MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 4Z TUE 5 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 61 1 950 512 2 900 992 3 850 1494 SFC 827 1731 20.3 14.9 71 5.4 16.7 335 2 309.9 312.3 296.5 349.6 13.03 5 800 2020 18.6 13.1 70 5.5 14.9 141 5 311.0 313.2 296.1 347.5 11.92 6 750 2577 21.8 5.9 35 16.0 11.9 164 17 320.3 321.8 295.6 345.1 7.77 7 700 3171 17.4 2.7 38 14.6 8.6 196 14 321.7 323.0 295.1 343.2 6.68 8 650 3797 11.6 3.6 58 7.9 6.8 228 15 322.0 323.5 295.9 346.8 7.67 9 600 4460 6.7 -8.7 32 15.4 -0.6 261 20 323.8 324.5 293.0 334.8 3.30 10 550 5166 0.2 -12.9 37 13.1 -5.3 278 23 324.3 324.9 292.6 333.0 2.58 11 500 5920 -6.0 -23.7 23 17.6 -11.4 289 28 325.7 325.9 291.6 329.7 1.13 12 450 6737 -10.3 -47.6 3 37.2 -16.3 299 30 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.12 13 400 7631 -16.9 -32.3 25 15.4 -20.3 292 34 333.0 333.1 293.2 335.3 0.63 14 350 8617 -24.7 -35.9 35 11.2 -26.6 292 33 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.3 0.51 15 300 9719 -33.0 -44.1 32 11.1 -34.1 297 32 338.9 339.0 294.3 339.9 0.25 16 250 10976 -42.8 -50.1 45 7.3 -43.3 298 33 342.4 342.4 295.0 343.0 0.16 17 200 12438 -54.6 -62.8 35 8.3 -54.8 290 42 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.6 0.04 18 150 14241 -63.5 -78.8 11 15.3 -63.6 264 20 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16690 -64.5 -85.4 4 20.8 -64.7 326 3 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5858.89 m Freezing level: 548.25 mb = 5192.23 m = 17034.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.83 mb = 4407.45 m = 14459.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.33 % Est. max temperature: 31.71 C = 89.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.81 mb = 2419.49 m = 7937.87 ft T: 20.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.51 C/km ThetaE index: 6.31 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 595.31 mb = 4523.82 m = 14841.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.60 C = 92.48 F Cap Strength: 5.74 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.61 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 584.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 353.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 665.97 mb = 3592.06 m = 11784.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 540.97 mb = 5296.76 m = 17377.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.97 mb = 12406.57 m = 40703.47 ft B at Equ Level: 579.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.97 mb = 14616.21 m = 47952.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.5 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 302.5 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.2 neg: -7.6 tot: 206.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 6.88 Bulk Shear: 84.97 m/s