MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 10Z 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 87 1 950 543 2 900 1015 3 850 1508 SFC 828 1731 13.2 11.3 88 1.9 12.0 25 4 302.2 304.1 292.4 332.5 10.22 5 800 2025 17.2 12.5 74 4.6 14.1 86 10 309.4 311.6 295.4 344.4 11.49 6 750 2579 21.9 -14.8 7 36.8 5.8 292 19 320.4 320.7 290.5 325.9 1.61 7 700 3172 17.9 -18.5 7 36.3 3.1 293 23 322.3 322.5 290.7 326.7 1.27 8 650 3797 12.0 -19.9 9 31.9 -0.2 296 16 322.6 322.8 290.8 326.8 1.21 9 600 4458 6.1 -23.9 9 30.0 -4.0 293 11 323.1 323.3 290.7 326.4 0.92 10 550 5161 -0.2 -29.4 9 29.3 -8.3 270 14 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.1 0.61 11 500 5914 -6.0 -31.8 11 25.9 -12.3 271 18 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.7 0.53 12 450 6729 -12.0 -23.9 37 11.9 -15.4 283 26 328.1 328.3 292.4 332.5 1.23 13 400 7618 -18.8 -25.4 56 6.6 -20.5 282 34 330.6 330.8 293.0 334.9 1.21 14 350 8599 -25.5 -37.0 33 11.5 -27.3 281 44 334.4 334.5 293.3 336.2 0.46 15 300 9698 -33.8 -41.0 48 7.2 -34.6 280 45 337.8 337.8 294.1 339.1 0.35 16 250 10954 -42.5 -52.4 33 10.0 -43.0 279 33 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.4 0.12 17 200 12420 -53.5 -67.9 16 14.5 -53.7 271 39 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14222 -65.5 -76.5 20 11.1 -65.5 258 31 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16670 -64.7 -73.8 27 9.2 -64.8 203 24 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.9 0.02 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.16 m Freezing level: 551.21 mb = 5144.17 m = 16876.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.42 mb = 3765.21 m = 12352.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.84 % Est. max temperature: 32.32 C = 90.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.74 mb = 1974.75 m = 6478.77 ft T: 16.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.70 C/km ThetaE index: 18.54 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 541.41 mb = 5285.53 m = 17340.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.04 C = 93.27 F Cap Strength: 7.91 C Lifted Index: 3.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.61 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 75.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5502.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 621.51 mb = 4166.91 m = 13670.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.9 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 314.9 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.6 neg: -111.9 tot: -99.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -33.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: -6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.83 Bulk Shear: 90.89 m/s