MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 11 1 950 473 2 900 966 3 850 1481 SFC 826 1741 31.6 5.2 19 26.4 15.1 163 10 321.9 323.2 295.2 343.6 6.73 5 800 2021 27.7 2.1 19 25.7 12.5 165 12 320.7 321.8 294.0 338.7 5.56 6 750 2586 22.1 0.7 24 21.4 9.8 168 13 320.6 321.6 293.8 338.0 5.37 7 700 3178 16.3 -0.7 31 17.0 6.8 175 13 320.6 321.6 293.7 337.4 5.20 8 650 3801 10.7 -2.9 38 13.6 3.5 227 15 321.1 322.0 293.5 336.6 4.77 9 600 4461 4.9 -5.3 47 10.3 -0.2 252 19 321.8 322.7 293.3 335.9 4.29 10 550 5163 -1.0 -10.2 50 9.1 -5.0 276 23 322.8 323.5 292.7 333.5 3.21 11 500 5914 -6.2 -25.5 20 19.3 -11.8 290 26 325.5 325.7 291.4 329.0 0.96 12 450 6728 -12.2 -35.9 12 23.7 -17.0 290 30 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.3 0.40 13 400 7616 -18.9 -47.6 6 28.7 -22.7 289 34 330.4 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.13 14 350 8594 -26.7 -38.2 33 11.5 -28.4 292 37 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.2 0.40 15 300 9687 -34.9 -47.7 26 12.8 -36.0 295 46 336.1 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.17 16 250 10936 -43.6 -50.8 45 7.2 -44.0 296 54 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.8 0.14 17 200 12399 -54.2 -61.3 41 7.1 -54.4 293 61 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.05 18 150 14207 -62.7 -77.5 12 14.8 -62.8 281 38 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16689 -65.7 -85.2 5 19.5 -65.9 261 13 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5903.41 m Freezing level: 558.77 mb = 5039.43 m = 16533.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.11 mb = 4431.86 m = 14540.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.88 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 561.57 mb = 4994.67 m = 16386.50 ft T: 0.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.22 C/km ThetaE index: 14.69 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 524.02 mb = 5544.20 m = 18189.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.78 C = 92.81 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 73.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 548.06 mb = 5190.48 m = 17028.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 433.06 mb = 7017.70 m = 23023.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.06 mb = 9847.82 m = 32308.74 ft B at Equ Level: 72.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 243.06 mb = 11120.65 m = 36484.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.0 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 297.0 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 124.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 93.18 m/s