MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508030600F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.93,-104.62 Latitude: 38.93 Longitude: -104.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 1 950 514 2 900 1002 3 850 1513 4 800 2048 SFC 798 2070 27.0 -3.2 14 30.2 10.6 252 3 320.2 320.9 292.4 332.5 3.78 6 750 2610 21.6 -8.0 13 29.6 6.9 257 9 320.0 320.5 291.5 329.2 2.78 7 700 3201 16.6 -7.2 19 23.7 4.8 261 17 320.8 321.4 292.1 331.3 3.19 8 650 3825 11.3 -13.0 17 24.3 0.7 269 25 321.7 322.1 291.4 329.0 2.15 9 600 4485 6.3 -24.3 9 30.6 -4.0 265 24 323.4 323.5 290.7 326.5 0.89 10 550 5189 0.4 -27.7 10 28.0 -7.9 260 19 324.5 324.6 290.9 327.1 0.72 11 500 5943 -6.3 -24.5 22 18.3 -11.7 258 19 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.1 1.05 12 450 6755 -14.2 -23.0 47 8.8 -16.6 258 22 325.4 325.7 291.7 330.1 1.34 13 400 7635 -21.5 -23.7 82 2.3 -22.0 270 26 327.1 327.4 292.3 332.1 1.41 14 350 8607 -28.1 -30.8 78 2.6 -28.6 271 34 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.9 0.84 15 300 9695 -35.7 -38.8 73 3.1 -36.1 274 48 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.7 0.44 16 250 10938 -44.8 -48.1 70 3.2 -45.0 276 62 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.2 0.20 17 200 12389 -56.4 -59.6 67 3.2 -56.5 277 70 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.06 18 150 14190 -60.7 -79.1 7 18.4 -60.9 275 55 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.5 0.01 19 100 16689 -65.4 -87.5 3 22.1 -65.6 224 16 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5898.59 m Freezing level: 547.34 mb = 5229.53 m = 17157.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.29 mb = 3923.10 m = 12870.91 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.52 C = 83.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 510.10 mb = 5785.26 m = 18980.29 ft T: -4.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 3.35 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 458.35 mb = 6612.98 m = 21695.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.96 C = 89.53 F Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lifted Index: 4.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5874.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 490.23 mb = 6095.25 m = 19997.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.2 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 293.2 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.7 neg: -18.2 tot: 34.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 26.71 m/s