MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F041.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F041.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 41 hour NAM valid 17Z 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 63 1 950 525 2 900 1010 3 850 1517 SFC 829 1732 26.1 15.0 50 11.1 18.3 185 4 315.7 318.2 298.0 356.2 13.01 5 800 2048 22.4 7.9 39 14.4 13.3 259 2 315.0 316.6 294.6 341.3 8.41 6 750 2608 21.4 -6.0 15 27.5 7.4 293 3 319.8 320.5 291.9 330.5 3.24 7 700 3199 16.6 -11.3 14 27.9 3.8 281 13 320.9 321.3 291.3 328.6 2.30 8 650 3822 10.9 -13.8 16 24.7 0.4 262 14 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.2 2.03 9 600 4482 5.5 -25.3 9 30.8 -4.5 256 19 322.5 322.6 290.4 325.3 0.81 10 550 5184 -0.3 -27.8 10 27.6 -8.2 242 20 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.3 0.71 11 500 5936 -6.9 -28.9 15 22.0 -12.6 247 21 324.7 324.8 290.9 327.2 0.70 12 450 6748 -13.0 -41.2 7 28.3 -17.9 266 26 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.8 0.23 13 400 7633 -19.7 -38.4 17 18.6 -22.8 275 32 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.6 0.35 14 350 8608 -27.3 -30.5 74 3.2 -27.9 274 42 331.9 332.1 293.1 335.0 0.86 15 300 9700 -35.0 -42.7 45 7.7 -35.8 276 55 336.0 336.0 293.6 337.1 0.29 16 250 10947 -44.0 -50.3 50 6.3 -44.4 270 52 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.2 0.15 17 200 12406 -54.5 -64.3 29 9.8 -54.6 268 57 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.03 18 150 14207 -62.7 -72.8 24 10.1 -62.8 273 56 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16685 -65.1 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 238 20 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5872.74 m Freezing level: 552.26 mb = 5152.16 m = 16903.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.18 mb = 3870.71 m = 12699.03 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.90 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 704.80 mb = 3140.71 m = 10304.04 ft T: 17.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.58 C/km ThetaE index: 30.90 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 544.92 mb = 5257.14 m = 17247.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.86 C = 92.96 F Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lifted Index: 0.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.15 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 123.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 358.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 593.59 mb = 4568.18 m = 14987.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 468.59 mb = 6435.65 m = 21114.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.59 mb = 9732.56 m = 31930.57 ft B at Equ Level: 123.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.59 mb = 11532.63 m = 37836.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.8 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 290.8 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.7 neg: -10.8 tot: -0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.06 Bulk Shear: 30.50 m/s