MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 8Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.67,-104.76 Latitude: 38.67 Longitude: -104.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 1 950 555 2 900 1031 3 850 1528 SFC 830 1731 16.3 8.4 59 7.9 11.4 20 5 305.3 306.8 291.8 330.4 8.34 5 800 2049 17.9 13.7 76 4.3 15.0 172 9 310.3 312.6 296.2 348.1 12.38 6 750 2603 17.4 3.6 40 13.7 9.3 164 16 315.4 316.7 293.4 336.3 6.63 7 700 3187 12.4 1.0 46 11.4 6.0 178 13 316.2 317.4 293.0 334.9 5.89 8 650 3802 6.9 -0.6 59 7.4 2.9 224 10 316.8 317.9 293.0 334.8 5.66 9 600 4457 4.4 -9.2 36 13.6 -1.8 297 12 321.3 321.9 292.2 331.8 3.17 10 550 5158 -1.4 -17.3 28 16.0 -7.2 280 24 322.4 322.8 291.3 328.5 1.78 11 500 5909 -6.4 -38.7 6 32.3 -13.0 305 21 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.3 0.27 12 450 6722 -11.8 -36.6 11 24.8 -16.9 314 29 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.7 0.37 13 400 7611 -18.8 -43.0 10 24.1 -22.4 314 30 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.3 0.22 14 350 8590 -26.5 -46.6 13 20.0 -28.7 310 46 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.17 15 300 9683 -35.0 -52.0 16 17.0 -36.2 307 52 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.10 16 250 10928 -44.2 -56.7 24 12.4 -44.8 299 58 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.07 17 200 12392 -53.0 -69.6 11 16.7 -53.2 291 55 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14208 -61.3 -79.6 7 18.3 -61.5 275 40 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16691 -64.8 -85.6 4 20.8 -65.0 115 3 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.19 m Freezing level: 561.86 mb = 4991.84 m = 16377.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.97 mb = 4202.44 m = 13787.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.11 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.20 mb = 2748.60 m = 9017.62 ft T: 16.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 21.76 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 618.36 mb = 4210.52 m = 13813.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.84 C = 85.70 F Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lifted Index: 0.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.85 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 185.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 290.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 685.41 mb = 3361.46 m = 11028.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 460.41 mb = 6545.67 m = 21475.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.41 mb = 10649.70 m = 34939.53 ft B at Equ Level: 181.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.41 mb = 12378.53 m = 40611.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.8 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 318.8 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 148.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 2.34 Bulk Shear: 79.15 m/s