MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 48 1 950 511 2 900 1001 3 850 1512 SFC 829 1732 29.5 11.4 33 18.2 17.2 175 5 319.3 321.3 297.0 351.8 10.24 5 800 2048 24.7 8.9 37 15.7 14.5 181 6 317.4 319.2 295.7 345.8 8.99 6 750 2610 21.3 -3.8 18 25.1 8.0 229 4 319.7 320.4 292.3 332.3 3.85 7 700 3200 16.4 -7.2 19 23.5 4.7 281 7 320.6 321.2 292.0 331.1 3.19 8 650 3823 11.0 -12.9 17 23.9 0.6 279 16 321.4 321.8 291.3 328.8 2.18 9 600 4483 5.9 -27.3 7 33.3 -4.4 259 19 323.0 323.1 290.4 325.4 0.68 10 550 5186 -0.2 -26.9 11 26.8 -8.1 239 19 323.9 324.0 290.7 326.6 0.76 11 500 5938 -6.6 -33.3 10 26.8 -12.8 248 21 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.7 0.46 12 450 6750 -12.8 -41.7 7 28.9 -17.7 265 25 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.0 0.22 13 400 7636 -19.8 -39.8 15 20.0 -23.0 273 33 329.2 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.30 14 350 8611 -27.4 -31.6 68 4.1 -28.2 272 42 331.8 331.9 293.0 334.6 0.78 15 300 9703 -35.1 -40.5 58 5.4 -35.7 275 54 335.9 336.0 293.6 337.3 0.37 16 250 10949 -44.1 -48.5 62 4.4 -44.4 272 55 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.2 0.19 17 200 12408 -54.5 -65.2 26 10.6 -54.7 270 58 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.6 0.03 18 150 14208 -62.7 -72.6 25 9.9 -62.8 273 54 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16686 -66.1 -85.4 5 19.4 -66.2 236 19 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5890.36 m Freezing level: 551.31 mb = 5167.83 m = 16954.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.99 mb = 3899.66 m = 12794.00 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.67 % Est. max temperature: 31.07 C = 87.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 636.22 mb = 3999.72 m = 13122.29 ft T: 9.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.37 C/km ThetaE index: 26.35 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 546.29 mb = 5239.61 m = 17190.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.94 C = 93.08 F Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lifted Index: 0.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.63 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 266.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 246.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 584.90 mb = 4689.18 m = 15384.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 489.90 mb = 6095.60 m = 19998.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.90 mb = 10683.80 m = 35051.42 ft B at Equ Level: 261.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.90 mb = 12732.24 m = 41771.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.0 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 289.0 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: -16.0 tot: -6.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.84 Bulk Shear: 38.90 m/s