MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F043.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F043.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 43 hour NAM valid 19Z 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 33 1 950 497 2 900 990 3 850 1504 SFC 829 1732 32.1 5.0 18 27.1 15.1 158 8 322.1 323.4 295.1 343.4 6.59 5 800 2044 27.3 1.4 19 25.9 12.1 164 9 320.3 321.3 293.7 337.4 5.30 6 750 2608 21.8 -0.5 23 22.3 9.2 183 9 320.2 321.2 293.4 336.2 4.94 7 700 3199 16.6 -4.8 23 21.5 5.5 239 10 320.9 321.6 292.6 333.4 3.81 8 650 3823 11.0 -8.4 25 19.4 1.8 278 13 321.4 322.0 292.2 331.8 3.12 9 600 4483 5.9 -23.1 10 29.0 -4.0 279 17 323.0 323.2 290.7 326.5 0.99 10 550 5186 0.1 -34.7 5 34.8 -8.6 252 18 324.2 324.3 290.4 325.5 0.36 11 500 5939 -6.3 -36.2 7 29.9 -12.9 259 22 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.7 0.35 12 450 6751 -12.8 -38.6 10 25.7 -17.6 267 27 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.2 0.30 13 400 7637 -19.9 -41.9 12 21.9 -23.2 271 34 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.24 14 350 8612 -27.3 -32.0 64 4.7 -28.2 270 41 331.9 332.1 293.0 334.7 0.74 15 300 9705 -34.7 -39.5 62 4.8 -35.3 273 55 336.4 336.5 293.8 338.0 0.41 16 250 10953 -44.0 -49.2 56 5.2 -44.3 273 55 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.4 0.17 17 200 12412 -54.5 -66.9 20 12.4 -54.8 271 58 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14211 -63.2 -76.2 16 13.1 -63.3 273 52 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16683 -66.2 -85.7 5 19.4 -66.4 233 27 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5906.31 m Freezing level: 549.36 mb = 5196.03 m = 17047.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.52 mb = 4021.49 m = 13193.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.76 % Est. max temperature: 31.17 C = 88.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 557.85 mb = 5071.74 m = 16639.37 ft T: 1.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.35 C/km ThetaE index: 17.85 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 510.84 mb = 5769.63 m = 18929.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.99 C = 94.98 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 211.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 542.69 mb = 5292.01 m = 17362.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 437.69 mb = 6959.94 m = 22834.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 317.69 mb = 9298.67 m = 30507.09 ft B at Equ Level: 57.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 267.69 mb = 10484.92 m = 34398.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.4 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 289.4 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.0 neg: -2.2 tot: 43.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.03 Bulk Shear: 57.78 m/s