MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 40.21,-116.39 Latitude: 40.21 Longitude: -116.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 1 950 560 2 900 1029 3 850 1520 SFC 804 1993 12.6 11.4 93 1.2 11.9 268 7 304.1 306.1 293.3 335.7 10.60 5 800 2034 13.0 11.3 90 1.7 11.9 265 12 305.0 306.9 293.5 336.6 10.58 6 750 2575 10.5 8.0 85 2.5 9.0 289 16 307.9 309.6 293.2 335.3 9.01 7 700 3147 7.0 5.4 89 1.6 6.1 311 18 310.2 311.8 293.0 335.0 8.06 8 650 3753 3.1 2.4 95 0.7 2.7 310 21 312.5 313.8 292.9 334.3 7.02 9 600 4398 -0.6 -2.5 87 1.9 -1.6 295 18 315.4 316.5 292.3 332.3 5.31 10 550 5089 -4.5 -7.3 81 2.8 -5.8 291 16 318.8 319.5 292.2 331.8 4.02 11 500 5834 -8.8 -12.7 74 3.8 -10.4 291 14 322.3 322.8 292.2 331.9 2.89 12 450 6641 -14.4 -21.2 57 6.7 -16.4 272 10 325.1 325.4 291.9 330.5 1.57 13 400 7522 -20.8 -30.9 40 10.0 -22.9 273 8 327.9 328.0 291.9 330.5 0.73 14 350 8495 -27.8 -33.3 60 5.4 -28.7 189 7 331.2 331.3 292.7 333.6 0.66 15 300 9582 -37.0 -42.5 57 5.4 -37.5 195 7 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.3 0.30 16 250 10821 -43.6 -62.4 11 18.8 -44.2 217 20 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.03 17 200 12305 -48.1 -75.4 3 27.4 -48.7 227 42 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 18 150 14167 -56.2 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 225 34 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16677 -64.4 -84.1 5 19.7 -64.5 190 19 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.78 m Freezing level: 607.95 mb = 4295.19 m = 14091.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.26 mb = 4156.20 m = 13635.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.96 % Est. max temperature: 20.27 C = 68.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.00 mb = 2139.10 m = 7017.96 ft T: 12.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 4.83 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.64 mb = 3068.54 m = 10067.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.02 C = 64.43 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 112.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.83 mb = 2800.85 m = 9189.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.83 mb = 3817.25 m = 12523.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 294.83 mb = 9700.40 m = 31825.07 ft B at Equ Level: 111.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 244.83 mb = 10960.12 m = 35957.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.4 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 321.4 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.2 neg: -20.2 tot: 24.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 59.69 Bulk Shear: 1.89 m/s