MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 7Z 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 130 1 950 571 2 900 1043 3 850 1535 SFC 830 1741 15.9 14.7 92 1.2 15.1 144 6 304.9 307.3 295.1 343.2 12.80 5 800 2050 13.5 13.5 100 -0.0 13.5 158 8 305.5 307.8 294.8 342.1 12.23 6 750 2594 12.9 12.8 99 0.1 12.8 215 11 310.5 312.9 296.3 348.6 12.47 7 700 3174 11.1 8.8 85 2.3 9.6 242 13 314.8 316.8 295.9 346.6 10.21 8 650 3790 7.5 3.9 78 3.6 5.4 240 15 317.4 318.9 294.8 342.1 7.81 9 600 4445 3.0 -0.2 79 3.2 1.3 248 15 319.6 320.9 294.3 339.8 6.30 10 550 5144 -2.3 -4.5 85 2.2 -3.4 263 17 321.4 322.3 293.7 337.6 5.00 11 500 5895 -5.9 -9.6 75 3.7 -7.5 265 16 325.9 326.6 293.9 338.3 3.69 12 450 6714 -10.8 -23.8 34 12.9 -14.6 268 17 329.6 329.8 292.8 334.0 1.25 13 400 7607 -17.3 -27.0 43 9.7 -19.7 243 18 332.5 332.8 293.4 336.4 1.05 14 350 8594 -23.9 -27.2 74 3.3 -24.7 253 17 336.5 336.7 294.5 340.8 1.18 15 300 9702 -32.0 -34.7 76 2.8 -32.4 266 25 340.3 340.5 295.0 342.9 0.67 16 250 10963 -41.9 -45.2 70 3.3 -42.1 270 29 343.8 343.9 295.5 344.9 0.27 17 200 12435 -52.6 -58.1 52 5.5 -52.8 281 38 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.07 18 150 14252 -62.2 -78.9 9 16.7 -62.3 293 27 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16715 -68.0 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.1 322 13 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.62 m Freezing level: 571.54 mb = 4842.78 m = 15888.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.50 mb = 4627.78 m = 15182.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.81 % Est. max temperature: 26.28 C = 79.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.97 mb = 1892.93 m = 6210.31 ft T: 14.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 11.00 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.97 mb = 2029.44 m = 6658.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.43 C = 61.57 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.92 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 343.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.67 mb = 2321.56 m = 7616.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 599.67 mb = 4449.31 m = 14597.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.67 mb = 10972.00 m = 35996.93 ft B at Equ Level: 341.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.67 mb = 13473.64 m = 44204.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.1 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 279.1 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 66.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 9.51 Bulk Shear: 36.09 m/s