MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 98 1 950 547 2 900 1020 3 850 1515 SFC 829 1732 15.7 14.4 92 1.2 14.8 9 2 304.8 307.1 294.8 342.3 12.56 5 800 2033 15.0 15.1 100 -0.0 15.1 144 3 307.2 309.7 296.2 348.1 13.58 6 750 2585 21.6 -10.9 10 32.5 6.3 294 20 320.0 320.5 291.0 327.5 2.22 7 700 3178 17.5 -14.1 10 31.6 3.7 296 23 321.9 322.3 291.2 328.2 1.84 8 650 3802 11.8 -17.3 11 29.0 0.1 297 17 322.3 322.6 291.0 327.5 1.52 9 600 4463 5.7 -21.4 12 27.1 -3.8 294 12 322.8 323.0 290.8 326.8 1.16 10 550 5165 -0.6 -25.5 13 24.9 -8.2 275 10 323.4 323.5 290.7 326.4 0.87 11 500 5917 -6.4 -29.3 14 22.9 -12.4 263 17 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.6 0.67 12 450 6731 -12.1 -22.4 42 10.2 -15.2 278 27 328.0 328.2 292.5 332.9 1.41 13 400 7619 -18.9 -33.8 26 14.9 -21.8 282 38 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.5 0.55 14 350 8599 -26.0 -34.8 43 8.8 -27.5 284 46 333.7 333.9 293.3 335.9 0.57 15 300 9697 -33.9 -45.7 29 11.8 -35.0 280 47 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.5 0.21 16 250 10951 -42.8 -53.8 29 11.0 -43.5 274 34 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.8 0.10 17 200 12415 -53.7 -67.5 17 13.7 -54.0 269 39 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14214 -65.4 -75.0 25 9.6 -65.4 260 44 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16666 -65.7 -85.3 5 19.6 -65.8 239 14 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.81 m Freezing level: 554.78 mb = 5098.26 m = 16726.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.28 mb = 3824.02 m = 12545.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.41 % Est. max temperature: 32.08 C = 89.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.60 mb = 1888.67 m = 6196.36 ft T: 15.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.75 C/km ThetaE index: 20.62 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 574.02 mb = 4820.29 m = 15814.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.03 C = 91.46 F Cap Strength: 8.14 C Lifted Index: 1.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 654.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 656.69 mb = 3715.90 m = 12191.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 391.69 mb = 7773.34 m = 25502.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 381.69 mb = 7963.12 m = 26125.42 ft B at Equ Level: 68.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 281.69 mb = 10130.08 m = 33234.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.2 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 313.2 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.0 neg: -13.1 tot: 133.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.18 Bulk Shear: 57.89 m/s