291.0 327.4 3.11 11 500 5855 -12.4 -12.7 98 0.3 -12.5 256 8 317.9 318.5 291.0 327.4 2.88 12 450 6651 -17.4 -24.1 56 6.7 -19.1 284 11 321.4 321.6 290.5 325.6 1.21 13 400 7523 -23.1 -35.3 32 12.2 -25.1 292 16 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.7 0.47 14 350 8485 -30.8 -36.8 55 6.1 -31.6 276 17 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.0 0.47 15 300 9559 -39.6 -46.8 46 7.2 -40.1 271 8 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.2 0.19 16 250 10782 -47.0 -67.2 8 20.3 -47.4 288 7 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.3 0.02 17 200 12251 -48.2 -75.5 3 27.4 -48.7 271 16 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.01 18 150 14125 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 280 29 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16696 -60.5 -85.3 2 24.7 -60.8 321 8 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.89 m Freezing level: 597.81 mb = 4457.21 m = 14623.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.04 mb = 3979.87 m = 13057.14 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.32 % Est. max temperature: 27.78 C = 82.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.96 mb = 1853.31 m = 6080.34 ft T: 17.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.91 C/km ThetaE index: 2.13 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 609.18 mb = 4304.02 m = 14120.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.73 C = 83.71 F Cap Strength: 5.57 C Lifted Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.35 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 159.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 381.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 669.29 mb = 3536.43 m = 11602.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 534.29 mb = 5341.12 m = 17523.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 314.29 mb = 9235.11 m = 30298.56 ft B at Equ Level: 159.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 244.29 mb = 10934.09 m = 35872.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.6 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 321.6 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -22.2 tot: -22.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: -3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 31.35 Bulk Shear: 5.10 m/s