MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F039.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F039.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 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 15 1 950 480 2 900 976 3 850 1495 SFC 827 1742 34.5 1.0 12 33.4 14.5 261 4 324.8 325.8 294.6 341.2 4.99 5 800 2039 30.1 -3.4 11 33.5 11.6 262 5 323.3 324.0 293.2 335.6 3.72 6 750 2608 24.5 -4.5 14 29.0 8.9 260 6 323.2 323.9 293.2 335.3 3.65 7 700 3204 18.7 -5.3 19 24.0 6.2 261 8 323.2 323.9 293.2 335.5 3.69 8 650 3831 12.6 -6.2 26 18.9 3.1 266 10 323.3 324.0 293.2 335.5 3.69 9 600 4495 6.3 -8.0 35 14.3 -0.5 271 12 323.4 324.1 293.0 335.0 3.49 10 550 5199 -0.4 -9.4 51 8.9 -4.4 284 16 323.6 324.3 293.0 335.0 3.42 11 500 5951 -6.5 -19.1 36 12.6 -10.8 282 24 325.1 325.5 292.0 331.0 1.69 12 450 6764 -13.1 -19.9 57 6.8 -15.3 262 25 326.7 327.1 292.4 332.8 1.75 13 400 7647 -20.4 -30.4 40 10.1 -22.4 264 32 328.5 328.7 292.0 331.3 0.76 14 350 8622 -27.7 -32.7 62 5.1 -28.5 267 37 331.5 331.6 292.8 334.0 0.70 15 300 9713 -34.4 -39.4 60 5.0 -35.0 276 49 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.6 0.42 16 250 10963 -44.3 -48.0 66 3.8 -44.5 278 57 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.1 0.20 17 200 12418 -55.2 -60.5 51 5.4 -55.3 275 64 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.06 18 150 14216 -62.8 -81.8 6 18.9 -63.0 278 54 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16689 -66.2 -85.6 5 19.4 -66.3 250 22 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5936.06 m Freezing level: 553.19 mb = 5153.80 m = 16908.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.99 mb = 4398.70 m = 14431.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.57 % Est. max temperature: 33.02 C = 91.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 507.95 mb = 5826.58 m = 19115.83 ft T: -5.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.18 C/km ThetaE index: 5.93 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 474.85 mb = 6349.28 m = 20830.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.55 C = 95.98 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 490.37 mb = 6101.26 m = 20017.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 425.37 mb = 7186.23 m = 23576.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 335.37 mb = 8923.87 m = 29277.43 ft B at Equ Level: 36.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 295.37 mb = 9819.48 m = 32215.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.6 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 299.6 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 17.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.23 Bulk Shear: 17.41 m/s