MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F025.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F025.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 25 hour NAM valid 1Z 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 112 1 950 554 2 900 1033 3 850 1533 SFC 830 1741 20.0 15.2 74 4.7 16.7 146 3 309.2 311.7 296.5 349.4 13.24 5 800 2057 17.7 13.6 77 4.1 14.9 143 9 310.0 312.3 296.1 347.4 12.29 6 750 2605 12.5 12.3 98 0.3 12.4 169 13 310.2 312.5 296.0 346.9 12.04 7 700 3182 9.1 9.0 99 0.1 9.0 211 13 312.5 314.5 295.4 344.4 10.32 8 650 3796 7.0 3.9 81 3.1 5.1 227 12 316.9 318.4 294.7 341.4 7.79 9 600 4450 3.6 -5.1 53 8.7 -0.7 253 5 320.2 321.1 292.9 334.4 4.35 10 550 5150 -1.1 -11.8 44 10.7 -5.6 268 6 322.8 323.4 292.3 332.3 2.82 11 500 5904 -5.7 -13.9 52 8.3 -8.9 274 11 326.1 326.7 293.0 335.0 2.60 12 450 6721 -11.2 -16.0 67 4.8 -12.9 252 25 329.2 329.7 293.7 337.6 2.44 13 400 7616 -16.1 -30.6 27 14.5 -19.4 262 31 334.1 334.3 293.6 336.9 0.75 14 350 8606 -23.6 -31.1 50 7.5 -25.2 263 28 336.9 337.1 294.3 339.9 0.81 15 300 9712 -31.8 -36.3 64 4.6 -32.4 269 31 340.6 340.7 295.0 342.8 0.57 16 250 10976 -41.7 -44.7 73 2.9 -42.0 270 30 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.1 0.29 17 200 12446 -53.7 -60.9 41 7.2 -53.9 264 42 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.05 18 150 14253 -62.7 -82.5 5 19.9 -62.8 299 38 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16715 -67.7 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.8 325 12 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.04 m Freezing level: 561.48 mb = 4989.70 m = 16370.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.33 mb = 4364.58 m = 14319.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.06 % Est. max temperature: 24.77 C = 76.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.96 mb = 2337.61 m = 7669.22 ft T: 15.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 17.13 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.22 mb = 2613.45 m = 8574.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.95 C = 69.72 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 508.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.13 mb = 2591.96 m = 8503.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.13 mb = 2760.85 m = 9057.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.13 mb = 12246.95 m = 40179.78 ft B at Equ Level: 504.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.13 mb = 14412.06 m = 47283.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.9 neg: -9.2 tot: 64.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 13.99 Bulk Shear: 36.33 m/s