MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508041200F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 1Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.96,-103.86 Latitude: 40.96 Longitude: -103.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 580 2 900 1052 3 850 1545 SFC 846 1582 17.0 16.3 96 0.6 16.5 331 23 304.3 306.9 295.7 345.9 13.95 5 800 2064 16.5 12.4 77 4.1 13.8 45 17 308.7 310.9 295.1 343.3 11.39 6 750 2612 13.5 8.7 73 4.7 10.5 70 19 311.2 313.0 294.4 340.4 9.49 7 700 3189 9.5 5.3 75 4.2 7.0 79 21 313.0 314.5 293.8 337.8 7.99 8 650 3800 5.1 1.4 77 3.7 3.1 71 24 314.7 316.0 293.2 335.3 6.54 9 600 4450 1.4 -1.1 84 2.5 0.1 57 25 317.7 318.9 293.4 336.6 5.91 10 550 5147 -2.4 -4.8 84 2.3 -3.6 49 24 321.2 322.1 293.6 337.1 4.89 11 500 5898 -6.5 -7.8 90 1.4 -7.1 47 17 325.1 326.0 294.1 339.2 4.24 12 450 6714 -11.0 -11.6 95 0.7 -11.3 51 8 329.4 330.1 294.6 341.3 3.49 13 400 7610 -15.8 -16.1 97 0.3 -15.9 188 4 334.5 335.0 295.3 344.0 2.72 14 350 8605 -21.4 -21.6 98 0.2 -21.4 208 16 339.9 340.3 296.0 347.0 1.95 15 300 9726 -28.7 -28.8 100 0.1 -28.7 214 29 344.9 345.1 296.5 349.3 1.18 16 250 11009 -37.2 -37.5 97 0.3 -37.3 217 42 350.7 350.8 297.3 353.1 0.61 17 200 12510 -49.0 -52.3 68 3.3 -49.2 218 52 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.8 0.15 18 150 14332 -64.9 -68.8 59 3.8 -65.0 218 70 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.02 19 100 16781 -54.5 -58.6 60 4.1 -54.7 85 16 422.5 422.5 308.1 423.2 0.14 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.43 m Freezing level: 581.88 mb = 4702.33 m = 15427.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.94 mb = 4464.00 m = 14645.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.70 % Est. max temperature: 25.35 C = 77.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.56 mb = 1661.16 m = 5449.93 ft T: 16.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 10.56 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.43 mb = 3006.78 m = 9864.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.71 C = 76.48 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 134.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.54 mb = 2549.39 m = 8364.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.54 mb = 3667.59 m = 12032.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 420.54 mb = 7229.00 m = 23716.90 ft B at Equ Level: 133.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 310.54 mb = 9474.60 m = 31084.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 56.6 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 86.6 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.1 neg: -25.9 tot: 104.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 3.40 Bulk Shear: 39.45 m/s