MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 116 1 950 563 2 900 1041 3 850 1540 SFC 830 1742 21.0 14.6 67 6.4 16.6 160 6 310.2 312.6 296.4 348.8 12.66 5 800 2062 16.6 13.2 80 3.4 14.4 159 7 308.9 311.1 295.6 345.4 12.02 6 750 2608 11.9 10.2 90 1.6 10.8 169 9 309.5 311.4 294.7 341.5 10.50 7 700 3184 9.8 7.2 84 2.6 8.2 204 8 313.3 315.0 294.7 341.6 9.12 8 650 3798 7.4 2.8 73 4.6 4.7 259 6 317.3 318.7 294.3 340.1 7.21 9 600 4453 3.1 -1.6 71 4.7 0.6 274 10 319.7 320.8 293.8 338.0 5.69 10 550 5152 -1.4 -4.7 79 3.2 -3.0 283 9 322.4 323.3 293.9 338.5 4.92 11 500 5905 -5.9 -11.3 65 5.4 -8.2 267 10 325.9 326.5 293.5 336.7 3.23 12 450 6722 -11.4 -15.0 75 3.6 -12.8 245 16 328.8 329.4 293.8 337.9 2.64 13 400 7614 -17.5 -27.7 41 10.2 -20.0 233 23 332.3 332.5 293.3 335.9 0.98 14 350 8604 -22.7 -26.6 71 3.8 -23.7 263 25 338.1 338.3 295.0 342.7 1.24 15 300 9713 -31.7 -35.8 67 4.1 -32.4 286 18 340.6 340.8 295.0 342.9 0.60 16 250 10975 -42.4 -50.0 43 7.7 -42.8 274 30 343.1 343.1 295.2 343.7 0.16 17 200 12442 -53.2 -60.6 40 7.4 -53.5 275 44 348.4 348.5 296.3 348.7 0.05 18 150 14256 -62.5 -82.5 5 20.0 -62.7 291 35 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16707 -69.0 -86.2 7 17.3 -69.1 324 15 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.91 m Freezing level: 566.00 mb = 4928.47 m = 16169.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.66 mb = 4565.17 m = 14977.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.22 % Est. max temperature: 25.37 C = 77.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 755.09 mb = 2550.66 m = 8368.22 ft T: 12.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 7.37 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.73 mb = 2859.62 m = 9381.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.87 C = 71.36 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 142.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.60 mb = 2668.26 m = 8754.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.60 mb = 4730.90 m = 15521.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 349.60 mb = 8612.22 m = 28254.96 ft B at Equ Level: 140.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.60 mb = 12779.26 m = 41926.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -170.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.4 neg: -1.7 tot: 20.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 7.28 Bulk Shear: 19.59 m/s