MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1073 3 850 1564 SFC 832 1741 15.3 14.9 98 0.3 15.1 138 6 304.0 306.4 294.9 342.5 12.94 5 800 2077 12.5 12.5 100 -0.0 12.5 165 9 304.5 306.6 294.0 338.6 11.45 6 750 2618 9.9 9.7 98 0.3 9.7 209 7 307.4 309.3 293.8 337.9 10.11 7 700 3192 8.9 6.4 85 2.4 7.4 218 6 312.3 314.0 294.1 339.2 8.68 8 650 3804 6.5 2.9 78 3.6 4.5 242 7 316.4 317.8 294.1 339.4 7.30 9 600 4457 2.4 -0.7 80 3.1 0.8 238 10 318.9 320.1 293.9 338.4 6.09 10 550 5155 -2.7 -3.1 97 0.4 -2.9 239 10 320.9 321.9 294.0 338.8 5.53 11 500 5906 -6.0 -9.8 74 3.9 -7.7 272 9 325.8 326.5 293.8 337.9 3.63 12 450 6723 -11.7 -17.0 64 5.4 -13.6 330 14 328.6 329.0 293.4 336.3 2.24 13 400 7615 -17.1 -29.9 32 12.8 -20.1 310 17 332.7 332.9 293.2 335.6 0.80 14 350 8601 -24.8 -34.1 42 9.3 -26.4 292 28 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.7 0.61 15 300 9704 -32.7 -35.7 75 2.9 -33.1 288 34 339.2 339.4 294.7 341.6 0.61 16 250 10961 -43.4 -46.6 70 3.3 -43.6 280 42 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.5 0.23 17 200 12425 -52.7 -58.3 51 5.6 -52.8 288 44 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.07 18 150 14245 -62.1 -80.2 7 18.2 -62.2 302 35 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16704 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.4 324 14 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.36 m Freezing level: 576.34 mb = 4787.09 m = 15705.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.41 mb = 4599.71 m = 15090.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.91 % Est. max temperature: 24.52 C = 76.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.27 mb = 1783.48 m = 5851.26 ft T: 14.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 4.55 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.81 mb = 2259.27 m = 7412.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.67 C = 62.01 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.53 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.76 mb = 2302.72 m = 7554.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.76 mb = 2356.69 m = 7731.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 743.76 mb = 2687.48 m = 8817.09 ft B at Equ Level: 24.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 683.76 mb = 3385.35 m = 11106.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.1 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 297.1 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.7 neg: -1.4 tot: 39.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 28.62 m/s