MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F024.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F024.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 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 1 950 556 2 900 1034 3 850 1534 SFC 830 1741 20.5 14.5 69 5.9 16.4 162 8 309.7 312.1 296.2 348.1 12.61 5 800 2058 17.3 13.5 78 3.8 14.8 157 11 309.6 311.9 296.0 346.9 12.26 6 750 2605 12.4 12.3 99 0.1 12.3 157 12 310.1 312.4 296.0 346.9 12.08 7 700 3183 9.7 9.7 100 -0.0 9.7 198 13 313.2 315.3 295.9 346.8 10.87 8 650 3796 7.2 2.0 70 5.1 4.2 231 10 317.1 318.4 294.0 338.7 6.84 9 600 4451 3.5 -5.3 52 8.8 -0.8 262 6 320.2 321.1 292.9 334.2 4.30 10 550 5151 -1.0 -9.8 52 8.7 -4.9 270 6 322.8 323.5 292.7 333.9 3.31 11 500 5904 -5.7 -13.8 53 8.1 -8.9 269 10 326.2 326.7 293.1 335.1 2.64 12 450 6721 -11.6 -14.8 77 3.2 -12.8 244 17 328.7 329.2 293.8 338.0 2.70 13 400 7614 -16.7 -21.9 64 5.2 -18.3 252 26 333.2 333.6 294.1 339.1 1.66 14 350 8604 -23.6 -33.2 41 9.6 -25.4 269 30 337.0 337.1 294.2 339.5 0.67 15 300 9713 -31.6 -34.8 73 3.2 -32.1 266 24 340.8 340.9 295.1 343.3 0.66 16 250 10976 -41.7 -44.7 72 3.1 -41.9 264 33 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.3 0.29 17 200 12445 -53.8 -57.4 64 3.6 -53.9 269 46 347.6 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.08 18 150 14254 -63.0 -76.2 15 13.1 -63.1 298 38 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16707 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.2 331 15 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.58 m Freezing level: 561.41 mb = 4991.10 m = 16374.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.94 mb = 4343.37 m = 14249.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.97 % Est. max temperature: 25.24 C = 77.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 760.07 mb = 2492.10 m = 8176.07 ft T: 13.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 14.23 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.41 mb = 2611.81 m = 8568.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.87 C = 69.56 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 475.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.13 mb = 2592.52 m = 8505.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.13 mb = 2761.66 m = 9060.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 686.13 mb = 3348.78 m = 10986.66 ft B at Equ Level: 6.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.13 mb = 14411.91 m = 47282.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.4 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 264.4 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -37.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.1 neg: -3.3 tot: 37.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 18.16 Bulk Shear: 26.18 m/s