MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 125 1 950 565 2 900 1041 3 850 1538 SFC 830 1741 18.6 15.2 81 3.4 16.3 138 7 307.7 310.2 296.1 347.5 13.18 5 800 2059 15.5 14.3 92 1.2 14.7 136 14 307.7 310.1 295.9 346.7 12.92 6 750 2605 12.6 12.6 100 -0.0 12.6 152 13 310.3 312.6 296.2 348.0 12.36 7 700 3183 10.1 10.1 100 -0.0 10.0 189 10 313.6 315.7 296.2 348.1 11.14 8 650 3797 6.9 6.8 99 0.1 6.8 218 15 316.7 318.6 295.9 346.8 9.58 9 600 4453 3.9 -5.4 51 9.2 -0.7 235 6 320.6 321.4 292.9 334.5 4.27 10 550 5154 -0.9 -9.0 54 8.0 -4.6 246 7 323.0 323.7 293.0 334.7 3.52 11 500 5907 -6.7 -8.5 87 1.8 -7.5 240 15 324.9 325.7 293.9 338.3 4.04 12 450 6723 -10.8 -14.9 71 4.2 -12.3 259 21 329.7 330.3 294.0 338.9 2.66 13 400 7618 -17.1 -21.2 70 4.2 -18.3 262 22 332.8 333.2 294.1 339.1 1.75 14 350 8606 -23.2 -36.0 30 12.8 -25.4 264 27 337.5 337.6 294.2 339.5 0.51 15 300 9714 -31.8 -37.5 57 5.7 -32.6 265 23 340.6 340.7 295.0 342.6 0.51 16 250 10976 -42.4 -45.5 71 3.2 -42.6 262 26 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.2 0.26 17 200 12444 -52.8 -61.8 33 9.0 -53.1 277 39 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.05 18 150 14254 -62.2 -80.4 7 18.2 -62.4 293 35 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16722 -67.7 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.8 313 14 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.90 m Freezing level: 559.83 mb = 5015.82 m = 16455.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.56 mb = 4391.22 m = 14406.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.93 % Est. max temperature: 25.36 C = 77.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.32 mb = 2172.40 m = 7127.22 ft T: 14.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 0.76 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.18 mb = 2501.68 m = 8207.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.60 C = 69.08 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 561.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.56 mb = 2408.84 m = 7902.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.56 mb = 3514.61 m = 11530.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 602.56 mb = 4418.31 m = 14495.60 ft B at Equ Level: 21.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.56 mb = 14563.80 m = 47780.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.7 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 260.7 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 5.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.5 neg: -11.1 tot: 55.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 12.05 Bulk Shear: 46.57 m/s