MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 16 1 950 475 2 900 968 3 850 1483 SFC 827 1732 31.2 8.9 25 22.4 16.5 163 10 321.4 323.1 296.5 349.3 8.68 5 800 2023 27.2 6.0 26 21.1 13.9 166 12 320.1 321.5 295.2 343.6 7.35 6 750 2587 21.6 4.5 33 17.1 11.2 169 12 320.0 321.4 295.0 342.6 7.06 7 700 3179 16.7 -5.9 21 22.6 5.2 199 11 321.0 321.7 292.4 332.6 3.52 8 650 3803 11.4 -9.6 22 21.0 1.6 238 16 321.8 322.4 292.1 331.3 2.84 9 600 4463 5.4 -9.4 34 14.7 -1.4 262 19 322.3 323.0 292.4 332.8 3.14 10 550 5166 -0.8 -15.0 33 14.2 -6.4 280 24 323.1 323.5 291.8 330.4 2.17 11 500 5917 -6.7 -25.0 22 18.4 -12.0 291 21 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.5 1.00 12 450 6729 -13.1 -36.5 12 23.4 -17.7 291 26 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.1 0.37 13 400 7614 -19.6 -43.4 10 23.7 -23.0 290 31 329.4 329.5 291.8 330.2 0.21 14 350 8592 -26.2 -52.3 7 26.1 -28.6 297 42 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.09 15 300 9687 -34.9 -52.4 15 17.5 -36.1 297 43 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.10 16 250 10934 -43.8 -48.4 61 4.5 -44.1 296 55 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.19 17 200 12396 -54.4 -63.5 32 9.1 -54.6 294 63 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.04 18 150 14205 -61.2 -80.4 6 19.2 -61.4 295 29 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16685 -63.7 -86.0 3 22.4 -63.8 243 19 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5901.80 m Freezing level: 556.68 mb = 5071.75 m = 16639.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.20 mb = 4150.13 m = 13615.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.66 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 596.84 mb = 4505.76 m = 14782.49 ft T: 5.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.53 C/km ThetaE index: 17.96 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 560.94 mb = 5006.60 m = 16425.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.69 C = 90.83 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 507.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 581.00 mb = 4722.97 m = 15495.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 536.00 mb = 5368.99 m = 17614.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.00 mb = 11312.00 m = 37112.43 ft B at Equ Level: 505.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.00 mb = 13958.36 m = 45794.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.3 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 299.3 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 114.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 6.06 Bulk Shear: 83.77 m/s