MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 6 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 73 1 950 541 2 900 1022 3 850 1526 SFC 830 1730 16.4 -0.6 32 16.9 7.5 8 6 305.3 306.2 288.4 318.9 4.42 5 800 2057 27.9 -9.4 8 37.3 9.5 314 16 320.9 321.3 291.3 328.7 2.34 6 750 2622 22.9 -5.8 14 28.7 8.0 314 18 321.5 322.1 292.4 332.4 3.31 7 700 3215 17.5 -7.0 18 24.5 5.2 310 12 321.9 322.5 292.4 332.6 3.23 8 650 3840 11.7 -9.0 23 20.7 2.0 284 6 322.2 322.8 292.3 332.2 2.98 9 600 4501 5.5 -11.5 28 17.0 -1.9 247 6 322.5 323.0 292.1 331.4 2.64 10 550 5203 -0.8 -14.0 36 13.2 -6.1 253 11 323.1 323.6 292.0 331.1 2.36 11 500 5955 -6.4 -23.5 24 17.1 -11.6 273 17 325.2 325.5 291.5 329.3 1.15 12 450 6769 -12.2 -25.3 33 13.1 -15.7 286 23 327.9 328.2 292.2 331.8 1.09 13 400 7657 -19.0 -26.1 53 7.2 -20.7 286 28 330.4 330.6 292.9 334.4 1.14 14 350 8637 -25.7 -34.6 43 8.9 -27.2 291 35 334.1 334.2 293.4 336.3 0.58 15 300 9735 -34.3 -45.4 32 11.1 -35.3 285 37 337.1 337.1 293.8 338.0 0.22 16 250 10984 -44.2 -54.9 29 10.7 -44.7 289 37 340.3 340.3 294.5 340.6 0.09 17 200 12439 -55.0 -65.0 28 9.9 -55.2 283 47 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 18 150 14233 -64.3 -78.1 14 13.7 -64.4 274 45 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16694 -64.2 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 302 3 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5881.95 m Freezing level: 556.50 mb = 5112.10 m = 16771.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.74 mb = 4167.35 m = 13672.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.21 % Est. max temperature: 32.20 C = 89.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 643.14 mb = 3927.66 m = 12885.88 ft T: 10.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 440.04 mb = 6938.14 m = 22762.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.24 C = 100.84 F Cap Strength: 5.28 C Lifted Index: 5.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.67 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5868.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 497.48 mb = 5994.19 m = 19665.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.0 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 317.0 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: -21.7 tot: -14.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.29 Bulk Shear: 9.51 m/s