MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 1Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.68,-104.94 Latitude: 39.68 Longitude: -104.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 508 2 900 996 3 850 1506 SFC 835 1666 28.5 4.8 22 23.8 14.0 69 11 317.7 318.9 293.9 338.2 6.45 5 800 2039 24.1 3.8 27 20.3 11.9 75 14 316.8 318.0 293.5 336.7 6.27 6 750 2597 18.8 2.8 35 15.9 9.5 98 10 317.0 318.2 293.5 336.9 6.26 7 700 3184 14.0 0.8 40 13.2 6.5 180 6 318.0 319.1 293.4 336.5 5.78 8 650 3802 8.2 -1.1 52 9.3 3.2 215 8 318.2 319.3 293.2 335.7 5.45 9 600 4457 2.9 -6.2 51 9.1 -1.5 282 20 319.4 320.2 292.4 332.5 4.01 10 550 5153 -3.3 -9.5 62 6.2 -6.0 286 28 320.2 320.8 292.0 331.3 3.37 11 500 5898 -8.8 -26.3 23 17.5 -13.5 304 35 322.3 322.5 290.4 325.4 0.89 12 450 6706 -13.8 -42.0 7 28.2 -18.4 317 40 325.9 326.0 290.8 326.7 0.21 13 400 7591 -18.9 -46.8 7 28.0 -22.6 320 43 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.14 14 350 8572 -25.8 -48.7 10 22.8 -28.3 329 50 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.13 15 300 9668 -35.0 -52.8 15 17.8 -36.2 318 66 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.10 16 250 10914 -43.6 -61.0 13 17.5 -44.2 309 69 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.04 17 200 12383 -52.0 -68.2 13 16.3 -52.3 309 53 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14210 -59.3 -82.5 3 23.1 -59.6 311 35 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16709 -64.9 -87.0 3 22.2 -65.0 286 10 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.62 m Freezing level: 576.81 mb = 4779.88 m = 15681.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.04 mb = 4241.23 m = 13914.64 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.15 % Est. max temperature: 28.91 C = 84.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 588.52 mb = 4611.47 m = 15129.31 ft T: 1.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.40 C/km ThetaE index: 11.41 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 568.26 mb = 4891.79 m = 16048.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.66 C = 87.18 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 590.39 mb = 4586.17 m = 15046.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 525.39 mb = 5511.17 m = 18081.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 415.39 mb = 7307.42 m = 23974.18 ft B at Equ Level: 34.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 345.39 mb = 8665.93 m = 28431.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.1 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 336.1 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 258.3 neg: -6.5 tot: 251.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 143.27 m/s