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: 38.68,-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 163 1 950 604 2 900 1072 3 850 1561 SFC 832 1741 14.4 14.2 99 0.2 14.3 149 3 303.1 305.4 294.3 339.7 12.35 5 800 2074 11.9 11.9 100 -0.0 11.9 166 7 303.8 305.8 293.4 336.5 10.98 6 750 2614 10.8 10.8 100 0.0 10.8 192 11 308.3 310.4 294.7 341.5 10.92 7 700 3188 8.5 4.6 76 4.0 6.2 197 17 311.9 313.4 293.2 335.5 7.61 8 650 3798 5.3 2.0 79 3.3 3.4 197 19 314.9 316.2 293.4 336.3 6.80 9 600 4448 1.7 -0.8 83 2.5 0.4 209 11 318.1 319.3 293.7 337.3 6.02 10 550 5144 -2.3 -7.8 66 5.4 -4.8 279 8 321.3 322.1 292.8 334.0 3.87 11 500 5896 -6.0 -19.4 34 13.4 -10.6 295 16 325.7 326.0 292.1 331.4 1.65 12 450 6712 -11.7 -18.6 56 7.0 -14.0 310 22 328.6 329.0 293.2 335.4 1.95 13 400 7603 -17.5 -27.1 43 9.6 -19.9 317 29 332.2 332.4 293.3 335.9 1.04 14 350 8589 -24.7 -35.7 35 11.0 -26.5 292 32 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.5 0.52 15 300 9692 -33.2 -41.4 44 8.1 -34.2 281 42 338.5 338.6 294.3 339.9 0.34 16 250 10948 -42.7 -46.0 70 3.3 -42.9 284 44 342.6 342.7 295.2 343.6 0.25 17 200 12412 -52.7 -64.2 24 11.5 -53.0 281 47 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14229 -62.9 -80.2 8 17.3 -63.1 308 38 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16687 -66.8 -87.2 4 20.5 -66.9 336 16 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.14 m Freezing level: 578.79 mb = 4743.45 m = 15562.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.44 mb = 4496.06 m = 14750.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.44 % Est. max temperature: 23.81 C = 74.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.79 mb = 1765.01 m = 5790.65 ft T: 14.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 5.94 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.51 mb = 2057.64 m = 6750.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.05 C = 59.10 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3380.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.77 mb = 2298.99 m = 7542.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.3 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 295.3 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.9 neg: -12.4 tot: 62.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 42.12 m/s