MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 69 1 950 520 2 900 998 3 850 1498 SFC 827 1731 17.8 13.1 74 4.7 14.7 34 5 307.2 309.3 294.8 342.0 11.56 5 800 2021 18.0 11.9 68 6.1 14.0 37 6 310.3 312.4 295.3 344.0 11.02 6 750 2577 22.0 8.3 41 13.7 13.1 237 9 320.5 322.3 296.6 349.8 9.18 7 700 3171 17.4 0.9 33 16.5 7.9 267 13 321.7 322.8 294.4 340.6 5.83 8 650 3798 12.8 -22.2 7 35.0 -0.1 288 20 323.5 323.7 290.9 327.0 0.99 9 600 4461 6.7 -17.6 16 24.2 -2.7 293 19 323.8 324.1 291.5 329.3 1.60 10 550 5166 0.2 -16.4 27 16.6 -6.1 277 20 324.3 324.7 292.0 330.9 1.93 11 500 5921 -5.0 -32.5 9 27.5 -11.8 292 22 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.8 0.50 12 450 6739 -10.6 -33.0 14 22.4 -15.8 299 28 329.8 330.0 292.2 331.8 0.53 13 400 7632 -17.6 -31.6 28 14.0 -20.7 290 32 332.0 332.2 292.9 334.6 0.68 14 350 8616 -25.1 -40.8 22 15.6 -27.3 287 35 334.8 334.9 293.3 336.1 0.31 15 300 9716 -33.5 -46.0 28 12.4 -34.7 286 33 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.9 0.21 16 250 10971 -43.0 -48.0 57 5.1 -43.3 290 30 342.2 342.2 295.0 343.0 0.20 17 200 12431 -55.2 -64.0 32 8.9 -55.4 282 41 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.6 0.03 18 150 14223 -65.5 -76.8 19 11.4 -65.5 265 26 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16674 -62.4 -86.1 3 23.8 -62.6 167 10 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.26 m Freezing level: 547.91 mb = 5197.54 m = 17052.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.43 mb = 3792.29 m = 12441.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.73 % Est. max temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 771.70 mb = 2331.64 m = 7649.65 ft T: 20.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 22.77 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 595.80 mb = 4517.89 m = 14822.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.62 C = 92.52 F Cap Strength: 6.93 C Lifted Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 601.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 415.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 671.36 mb = 3524.53 m = 11563.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 526.36 mb = 5513.86 m = 18089.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.36 mb = 12545.30 m = 41158.63 ft B at Equ Level: 596.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.36 mb = 14799.30 m = 48553.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.6 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 318.6 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.8 neg: -4.8 tot: 62.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 10.65 Bulk Shear: 56.49 m/s