MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 145 1 950 589 2 900 1062 3 850 1556 SFC 832 1742 18.1 14.8 81 3.3 15.8 147 7 307.0 309.4 295.7 345.6 12.83 5 800 2073 13.7 13.5 98 0.3 13.6 152 8 305.8 308.1 294.9 342.4 12.22 6 750 2615 11.3 9.7 90 1.5 10.3 225 4 308.8 310.7 294.2 339.7 10.15 7 700 3191 9.7 6.6 81 3.1 7.8 247 6 313.3 315.0 294.4 340.5 8.78 8 650 3805 6.8 4.0 82 2.8 5.1 256 9 316.6 318.1 294.7 341.4 7.87 9 600 4459 2.7 0.3 85 2.3 1.4 253 10 319.2 320.5 294.4 340.2 6.56 10 550 5157 -1.4 -3.5 86 2.0 -2.5 245 9 322.4 323.4 294.3 339.9 5.39 11 500 5912 -5.7 -7.7 85 2.1 -6.6 235 14 326.1 327.0 294.4 340.4 4.27 12 450 6729 -12.0 -14.3 83 2.3 -12.9 234 13 328.1 328.7 293.7 337.7 2.81 13 400 7620 -17.8 -27.8 42 9.9 -20.3 264 12 331.8 332.0 293.2 335.3 0.97 14 350 8603 -24.9 -29.4 66 4.5 -25.9 296 18 335.1 335.3 294.0 338.6 0.95 15 300 9710 -31.7 -34.6 76 2.8 -32.2 289 31 340.6 340.8 295.1 343.2 0.68 16 250 10968 -43.2 -46.4 70 3.3 -43.4 274 38 341.9 342.0 295.0 342.9 0.24 17 200 12431 -53.2 -58.1 55 4.9 -53.4 281 41 348.4 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.07 18 150 14243 -62.5 -80.6 7 18.1 -62.6 297 35 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16692 -69.1 -86.3 7 17.3 -69.1 329 17 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.70 m Freezing level: 567.62 mb = 4911.12 m = 16112.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.32 mb = 4698.81 m = 15415.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.06 % Est. max temperature: 25.18 C = 77.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.07 mb = 2156.67 m = 7075.62 ft T: 13.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 5.98 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.52 mb = 2575.67 m = 8450.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.60 C = 67.29 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: 0.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.53 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 102.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.48 mb = 2443.34 m = 8016.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 480.48 mb = 6220.70 m = 20408.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 320.48 mb = 9235.52 m = 30299.88 ft B at Equ Level: 99.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.48 mb = 11500.96 m = 37732.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.0 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 270.0 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -1.6 tot: 10.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.56 Bulk Shear: 18.51 m/s