MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 135 1 950 583 2 900 1057 3 850 1553 SFC 832 1742 18.8 14.7 77 4.1 16.0 156 6 307.7 310.1 295.8 346.3 12.76 5 800 2071 14.6 13.5 93 1.1 13.9 157 7 306.7 309.0 295.2 343.7 12.29 6 750 2615 12.0 9.8 86 2.2 10.6 187 6 309.6 311.5 294.5 340.6 10.18 7 700 3191 9.9 6.9 81 3.0 8.1 226 6 313.5 315.2 294.6 341.3 8.97 8 650 3805 6.9 4.0 82 2.9 5.2 257 7 316.7 318.2 294.7 341.5 7.87 9 600 4459 2.5 0.1 85 2.3 1.2 261 10 319.0 320.2 294.2 339.6 6.46 10 550 5158 -1.4 -4.8 78 3.4 -3.1 260 10 322.4 323.3 293.9 338.3 4.86 11 500 5911 -6.0 -9.7 75 3.7 -7.7 248 12 325.7 326.4 293.8 337.9 3.66 12 450 6727 -11.7 -15.8 72 4.0 -13.2 233 14 328.5 329.0 293.6 337.0 2.49 13 400 7617 -19.3 -22.4 76 3.2 -20.1 234 15 330.0 330.3 293.2 335.5 1.58 14 350 8599 -24.1 -26.6 80 2.5 -24.7 297 20 336.2 336.5 294.5 340.7 1.24 15 300 9710 -31.6 -34.0 79 2.4 -32.0 287 21 340.9 341.0 295.2 343.6 0.72 16 250 10970 -42.4 -45.4 72 3.1 -42.6 267 27 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.2 0.26 17 200 12433 -54.3 -58.3 61 4.0 -54.5 277 42 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.07 18 150 14245 -62.2 -81.4 6 19.1 -62.4 299 34 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16704 -68.0 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.1 314 16 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.85 m Freezing level: 568.50 mb = 4899.22 m = 16073.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.26 mb = 4644.99 m = 15239.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.45 % Est. max temperature: 25.34 C = 77.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.04 mb = 2251.60 m = 7387.04 ft T: 13.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 5.65 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.48 mb = 2938.72 m = 9641.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.59 C = 72.67 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 183.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.19 mb = 2534.28 m = 8314.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 552.19 mb = 5125.76 m = 16816.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.19 mb = 9195.33 m = 30168.04 ft B at Equ Level: 181.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.19 mb = 12361.31 m = 40554.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.7 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 267.7 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 11.16 Bulk Shear: 16.43 m/s