MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 1 950 481 2 900 973 3 850 1487 SFC 826 1741 31.0 8.8 25 22.2 16.4 161 11 321.2 322.9 296.4 348.9 8.63 5 800 2026 26.6 6.2 27 20.4 13.8 163 12 319.5 321.0 295.1 343.3 7.45 6 750 2589 21.0 4.7 34 16.4 11.0 167 12 319.4 320.8 294.8 342.2 7.14 7 700 3180 16.0 -3.5 26 19.5 5.7 205 11 320.2 321.0 292.8 334.0 4.23 8 650 3803 10.7 -10.4 21 21.2 1.1 229 11 321.1 321.6 291.7 329.9 2.65 9 600 4462 4.6 -8.3 38 13.0 -1.4 256 14 321.5 322.2 292.4 332.7 3.40 10 550 5163 -1.3 -12.9 41 11.6 -6.0 278 20 322.6 323.1 292.0 331.2 2.58 11 500 5915 -6.3 -29.0 15 22.7 -12.2 292 26 325.4 325.6 291.1 327.9 0.70 12 450 6728 -12.5 -35.4 13 22.8 -17.2 290 30 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.0 0.42 13 400 7614 -19.3 -48.0 6 28.7 -23.0 289 34 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.12 14 350 8591 -26.9 -40.7 26 13.7 -28.7 295 38 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.6 0.31 15 300 9684 -35.0 -48.5 24 13.5 -36.1 296 47 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.6 0.16 16 250 10931 -43.7 -53.0 35 9.3 -44.2 297 58 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.6 0.11 17 200 12395 -54.0 -64.2 27 10.2 -54.2 293 64 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 14207 -62.4 -75.9 15 13.6 -62.5 271 34 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16688 -65.5 -85.0 5 19.5 -65.6 261 12 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5894.05 m Freezing level: 560.66 mb = 5013.21 m = 16447.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.17 mb = 4083.90 m = 13398.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.15 % Est. max temperature: 30.44 C = 86.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 597.59 mb = 4493.95 m = 14743.76 ft T: 4.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.14 C/km ThetaE index: 18.93 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 568.26 mb = 4899.47 m = 16074.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.92 C = 89.46 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 472.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 587.07 mb = 4637.17 m = 15213.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 532.07 mb = 5424.20 m = 17795.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.07 mb = 11142.98 m = 36557.87 ft B at Equ Level: 470.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.07 mb = 13719.60 m = 45011.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.4 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 300.4 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 79.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 5.44 Bulk Shear: 86.94 m/s