MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F039.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F039.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1 950 549 2 900 1025 3 850 1522 SFC 830 1731 19.8 15.5 77 4.2 16.8 82 2 309.0 311.6 296.6 350.0 13.51 5 800 2043 18.8 5.8 43 13.0 11.0 289 5 311.2 312.5 292.7 333.6 7.26 6 750 2601 21.8 -10.5 11 32.3 6.5 314 14 320.2 320.7 291.1 327.9 2.30 7 700 3193 17.0 -14.4 10 31.5 3.4 307 13 321.4 321.7 291.0 327.4 1.78 8 650 3817 11.3 -13.7 16 25.0 0.6 287 10 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.6 2.04 9 600 4477 5.3 -19.2 15 24.6 -3.7 263 12 322.3 322.6 290.9 327.1 1.39 10 550 5178 -0.6 -25.8 13 25.2 -8.2 258 15 323.4 323.5 290.7 326.4 0.85 11 500 5930 -6.7 -32.5 11 25.8 -12.8 255 21 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.7 0.50 12 450 6742 -12.8 -35.2 13 22.4 -17.3 274 26 327.2 327.3 291.4 328.8 0.43 13 400 7628 -19.5 -32.5 31 12.9 -22.1 282 34 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.9 0.63 14 350 8605 -26.6 -31.7 62 5.1 -27.6 282 42 332.8 333.0 293.2 335.7 0.77 15 300 9701 -34.2 -43.0 41 8.8 -35.1 279 51 337.1 337.2 293.9 338.2 0.28 16 250 10952 -43.2 -50.6 44 7.4 -43.7 269 41 341.8 341.8 294.9 342.4 0.15 17 200 12414 -54.6 -63.3 33 8.7 -54.8 269 46 346.3 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14210 -64.7 -72.2 35 7.5 -64.8 267 54 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16675 -65.3 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.4 231 24 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.75 m Freezing level: 555.02 mb = 5107.51 m = 16756.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.97 mb = 3906.24 m = 12815.59 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.04 % Est. max temperature: 31.65 C = 88.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.19 mb = 2271.05 m = 7450.87 ft T: 20.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.66 C/km ThetaE index: 22.60 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 529.49 mb = 5477.70 m = 17971.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.00 C = 93.20 F Cap Strength: 6.26 C Lifted Index: 2.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.61 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5033.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 595.45 mb = 4537.94 m = 14888.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.0 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 306.0 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.9 neg: -9.1 tot: 4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.32 Bulk Shear: 21.47 m/s