MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 5Z 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 63 1 950 515 2 900 994 3 850 1495 SFC 827 1731 19.2 14.0 72 5.2 15.7 54 6 308.6 310.9 295.7 345.8 12.25 5 800 2019 18.3 12.6 69 5.7 14.5 71 6 310.7 312.8 295.7 345.9 11.52 6 750 2577 21.9 9.0 44 12.9 13.4 190 13 320.3 322.2 296.8 351.0 9.64 7 700 3171 17.4 3.0 38 14.5 8.8 211 10 321.8 323.1 295.2 343.7 6.79 8 650 3797 12.0 -3.6 33 15.6 3.8 260 15 322.5 323.4 293.6 337.3 4.50 9 600 4461 6.9 -14.9 19 21.8 -2.1 278 20 324.1 324.5 292.0 331.0 2.01 10 550 5166 0.2 -17.9 24 18.1 -6.5 283 21 324.3 324.7 291.7 330.2 1.70 11 500 5920 -5.0 -34.3 8 29.3 -12.0 295 26 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.5 0.42 12 450 6739 -10.1 -44.3 4 34.2 -16.1 300 30 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.17 13 400 7634 -17.2 -28.0 39 10.8 -19.8 291 32 332.6 332.8 293.3 336.1 0.95 14 350 8619 -24.7 -44.3 15 19.5 -27.2 287 32 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.2 0.21 15 300 9721 -33.2 -43.1 37 9.8 -34.3 291 31 338.5 338.6 294.2 339.6 0.28 16 250 10976 -43.0 -49.2 50 6.2 -43.3 298 29 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.9 0.17 17 200 12436 -55.5 -61.4 48 5.8 -55.7 285 42 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.05 18 150 14228 -65.2 -77.3 17 12.1 -65.3 269 23 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16676 -62.6 -86.5 3 23.9 -62.8 145 3 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5856.52 m Freezing level: 547.92 mb = 5197.23 m = 17051.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.83 mb = 4217.82 m = 13837.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.97 C = 89.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.23 mb = 2391.99 m = 7847.63 ft T: 20.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.18 C/km ThetaE index: 22.54 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 600.59 mb = 4452.51 m = 14607.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.83 C = 92.89 F Cap Strength: 6.20 C Lifted Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.95 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 838.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 354.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 676.57 mb = 3458.57 m = 11346.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 551.57 mb = 5142.75 m = 16872.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.57 mb = 13038.21 m = 42775.77 ft B at Equ Level: 825.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.57 mb = 15496.72 m = 50841.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.8 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 312.8 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 195.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 9.39 Bulk Shear: 89.31 m/s