MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 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 2 1 950 463 2 900 957 3 850 1474 SFC 825 1741 30.9 7.7 23 23.3 15.9 157 9 321.3 322.8 296.0 346.9 7.99 5 800 2015 28.3 4.6 22 23.7 13.7 160 12 321.4 322.7 295.0 342.8 6.66 6 750 2581 22.8 3.4 28 19.5 11.1 164 13 321.4 322.6 294.9 342.4 6.51 7 700 3175 17.0 2.2 37 14.8 8.3 168 14 321.4 322.6 294.8 342.1 6.43 8 650 3800 11.3 -0.5 44 11.8 4.8 201 14 321.8 322.9 294.4 340.3 5.69 9 600 4462 5.4 -4.9 47 10.4 0.2 244 19 322.4 323.3 293.6 336.9 4.42 10 550 5165 -0.5 -7.8 58 7.2 -3.9 263 25 323.4 324.2 293.4 336.3 3.87 11 500 5918 -6.3 -22.6 26 16.2 -11.4 286 29 325.3 325.5 291.6 329.7 1.25 12 450 6732 -12.4 -34.4 14 21.9 -17.1 293 31 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.3 0.46 13 400 7619 -18.9 -39.9 14 21.0 -22.3 289 36 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.30 14 350 8598 -26.5 -36.7 38 10.1 -28.1 291 40 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.7 0.47 15 300 9693 -34.4 -46.9 27 12.5 -35.5 293 43 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.7 0.19 16 250 10944 -43.2 -50.8 43 7.6 -43.7 291 48 341.8 341.8 294.9 342.4 0.14 17 200 12410 -53.8 -62.0 36 8.1 -54.1 293 62 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.05 18 150 14211 -63.1 -78.4 11 15.4 -63.2 279 36 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16694 -64.6 -85.5 4 20.8 -64.8 298 7 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5916.01 m Freezing level: 554.47 mb = 5102.48 m = 16740.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.62 mb = 4493.98 m = 14743.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.50 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 587.44 mb = 4632.84 m = 15199.43 ft T: 3.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.53 C/km ThetaE index: 17.58 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 550.39 mb = 5159.62 m = 16927.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.97 C = 91.35 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 404.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 565.72 mb = 4937.44 m = 16198.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 520.72 mb = 5597.22 m = 18363.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.72 mb = 11192.51 m = 36720.39 ft B at Equ Level: 398.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.72 mb = 13778.58 m = 45204.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.0 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 293.0 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 143.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 4.04 Bulk Shear: 100.19 m/s