MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 111 1 950 555 2 900 1035 3 850 1535 SFC 830 1741 21.7 14.5 64 7.2 16.8 158 8 311.0 313.4 296.5 349.7 12.63 5 800 2059 17.7 13.3 75 4.5 14.7 159 9 310.0 312.3 295.9 346.8 12.06 6 750 2607 12.3 12.0 98 0.3 12.1 160 10 310.0 312.2 295.8 346.2 11.88 7 700 3183 8.8 8.6 99 0.2 8.6 195 12 312.2 314.1 295.1 343.2 10.05 8 650 3796 7.3 2.3 71 5.0 4.4 238 6 317.2 318.5 294.1 339.3 6.97 9 600 4451 3.4 -3.5 61 6.8 -0.2 280 7 320.0 321.0 293.3 336.0 4.94 10 550 5151 -1.1 -7.6 61 6.5 -4.1 296 8 322.7 323.5 293.2 335.7 3.93 11 500 5905 -5.9 -11.8 63 5.9 -8.3 270 9 325.9 326.5 293.4 336.4 3.10 12 450 6721 -11.4 -15.9 69 4.6 -13.0 245 17 329.0 329.4 293.7 337.4 2.45 13 400 7614 -17.5 -21.2 73 3.7 -18.6 241 29 332.2 332.6 293.9 338.4 1.76 14 350 8604 -22.8 -29.5 54 6.8 -24.2 268 30 338.1 338.3 294.7 341.6 0.95 15 300 9714 -31.9 -34.9 74 3.1 -32.3 287 22 340.5 340.6 295.0 343.0 0.65 16 250 10975 -41.9 -45.2 70 3.3 -42.1 270 35 343.8 343.9 295.5 344.9 0.27 17 200 12444 -53.5 -59.8 47 6.2 -53.7 266 45 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.06 18 150 14256 -62.5 -76.4 14 13.9 -62.7 295 35 362.3 362.3 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16703 -69.5 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 330 14 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.67 m Freezing level: 562.76 mb = 4972.62 m = 16314.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.71 mb = 4427.97 m = 14527.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.43 % Est. max temperature: 24.68 C = 76.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.18 mb = 2649.95 m = 8693.96 ft T: 12.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 14.02 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.07 mb = 2639.96 m = 8661.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.85 C = 69.53 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 470.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.62 mb = 2656.16 m = 8714.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.62 mb = 2712.31 m = 8898.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 660.62 mb = 3662.27 m = 12015.18 ft B at Equ Level: 20.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.62 mb = 14230.37 m = 46687.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.2 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 268.2 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.4 neg: -7.1 tot: 25.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 19.98 Bulk Shear: 23.57 m/s