MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F035.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F035.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 35 hour NAM valid 11Z 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 94 1 950 546 2 900 1019 3 850 1512 SFC 828 1731 14.0 12.8 93 1.2 13.2 342 5 303.0 305.1 293.4 336.5 11.29 5 800 2030 15.6 15.6 100 0.0 15.7 97 10 307.8 310.5 296.7 350.5 14.11 6 750 2580 21.1 -11.9 10 33.0 5.9 297 20 319.5 319.9 290.6 326.3 2.04 7 700 3173 18.0 -17.5 8 35.5 3.3 297 24 322.4 322.7 290.9 327.2 1.38 8 650 3798 12.0 -17.5 11 29.5 0.2 299 17 322.6 322.9 291.0 327.7 1.49 9 600 4460 5.9 -21.6 12 27.5 -3.7 300 10 323.0 323.2 290.9 327.0 1.14 10 550 5162 -0.5 -25.4 13 25.0 -8.1 279 9 323.5 323.7 290.7 326.6 0.88 11 500 5914 -6.3 -32.0 11 25.7 -12.6 267 16 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.3 0.52 12 450 6729 -11.9 -23.8 37 11.8 -15.3 279 27 328.2 328.5 292.4 332.6 1.25 13 400 7617 -18.7 -29.9 37 11.2 -21.2 283 37 330.6 330.8 292.7 333.5 0.80 14 350 8598 -25.6 -38.5 29 12.9 -27.5 281 46 334.3 334.4 293.3 335.8 0.39 15 300 9697 -33.7 -46.3 27 12.6 -34.8 278 44 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.20 16 250 10953 -42.5 -52.8 32 10.2 -43.1 277 33 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.3 0.11 17 200 12418 -53.8 -68.9 14 15.1 -54.1 269 39 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14216 -65.6 -76.0 22 10.4 -65.7 258 37 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16665 -64.4 -82.8 6 18.5 -64.6 230 18 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.78 m Freezing level: 553.70 mb = 5110.29 m = 16765.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.51 mb = 3829.97 m = 12565.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.47 % Est. max temperature: 32.46 C = 90.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.96 mb = 1881.93 m = 6174.23 ft T: 14.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.86 C/km ThetaE index: 24.14 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 570.80 mb = 4862.51 m = 15952.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.22 C = 91.80 F Cap Strength: 8.59 C Lifted Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.63 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 71.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4128.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 656.47 mb = 3714.67 m = 12187.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.5 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 316.5 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 4.6 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.8 neg: -136.7 tot: -113.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -38.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: -7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 90.28 m/s