MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 4Z 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 134 1 950 578 2 900 1051 3 850 1545 SFC 831 1741 16.8 16.0 95 0.8 16.3 137 5 305.8 308.4 296.1 347.5 13.93 5 800 2063 14.8 13.9 95 0.9 14.2 134 14 306.9 309.3 295.5 344.9 12.61 6 750 2608 12.1 12.1 100 -0.0 12.1 168 18 309.7 312.0 295.8 346.1 11.94 7 700 3186 9.9 9.3 96 0.6 9.5 190 16 313.4 315.4 295.8 346.1 10.57 8 650 3800 6.8 5.2 90 1.6 5.8 187 13 316.6 318.3 295.2 343.6 8.57 9 600 4454 2.5 0.9 89 1.7 1.6 179 14 319.0 320.3 294.5 340.8 6.81 10 550 5152 -1.5 -1.5 100 0.0 -1.5 171 9 322.4 323.6 295.0 342.6 6.26 11 500 5908 -4.7 -4.7 100 0.0 -4.7 216 6 327.3 328.4 295.6 345.2 5.39 12 450 6729 -10.5 -10.8 98 0.3 -10.6 248 15 330.1 330.8 295.0 342.8 3.75 13 400 7624 -17.4 -17.7 97 0.3 -17.6 256 19 332.3 332.8 294.4 340.6 2.37 14 350 8610 -24.0 -31.4 51 7.3 -25.5 260 26 336.4 336.5 294.1 339.3 0.79 15 300 9717 -32.0 -35.4 71 3.5 -32.5 262 24 340.3 340.5 295.0 342.7 0.62 16 250 10979 -42.0 -45.4 69 3.4 -42.2 264 29 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.8 0.27 17 200 12449 -52.3 -64.1 23 11.9 -52.5 279 41 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.03 18 150 14263 -62.2 -79.6 8 17.4 -62.4 295 33 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16727 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 318 16 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.10 m Freezing level: 568.38 mb = 4895.33 m = 16060.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 573.96 mb = 4809.78 m = 15779.93 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.33 % Est. max temperature: 25.21 C = 77.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.12 mb = 1840.81 m = 6039.34 ft T: 16.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 2.61 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.36 mb = 2403.59 m = 7885.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.59 C = 67.26 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 366.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.97 mb = 2342.16 m = 7684.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.97 mb = 3939.53 m = 12924.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.97 mb = 11276.46 m = 36995.80 ft B at Equ Level: 363.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.97 mb = 13512.29 m = 44331.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.8 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 229.8 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.1 neg: -13.7 tot: 67.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 16.61 Bulk Shear: 22.09 m/s