MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 34.04,-106.08 Latitude: 34.04 Longitude: -106.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 1 950 495 2 900 990 3 850 1507 SFC 816 1875 33.2 -0.1 12 33.4 13.7 280 6 324.7 325.7 294.3 340.1 4.64 5 800 2048 29.4 -2.0 13 31.3 11.7 280 6 322.4 323.2 293.3 336.0 4.14 6 750 2615 23.6 -3.7 16 27.3 8.8 279 7 322.1 322.9 293.0 334.9 3.87 7 700 3210 17.7 -4.4 22 22.0 6.1 277 7 322.0 322.8 293.1 335.0 3.95 8 650 3835 11.6 -5.5 30 17.0 2.9 277 8 322.0 322.8 293.0 334.9 3.92 9 600 4496 5.1 -6.7 42 11.9 -0.6 277 8 322.1 322.8 293.0 334.7 3.84 10 550 5197 -1.2 -13.3 40 12.0 -6.1 277 9 322.6 323.1 292.0 331.0 2.50 11 500 5951 -5.0 -37.1 6 32.1 -12.1 261 6 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.2 0.32 12 450 6770 -10.0 -42.7 5 32.6 -16.0 292 13 330.6 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.20 13 400 7664 -17.4 -43.8 8 26.5 -21.4 297 17 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.2 0.20 14 350 8649 -25.4 -47.3 11 22.0 -27.9 305 19 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.15 15 300 9745 -34.7 -52.3 15 17.6 -36.0 319 23 336.5 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.10 16 250 10996 -42.5 -61.4 11 19.0 -43.2 301 18 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.04 17 200 12465 -54.1 -66.8 19 12.8 -54.3 294 22 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14266 -64.5 -76.9 16 12.5 -64.6 299 12 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16693 -69.3 -84.5 9 15.2 -69.4 214 12 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5924.29 m Freezing level: 559.72 mb = 5060.89 m = 16603.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.74 mb = 4376.43 m = 14358.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.54 % Est. max temperature: 30.67 C = 87.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 500.73 mb = 5939.57 m = 19486.53 ft T: -4.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.25 C/km ThetaE index: 5.18 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 452.15 mb = 6732.85 m = 22089.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.59 C = 101.46 F Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lifted Index: 3.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4396.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 501.28 mb = 5930.96 m = 19458.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.4 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 313.4 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.5 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 20.15 Bulk Shear: 1.24 m/s