MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F046.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030000F046.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 46 hour NAM valid 22Z MON 4 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 -4 1 950 460 2 900 952 3 850 1467 SFC 809 1905 30.7 1.5 15 29.2 13.3 185 12 322.9 323.9 294.3 340.1 5.28 5 800 2007 28.4 -0.7 15 29.1 11.7 185 14 321.4 322.3 293.3 336.2 4.53 6 750 2572 22.6 -2.2 19 24.8 8.9 188 15 321.1 321.9 293.1 335.2 4.33 7 700 3165 16.8 -2.9 26 19.6 6.2 191 16 321.0 321.9 293.2 335.5 4.42 8 650 3789 10.7 -4.2 35 14.8 3.0 193 16 321.0 321.9 293.1 335.1 4.32 9 600 4447 4.5 -6.7 44 11.2 -0.9 241 13 321.4 322.1 292.8 334.1 3.87 10 550 5148 -1.9 -9.7 55 7.8 -5.3 273 17 321.9 322.5 292.5 332.9 3.33 11 500 5896 -8.5 -13.5 67 5.0 -10.5 275 23 322.6 323.1 292.2 331.6 2.69 12 450 6703 -14.9 -25.8 39 10.9 -17.7 281 34 324.4 324.7 291.2 328.1 1.04 13 400 7583 -20.0 -44.8 9 24.8 -23.3 284 46 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.18 14 350 8561 -26.3 -45.9 14 19.6 -28.5 289 47 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.18 15 300 9655 -35.4 -54.8 12 19.4 -36.6 290 51 335.5 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.08 16 250 10899 -44.7 -55.8 28 11.1 -45.2 286 62 339.7 339.7 294.3 340.0 0.08 17 200 12356 -54.1 -64.7 26 10.5 -54.4 286 69 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.03 18 150 14174 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.2 268 37 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16689 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 243 8 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5900.23 m Freezing level: 564.47 mb = 4945.08 m = 16223.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.11 mb = 4296.41 m = 14095.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.13 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 527.07 mb = 5482.12 m = 17985.73 ft T: -4.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.26 C/km ThetaE index: 4.88 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 511.33 mb = 5720.35 m = 18767.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.37 C = 86.67 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: 0.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 519.57 mb = 5594.68 m = 18355.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 494.57 mb = 5979.85 m = 19618.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 394.57 mb = 7683.40 m = 25207.68 ft B at Equ Level: 41.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 334.57 mb = 8880.56 m = 29135.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 55.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 76.28 m/s