MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 5Z 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 136 1 950 580 2 900 1051 3 850 1544 SFC 831 1741 16.4 15.4 94 1.0 15.8 132 5 305.3 307.8 295.6 345.4 13.40 5 800 2061 13.9 13.9 100 -0.0 13.8 131 11 305.9 308.3 295.2 343.6 12.55 6 750 2605 12.9 12.9 100 -0.0 12.9 182 13 310.6 313.0 296.4 349.0 12.58 7 700 3183 10.1 9.3 95 0.8 9.6 202 10 313.6 315.7 295.8 346.5 10.59 8 650 3798 7.5 4.6 82 3.0 5.8 195 13 317.5 319.1 295.1 343.4 8.21 9 600 4453 2.9 0.7 85 2.3 1.7 190 15 319.5 320.8 294.6 341.0 6.71 10 550 5152 -1.7 -3.6 86 2.0 -2.7 205 13 322.1 323.2 294.2 339.5 5.33 11 500 5903 -6.8 -9.3 83 2.4 -7.9 232 19 324.7 325.5 293.6 337.3 3.79 12 450 6721 -10.8 -22.0 39 11.2 -14.3 251 21 329.7 330.0 293.0 334.8 1.46 13 400 7614 -17.2 -40.5 11 23.3 -21.1 261 24 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.7 0.28 14 350 8602 -23.4 -45.9 11 22.5 -26.2 260 25 337.3 337.3 293.8 338.0 0.18 15 300 9712 -31.8 -40.9 40 9.1 -33.0 259 25 340.5 340.6 294.8 341.9 0.36 16 250 10973 -42.0 -46.9 58 5.0 -42.3 269 28 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.6 0.22 17 200 12444 -52.2 -64.6 21 12.4 -52.5 281 44 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.03 18 150 14261 -62.0 -79.4 8 17.4 -62.2 295 29 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16723 -67.9 -86.1 6 18.2 -67.9 322 15 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.31 m Freezing level: 568.10 mb = 4899.22 m = 16073.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.85 mb = 4713.81 m = 15465.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.75 % Est. max temperature: 25.66 C = 78.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.95 mb = 1861.75 m = 6108.02 ft T: 15.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 15.32 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.32 mb = 2046.80 m = 6715.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.94 C = 62.48 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 450.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.32 mb = 2303.37 m = 7556.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.32 mb = 4286.94 m = 14064.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.32 mb = 11456.62 m = 37586.87 ft B at Equ Level: 444.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.32 mb = 13762.22 m = 45151.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.0 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 250.0 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.3 neg: -2.7 tot: 64.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 11.08 Bulk Shear: 40.65 m/s