MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 72 1 950 525 2 900 1001 3 850 1499 SFC 827 1731 14.4 11.9 85 2.5 12.8 38 5 303.6 305.5 293.2 335.3 10.66 5 800 2020 19.2 7.9 48 11.3 12.1 311 5 311.6 313.2 293.7 337.4 8.37 6 750 2581 23.2 -17.8 5 41.0 5.8 293 23 321.7 322.0 290.6 326.1 1.25 7 700 3174 17.7 -18.4 7 36.1 3.1 292 22 322.1 322.4 290.7 326.6 1.28 8 650 3799 12.3 -24.3 6 36.6 -0.5 289 15 322.9 323.1 290.5 325.8 0.82 9 600 4462 6.4 -30.4 5 36.8 -4.4 268 14 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.4 0.51 10 550 5165 0.2 -28.9 9 29.1 -8.1 258 17 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.6 0.64 11 500 5920 -5.5 -32.2 10 26.7 -12.1 275 17 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.2 0.51 12 450 6735 -11.8 -23.8 36 12.0 -15.3 287 24 328.3 328.6 292.4 332.7 1.24 13 400 7624 -18.6 -30.2 35 11.6 -21.2 284 32 330.8 330.9 292.7 333.6 0.78 14 350 8605 -25.7 -32.9 51 7.2 -27.0 282 41 334.1 334.3 293.5 336.7 0.68 15 300 9702 -34.0 -44.1 35 10.1 -35.0 280 43 337.5 337.5 294.0 338.5 0.25 16 250 10957 -42.8 -50.0 45 7.1 -43.3 281 33 342.4 342.4 295.0 343.0 0.16 17 200 12421 -53.8 -68.2 15 14.4 -54.0 276 41 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14224 -65.5 -78.6 15 13.1 -65.5 261 29 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16674 -65.9 -77.1 19 11.3 -66.0 200 29 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.00 m Freezing level: 548.48 mb = 5188.27 m = 17021.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.10 mb = 3707.79 m = 12164.51 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 13.59 % Est. max temperature: 32.32 C = 90.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.44 mb = 2047.68 m = 6718.04 ft T: 19.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.46 C/km ThetaE index: 11.37 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 502.64 mb = 5878.01 m = 19284.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.85 C = 96.54 F Cap Strength: 7.16 C Lifted Index: 4.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.97 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 73.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5382.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 578.66 mb = 4754.55 m = 15598.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.3 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 312.3 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.0 neg: -18.9 tot: 3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.49 Bulk Shear: 29.51 m/s