MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 40.37,-108.22 Latitude: 40.37 Longitude: -108.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 1 950 487 2 900 979 3 850 1494 4 800 2033 SFC 796 2076 29.9 -10.9 6 40.9 9.9 248 16 323.5 323.9 291.9 330.6 2.08 6 750 2600 23.6 -12.6 8 36.2 6.8 248 21 322.2 322.5 291.3 328.7 1.93 7 700 3193 17.7 -13.2 11 30.9 3.8 248 21 322.0 322.4 291.3 328.7 1.97 8 650 3818 11.6 -15.0 14 26.6 0.4 247 22 322.0 322.4 291.2 328.3 1.83 9 600 4478 5.3 -19.8 14 25.1 -3.8 243 23 322.3 322.6 290.8 326.9 1.33 10 550 5179 -1.2 -25.2 14 24.1 -8.4 247 23 322.7 322.9 290.5 325.9 0.89 11 500 5929 -7.5 -31.0 13 23.6 -13.2 268 31 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.0 0.57 12 450 6739 -13.6 -38.9 10 25.2 -18.2 262 37 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.2 0.29 13 400 7622 -19.7 -44.6 9 24.8 -23.2 266 41 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.18 14 350 8598 -27.2 -47.3 13 20.1 -29.3 268 39 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.15 15 300 9691 -34.7 -53.5 13 18.9 -36.0 274 51 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.09 16 250 10938 -44.4 -52.0 42 7.7 -44.7 268 61 340.1 340.2 294.5 340.6 0.12 17 200 12392 -55.7 -61.8 46 6.2 -55.8 268 68 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.8 0.05 18 150 14185 -63.4 -75.3 18 11.9 -63.6 273 53 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16679 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 278 7 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5911.95 m Freezing level: 558.88 mb = 5054.35 m = 16582.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.90 mb = 3882.79 m = 12738.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 12.19 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 434.29 mb = 7005.49 m = 22983.60 ft T: -15.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.19 C/km ThetaE index: 1.89 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 398.73 mb = 7645.50 m = 25083.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.46 C = 95.82 F Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lifted Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5529.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 435.84 mb = 6978.90 m = 22896.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.2 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 287.2 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 27.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.14 Bulk Shear: 15.80 m/s