MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F038.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F038.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 38 hour NAM valid 14Z 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 100 1 950 552 2 900 1025 3 850 1520 SFC 829 1731 17.8 15.4 86 2.4 16.2 115 2 307.0 309.5 296.0 347.3 13.39 5 800 2038 17.5 7.3 51 10.3 11.3 264 6 309.8 311.3 292.9 334.5 8.02 6 750 2596 22.0 -11.0 10 33.0 6.5 303 18 320.4 320.9 291.1 327.8 2.19 7 700 3188 17.2 -14.3 10 31.5 3.5 305 17 321.5 321.9 291.0 327.6 1.80 8 650 3811 11.4 -14.6 15 26.0 0.4 295 12 321.9 322.2 291.2 328.3 1.89 9 600 4472 5.4 -19.7 14 25.1 -3.7 273 10 322.4 322.7 290.9 327.0 1.34 10 550 5173 -0.6 -26.9 12 26.2 -8.3 260 13 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.1 0.77 11 500 5925 -6.4 -31.3 12 24.9 -12.6 259 21 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.2 0.56 12 450 6738 -12.3 -32.1 18 19.8 -16.8 278 27 327.7 327.8 291.7 329.8 0.57 13 400 7625 -19.2 -33.3 28 14.1 -22.0 284 36 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.1 0.57 14 350 8604 -26.3 -32.0 59 5.6 -27.4 285 43 333.2 333.4 293.3 336.0 0.75 15 300 9701 -34.0 -43.7 37 9.8 -35.0 281 48 337.5 337.6 294.0 338.6 0.26 16 250 10954 -43.0 -51.5 38 8.6 -43.5 271 36 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.8 0.13 17 200 12416 -54.4 -64.8 27 10.3 -54.6 268 41 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.03 18 150 14212 -65.5 -75.3 24 9.8 -65.5 262 52 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16672 -65.2 -85.9 4 20.7 -65.3 231 19 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.72 m Freezing level: 555.17 mb = 5100.65 m = 16734.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.83 mb = 3877.29 m = 12720.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.75 C = 89.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.16 mb = 2036.48 m = 6681.29 ft T: 17.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.64 C/km ThetaE index: 19.62 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 534.18 mb = 5403.47 m = 17727.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.87 C = 92.97 F Cap Strength: 6.84 C Lifted Index: 3.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5109.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 605.55 mb = 4395.59 m = 14421.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.6 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 309.6 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.8 neg: -4.4 tot: 46.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.87 Bulk Shear: 20.64 m/s