MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.19,-107.14 Latitude: 40.19 Longitude: -107.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -8 1 950 466 2 900 955 3 850 1468 4 800 2005 5 750 2570 SFC 727 2835 23.1 -9.7 10 32.8 7.0 249 10 324.5 325.0 292.5 333.0 2.52 7 700 3165 18.7 -12.4 11 31.1 4.5 245 14 323.2 323.6 291.8 330.4 2.11 8 650 3792 12.6 -13.7 15 26.3 1.2 243 16 323.2 323.6 291.7 330.2 2.04 9 600 4455 6.2 -14.6 21 20.7 -2.4 241 16 323.2 323.7 291.8 330.2 2.06 10 550 5158 -0.5 -17.9 25 17.4 -6.8 238 16 323.5 323.8 291.5 329.3 1.70 11 500 5910 -6.7 -35.4 8 28.7 -13.1 258 21 324.9 324.9 290.6 326.3 0.38 12 450 6721 -13.2 -35.1 14 21.9 -17.6 262 27 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.3 0.43 13 400 7607 -19.7 -42.8 11 23.2 -23.0 268 34 329.4 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.22 14 350 8582 -26.9 -48.8 11 21.9 -29.1 268 41 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.13 15 300 9674 -35.5 -44.6 39 9.0 -36.4 270 42 335.3 335.3 293.4 336.2 0.24 16 250 10919 -43.9 -47.4 68 3.5 -44.1 272 53 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.21 17 200 12378 -55.4 -61.1 49 5.7 -55.5 272 68 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.05 18 150 14181 -61.7 -79.2 8 17.5 -61.9 261 37 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16673 -63.1 -85.6 3 22.5 -63.3 257 18 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5917.92 m Freezing level: 553.64 mb = 5106.95 m = 16754.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 4007.32 m = 13147.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.06 % Est. max temperature: 22.10 C = 71.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 444.89 mb = 6806.92 m = 22332.15 ft T: -13.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.26 C/km ThetaE index: 2.83 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 406.05 mb = 7493.60 m = 24584.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.32 C = 81.18 F Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lifted Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5204.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 436.77 mb = 6945.38 m = 22786.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.8 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 288.8 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 39.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 18.63 m/s