MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 10Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.37,-107.77 Latitude: 40.37 Longitude: -107.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 510 2 900 989 3 850 1491 SFC 804 1977 15.3 -12.6 13 27.8 3.7 191 9 307.0 307.4 286.4 312.9 1.81 5 800 2016 18.4 -12.4 11 30.8 5.1 196 11 310.8 311.1 287.7 316.8 1.84 6 750 2573 20.6 -9.8 12 30.4 6.2 272 23 319.0 319.4 290.9 327.0 2.42 7 700 3162 15.5 -14.6 11 30.1 2.7 264 23 319.7 320.0 290.5 325.6 1.76 8 650 3783 10.5 -17.9 12 28.3 -0.6 246 24 320.8 321.1 290.5 325.7 1.44 9 600 4441 4.6 -14.5 24 19.0 -3.1 238 29 321.4 321.8 291.3 328.4 2.07 10 550 5141 -1.6 -18.7 26 17.1 -7.6 230 31 322.2 322.5 291.0 327.6 1.59 11 500 5890 -7.5 -29.0 16 21.5 -13.0 240 34 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.5 0.70 12 450 6700 -13.8 -30.3 24 16.4 -17.6 255 36 325.8 326.0 291.2 328.3 0.69 13 400 7582 -20.4 -36.6 22 16.2 -23.1 262 42 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.1 0.42 14 350 8555 -28.1 -33.4 60 5.3 -29.0 265 50 330.8 330.9 292.6 333.2 0.65 15 300 9643 -36.0 -38.5 78 2.5 -36.2 264 59 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.4 0.46 16 250 10887 -44.3 -47.9 68 3.6 -44.5 262 74 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.0 0.20 17 200 12343 -55.3 -61.2 48 5.9 -55.5 261 77 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.05 18 150 14154 -59.4 -80.1 5 20.8 -59.6 255 56 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16655 -65.5 -86.2 4 20.7 -65.6 226 18 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.81 m Freezing level: 562.93 mb = 4959.81 m = 16272.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.78 mb = 3670.53 m = 12042.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 525.52 mb = 5498.85 m = 18040.63 ft T: -4.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.42 C/km ThetaE index: 1.42 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 411.62 mb = 7367.82 m = 24172.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.87 C = 94.76 F Cap Strength: 6.54 C Lifted Index: 5.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.59 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7637.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 475.13 mb = 6282.54 m = 20611.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 3.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.7 neg: -5.9 tot: 67.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.30 Bulk Shear: 33.65 m/s