MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 14Z 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 165 1 950 603 2 900 1073 3 850 1563 SFC 832 1741 15.1 14.9 98 0.3 15.0 149 5 303.8 306.2 294.8 342.1 12.88 5 800 2077 12.9 12.9 100 -0.0 12.9 166 9 304.9 307.1 294.3 340.1 11.78 6 750 2618 10.0 9.2 94 0.9 9.5 194 9 307.5 309.3 293.6 337.1 9.77 7 700 3191 8.1 7.0 93 1.0 7.4 219 9 311.4 313.1 294.1 339.2 9.02 8 650 3802 6.3 3.7 83 2.6 4.8 215 10 316.1 317.6 294.4 340.4 7.71 9 600 4455 2.1 -2.9 69 5.0 -0.4 243 8 318.6 319.6 293.1 335.2 5.16 10 550 5151 -2.1 -3.7 89 1.6 -3.0 261 9 321.5 322.6 294.0 338.7 5.29 11 500 5904 -5.8 -14.5 50 8.8 -9.2 293 14 326.0 326.5 292.9 334.5 2.48 12 450 6720 -11.7 -16.8 66 5.0 -13.5 322 16 328.5 328.9 293.4 336.4 2.29 13 400 7611 -17.3 -28.0 39 10.7 -19.8 315 23 332.6 332.8 293.3 336.1 0.96 14 350 8597 -24.7 -37.5 30 12.8 -26.8 290 28 335.4 335.5 293.6 337.0 0.43 15 300 9700 -33.0 -39.1 54 6.2 -33.7 291 36 338.9 339.0 294.4 340.6 0.43 16 250 10956 -43.2 -46.5 70 3.3 -43.5 277 47 341.8 341.8 295.0 342.7 0.23 17 200 12420 -53.0 -62.1 32 9.1 -53.3 287 44 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.04 18 150 14238 -62.2 -80.4 7 18.2 -62.4 307 39 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16698 -67.7 -86.9 5 19.2 -67.8 329 16 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.01 m Freezing level: 575.00 mb = 4802.70 m = 15756.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.28 mb = 4396.82 m = 14425.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.00 % Est. max temperature: 23.87 C = 74.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.23 mb = 1773.42 m = 5818.24 ft T: 14.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 5.02 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.41 mb = 2349.54 m = 7708.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.40 C = 63.32 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: 1.37 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.65 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.84 mb = 2323.38 m = 7622.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.84 mb = 2486.78 m = 8158.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 741.84 mb = 2708.87 m = 8887.27 ft B at Equ Level: 21.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 661.84 mb = 3653.30 m = 11985.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.3 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 304.3 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 48.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 36.45 m/s