MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 4Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 40.37,-107.8 Latitude: 40.37 Longitude: -107.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 1 950 509 2 900 993 3 850 1500 SFC 807 1958 16.1 -4.4 24 20.6 6.1 156 8 307.6 308.2 288.2 318.3 3.41 5 800 2031 24.0 -6.4 13 30.4 8.6 161 8 316.8 317.3 290.7 326.4 2.96 6 750 2593 21.6 -9.4 12 30.9 6.6 223 4 320.0 320.5 291.2 328.3 2.50 7 700 3183 16.0 -8.1 18 24.1 4.3 239 6 320.1 320.7 291.7 329.9 2.95 8 650 3804 9.9 -7.2 29 17.0 1.7 287 6 320.1 320.8 292.1 331.4 3.44 9 600 4461 4.2 -14.1 25 18.3 -3.3 261 12 320.9 321.3 291.2 328.1 2.13 10 550 5160 -2.3 -14.5 38 12.3 -7.0 240 19 321.4 321.8 291.4 328.9 2.25 11 500 5907 -8.6 -17.4 49 8.8 -11.6 269 21 322.5 322.9 291.5 329.2 1.95 12 450 6716 -13.4 -35.1 14 21.6 -17.8 283 29 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.9 0.43 13 400 7599 -20.7 -39.5 17 18.9 -23.6 285 36 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.3 0.31 14 350 8570 -27.7 -47.0 14 19.4 -29.7 287 53 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.16 15 300 9661 -35.5 -51.7 18 16.1 -36.7 287 66 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.11 16 250 10904 -45.0 -56.8 25 11.8 -45.4 284 72 339.2 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.07 17 200 12362 -53.3 -66.9 17 13.7 -53.6 275 68 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14194 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.2 255 28 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16707 -65.4 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.5 201 13 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5862.97 m Freezing level: 567.73 mb = 4911.91 m = 16115.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.13 mb = 4019.97 m = 13188.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 590.98 mb = 4582.66 m = 15034.79 ft T: 3.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.02 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 439.45 mb = 6893.38 m = 22615.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.08 C = 93.35 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6593.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 487.22 mb = 6105.62 m = 20031.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.7 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 300.7 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.5 neg: -7.1 tot: 29.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 53.01 m/s