MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 8Z 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 68 1 950 521 2 900 998 3 850 1497 SFC 827 1731 15.3 12.4 83 2.9 13.4 25 5 304.6 306.6 293.7 337.5 11.01 5 800 2018 19.4 9.3 52 10.1 13.0 321 8 311.8 313.6 294.4 340.2 9.21 6 750 2580 23.4 -21.0 4 44.4 5.6 287 24 322.0 322.2 290.4 325.4 0.96 7 700 3173 17.9 -20.9 6 38.7 2.8 286 23 322.3 322.5 290.5 325.9 1.03 8 650 3799 12.5 -25.6 5 38.0 -0.6 277 17 323.0 323.2 290.5 325.7 0.73 9 600 4461 6.5 -26.0 8 32.5 -4.0 260 17 323.7 323.8 290.7 326.4 0.77 10 550 5165 0.2 -23.1 15 23.3 -7.4 262 18 324.4 324.6 291.2 328.2 1.08 11 500 5920 -5.0 -32.5 9 27.5 -11.8 285 19 326.9 327.0 291.4 328.8 0.50 12 450 6737 -11.3 -28.9 22 17.5 -15.7 294 26 329.0 329.2 292.2 331.9 0.78 13 400 7628 -18.1 -34.2 23 16.1 -21.3 288 33 331.4 331.5 292.6 333.4 0.53 14 350 8610 -25.6 -35.3 40 9.6 -27.3 286 37 334.2 334.3 293.4 336.2 0.54 15 300 9707 -33.9 -40.9 50 6.9 -34.7 281 38 337.5 337.6 294.0 338.9 0.36 16 250 10962 -42.8 -49.3 49 6.4 -43.3 280 30 342.4 342.4 295.0 343.1 0.17 17 200 12424 -54.6 -64.2 29 9.7 -54.8 280 40 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.03 18 150 14222 -65.7 -77.5 18 11.7 -65.8 264 30 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16672 -64.9 -80.3 10 15.5 -65.0 178 32 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.48 m Freezing level: 547.70 mb = 5199.73 m = 17059.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.19 mb = 3680.06 m = 12073.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 14.88 % Est. max temperature: 32.42 C = 90.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.76 mb = 2108.27 m = 6916.81 ft T: 20.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 14.84 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 503.03 mb = 5872.35 m = 19266.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.37 C = 97.46 F Cap Strength: 6.88 C Lifted Index: 4.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.72 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 70.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5834.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 580.33 mb = 4730.70 m = 15520.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.2 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 313.2 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.9 neg: -32.3 tot: -20.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.22 Bulk Shear: 31.82 m/s