MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 1 950 557 2 900 1029 3 850 1523 SFC 829 1740 14.1 12.4 89 1.7 13.0 22 4 303.2 305.2 293.3 335.9 11.01 5 800 2041 16.3 12.4 78 3.9 13.7 335 3 308.5 310.6 295.0 343.0 11.37 6 750 2595 18.0 10.3 61 7.7 13.0 163 13 316.1 318.2 296.4 349.2 10.55 7 700 3181 12.7 7.8 72 5.0 9.6 174 17 316.6 318.4 295.8 346.5 9.53 8 650 3798 7.4 2.0 68 5.4 4.3 207 8 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.9 6.80 9 600 4454 4.6 -13.7 25 18.3 -2.9 297 9 321.5 321.9 291.4 329.0 2.22 10 550 5155 -1.7 -15.2 35 13.5 -6.9 296 17 322.0 322.4 291.5 329.2 2.13 11 500 5904 -6.8 -32.3 11 25.5 -12.9 297 22 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.7 0.51 12 450 6717 -12.5 -42.7 6 30.2 -17.6 295 27 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.2 0.20 13 400 7603 -19.6 -45.7 8 26.0 -23.1 296 37 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.16 14 350 8580 -26.5 -51.0 8 24.6 -28.9 299 46 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.10 15 300 9674 -35.2 -52.8 15 17.6 -36.5 301 50 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.09 16 250 10918 -44.3 -55.2 29 10.9 -44.9 297 63 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.5 0.09 17 200 12380 -53.5 -70.1 12 16.6 -53.8 285 58 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14192 -60.4 -80.6 5 20.3 -60.6 291 40 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.00 19 100 16679 -65.8 -85.3 5 19.5 -66.0 146 10 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.62 m Freezing level: 563.63 mb = 4963.85 m = 16285.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.19 mb = 4182.97 m = 13723.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.90 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.81 mb = 1957.96 m = 6423.67 ft T: 15.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 20.19 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.16 mb = 3618.29 m = 11870.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.37 C = 81.26 F Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lifted Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.59 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 819.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 196.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 717.84 mb = 2966.93 m = 9733.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 562.84 mb = 4969.08 m = 16302.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.84 mb = 11671.58 m = 38292.11 ft B at Equ Level: 818.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.84 mb = 14492.33 m = 47546.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.7 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 312.7 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 3.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.2 neg: -48.6 tot: 31.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 26.88 Bulk Shear: 30.49 m/s