MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 80 1 950 540 2 900 1020 3 850 1522 SFC 830 1731 22.6 15.3 63 7.3 17.5 174 1 312.0 314.5 297.3 352.9 13.31 5 800 2047 21.0 5.7 37 15.3 11.7 284 5 313.6 314.9 293.3 336.1 7.22 6 750 2606 21.6 -9.3 12 30.9 6.6 311 9 320.0 320.5 291.3 328.4 2.52 7 700 3198 16.8 -13.7 11 30.6 3.4 296 11 321.1 321.5 291.0 327.5 1.89 8 650 3821 11.2 -15.3 14 26.5 0.2 266 11 321.6 322.0 291.0 327.7 1.78 9 600 4480 5.2 -19.6 15 24.7 -3.8 255 15 322.1 322.4 290.8 326.8 1.35 10 550 5182 -0.4 -25.9 13 25.4 -8.1 246 20 323.6 323.7 290.7 326.5 0.84 11 500 5933 -6.9 -29.4 15 22.5 -12.7 244 21 324.6 324.7 290.9 327.0 0.67 12 450 6745 -12.9 -36.7 12 23.8 -17.6 269 24 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.4 0.37 13 400 7631 -19.6 -40.3 14 20.7 -22.9 276 33 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.5 0.28 14 350 8607 -27.0 -30.6 72 3.6 -27.7 277 41 332.3 332.5 293.2 335.4 0.85 15 300 9701 -34.7 -39.8 60 5.1 -35.3 278 54 336.4 336.5 293.8 338.0 0.40 16 250 10950 -43.6 -51.3 42 7.7 -44.0 267 46 341.3 341.3 294.8 341.8 0.14 17 200 12410 -54.5 -64.0 30 9.5 -54.7 268 52 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.03 18 150 14208 -63.9 -73.5 26 9.6 -64.0 270 56 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16678 -65.4 -85.0 5 19.7 -65.5 241 26 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5853.07 m Freezing level: 554.00 mb = 5125.87 m = 16816.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.58 mb = 3851.56 m = 12636.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.48 C = 88.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.89 mb = 2665.06 m = 8743.52 ft T: 21.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.70 C/km ThetaE index: 25.35 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 531.20 mb = 5456.18 m = 17900.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.95 C = 93.11 F Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lifted Index: 2.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.29 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4392.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 586.98 mb = 4657.17 m = 15279.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.0 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 295.0 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.1 neg: -8.7 tot: 9.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.54 Bulk Shear: 23.07 m/s