MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 8Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 40.14,-107.68 Latitude: 40.14 Longitude: -107.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 950 501 2 900 985 3 850 1492 4 800 2023 5 750 2582 SFC 747 2613 16.9 -7.8 18 24.6 5.1 147 7 315.2 315.8 290.1 324.5 2.85 7 700 3171 15.8 -8.3 18 24.2 4.2 201 8 320.0 320.6 291.6 329.7 2.91 8 650 3793 10.2 -8.7 26 18.8 1.3 230 11 320.4 321.0 291.9 330.6 3.06 9 600 4450 4.0 -11.5 31 15.5 -2.7 240 13 320.8 321.3 291.6 329.6 2.64 10 550 5149 -2.6 -10.8 53 8.2 -6.1 254 17 321.0 321.6 292.0 331.1 3.05 11 500 5895 -8.6 -21.7 34 13.1 -12.6 265 19 322.5 322.8 290.9 327.2 1.35 12 450 6704 -13.3 -38.1 10 24.8 -17.9 269 28 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.32 13 400 7587 -21.0 -38.7 19 17.7 -23.8 276 37 327.7 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.34 14 350 8558 -27.4 -52.7 7 25.3 -29.6 280 56 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.08 15 300 9651 -34.9 -51.5 17 16.5 -36.2 282 69 336.1 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.11 16 250 10897 -44.3 -57.1 23 12.7 -44.9 281 78 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.07 17 200 12359 -52.6 -69.4 11 16.7 -52.9 275 72 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14188 -57.7 -83.0 3 25.3 -57.9 272 23 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16681 -67.3 -85.6 6 18.3 -67.4 232 14 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.98 m Freezing level: 569.72 mb = 4873.20 m = 15988.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.58 mb = 4003.21 m = 13133.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.12 % Est. max temperature: 22.01 C = 71.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 514.42 mb = 5672.64 m = 18610.80 ft T: -6.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.98 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 445.90 mb = 6772.97 m = 22220.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.37 C = 81.27 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: 2.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6669.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 491.92 mb = 6020.46 m = 19751.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.5 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 295.5 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 82.63 m/s