MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 11Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 40.35,-107.77 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -107.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 1 950 531 2 900 1003 3 850 1498 SFC 805 1960 11.5 -6.9 27 18.4 3.3 141 5 302.8 303.4 285.9 311.6 2.83 5 800 2015 15.9 -6.5 21 22.4 5.4 145 6 308.1 308.7 287.9 317.4 2.94 6 750 2572 20.9 -6.9 15 27.7 6.9 226 11 319.2 319.8 291.5 329.2 3.05 7 700 3162 15.7 -7.3 20 23.0 4.4 241 10 319.8 320.4 291.7 330.2 3.15 8 650 3783 10.0 -11.3 21 21.3 0.5 251 12 320.3 320.8 291.3 328.5 2.48 9 600 4440 3.7 -10.7 34 14.4 -2.6 259 16 320.5 321.0 291.6 329.8 2.82 10 550 5137 -2.9 -10.6 56 7.7 -6.2 257 17 320.6 321.2 291.9 330.8 3.10 11 500 5884 -8.4 -21.8 33 13.3 -12.5 256 22 322.7 323.0 291.0 327.4 1.34 12 450 6693 -13.5 -35.8 13 22.2 -17.9 264 33 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.7 0.40 13 400 7575 -20.6 -41.6 14 20.9 -23.7 277 37 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.25 14 350 8549 -26.8 -55.5 5 28.7 -29.2 281 52 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.06 15 300 9641 -35.4 -50.7 19 15.4 -36.5 281 67 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.12 16 250 10884 -45.0 -56.0 28 11.0 -45.5 280 75 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.08 17 200 12342 -53.0 -67.6 15 14.6 -53.4 279 76 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14163 -59.8 -80.9 5 21.1 -60.0 289 32 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16657 -62.8 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.1 235 14 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.30 m Freezing level: 572.01 mb = 4830.26 m = 15847.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.19 mb = 3894.99 m = 12778.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.08 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 607.97 mb = 4331.54 m = 14210.91 ft T: 4.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.86 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 452.05 mb = 6657.95 m = 21843.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.31 C = 91.95 F Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lifted Index: 4.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.47 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7310.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 515.53 mb = 5644.09 m = 18517.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.0 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 291.0 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 75.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.06 Bulk Shear: 56.19 m/s