MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 38.65,-104.84 Latitude: 38.65 Longitude: -104.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 162 1 950 602 2 900 1071 3 850 1561 SFC 816 1911 13.7 13.6 99 0.1 13.6 173 3 304.0 306.3 294.3 339.9 12.06 5 800 2074 12.2 12.2 100 -0.0 12.2 186 5 304.2 306.2 293.7 337.7 11.24 6 750 2615 10.4 10.1 98 0.3 10.2 201 10 307.9 309.8 294.1 339.3 10.39 7 700 3188 8.1 6.2 88 1.9 7.0 197 16 311.5 313.1 293.8 337.9 8.55 8 650 3798 5.4 2.8 83 2.6 3.9 199 17 315.1 316.5 293.8 337.9 7.25 9 600 4448 1.1 0.3 95 0.8 0.7 210 9 317.4 318.7 293.9 338.2 6.55 10 550 5144 -2.5 -5.1 82 2.6 -3.7 274 9 321.1 322.1 293.5 336.7 4.77 11 500 5897 -5.6 -21.1 28 15.5 -10.6 296 16 326.3 326.5 292.0 331.3 1.43 12 450 6713 -11.7 -17.2 64 5.4 -13.6 311 21 328.5 328.9 293.3 336.1 2.21 13 400 7605 -17.6 -27.4 42 9.8 -20.1 317 27 332.0 332.3 293.2 335.7 1.00 14 350 8590 -24.7 -36.4 33 11.7 -26.6 291 31 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.3 0.49 15 300 9692 -33.3 -37.9 63 4.7 -33.8 281 42 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.4 0.48 16 250 10949 -42.7 -46.0 70 3.3 -42.9 283 44 342.6 342.6 295.2 343.6 0.25 17 200 12413 -52.8 -64.2 24 11.4 -53.0 281 47 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14229 -62.8 -80.2 8 17.4 -63.0 307 38 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16688 -66.8 -87.2 4 20.5 -66.9 336 16 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.04 m Freezing level: 584.68 mb = 4661.11 m = 15292.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.44 mb = 4549.24 m = 14925.14 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.12 % Est. max temperature: 23.02 C = 73.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.53 mb = 1921.50 m = 6304.06 ft T: 13.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 2.27 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.48 mb = 2653.58 m = 8705.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.50 C = 63.51 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3365.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.91 mb = 2504.45 m = 8216.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.1 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 303.1 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.1 neg: -14.5 tot: 41.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.95 Bulk Shear: 32.98 m/s