MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 13Z 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 104 1 950 553 2 900 1026 3 850 1520 SFC 829 1732 16.7 15.2 91 1.5 15.7 88 2 305.8 308.2 295.6 345.3 13.20 5 800 2037 14.0 13.2 95 0.8 13.4 237 4 306.1 308.3 294.8 342.1 11.98 6 750 2593 22.0 -12.3 9 34.3 6.2 295 20 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.2 1.98 7 700 3185 17.4 -15.4 9 32.8 3.4 300 21 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.4 1.65 8 650 3809 11.7 -17.1 12 28.8 0.1 298 15 322.2 322.5 291.0 327.5 1.54 9 600 4470 5.7 -21.4 12 27.1 -3.8 286 11 322.7 322.9 290.7 326.7 1.15 10 550 5172 -0.6 -26.8 12 26.2 -8.3 266 12 323.4 323.5 290.6 326.1 0.77 11 500 5923 -6.3 -33.3 10 27.0 -12.7 261 19 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.0 0.46 12 450 6737 -12.0 -37.9 10 25.8 -17.1 277 28 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.3 0.33 13 400 7625 -19.1 -31.8 32 12.6 -21.8 283 36 330.1 330.2 292.4 332.6 0.67 14 350 8604 -26.4 -33.5 51 7.1 -27.6 284 43 333.2 333.3 293.2 335.6 0.65 15 300 9701 -34.0 -42.9 40 8.9 -35.0 280 47 337.4 337.5 294.0 338.5 0.29 16 250 10954 -43.0 -52.3 35 9.3 -43.5 271 34 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.7 0.12 17 200 12417 -54.0 -65.4 24 11.3 -54.3 269 39 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 14214 -65.7 -73.1 35 7.3 -65.8 261 49 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16667 -65.5 -85.9 4 20.4 -65.7 235 14 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.95 m Freezing level: 554.76 mb = 5104.96 m = 16748.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.28 mb = 3830.94 m = 12568.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.92 % Est. max temperature: 32.04 C = 89.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.28 mb = 1918.07 m = 6292.81 ft T: 15.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.68 C/km ThetaE index: 18.19 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 563.96 mb = 4969.47 m = 16303.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.19 C = 91.74 F Cap Strength: 8.28 C Lifted Index: 2.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.06 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4291.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 647.49 mb = 3840.96 m = 12601.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.1 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 311.1 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.9 neg: -9.4 tot: 74.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.20 Bulk Shear: 30.87 m/s