MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 8Z 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 126 1 950 568 2 900 1039 3 850 1530 SFC 829 1741 15.5 14.8 95 0.8 15.0 145 6 304.6 307.0 295.0 342.9 12.84 5 800 2045 13.4 13.4 100 -0.0 13.4 167 8 305.4 307.6 294.7 341.7 12.14 6 750 2589 13.4 11.3 87 2.1 12.0 240 14 311.1 313.2 295.7 345.6 11.26 7 700 3171 11.9 7.3 74 4.6 9.0 254 17 315.6 317.4 295.4 344.5 9.22 8 650 3788 8.2 1.7 63 6.6 4.5 260 18 318.3 319.6 294.2 339.5 6.66 9 600 4443 3.3 -2.2 67 5.5 0.4 260 17 320.0 321.1 293.7 337.6 5.44 10 550 5143 -1.2 -7.5 62 6.3 -4.1 259 19 322.7 323.5 293.3 335.8 3.96 11 500 5896 -6.4 -10.5 73 4.0 -8.2 266 14 325.2 325.9 293.5 336.7 3.45 12 450 6712 -11.5 -18.0 58 6.6 -13.7 254 20 328.8 329.2 293.3 336.0 2.05 13 400 7604 -17.5 -27.2 43 9.7 -19.9 244 19 332.2 332.4 293.3 335.9 1.02 14 350 8591 -23.4 -27.5 69 4.0 -24.4 262 23 337.2 337.4 294.7 341.4 1.15 15 300 9701 -31.8 -35.0 73 3.2 -32.3 272 28 340.6 340.7 295.1 343.1 0.65 16 250 10962 -42.2 -45.5 70 3.3 -42.4 284 32 343.4 343.5 295.4 344.5 0.26 17 200 12434 -52.0 -58.9 44 6.9 -52.2 278 39 350.3 350.4 296.8 350.6 0.07 18 150 14254 -62.4 -80.6 7 18.1 -62.6 284 28 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16708 -69.1 -86.3 7 17.3 -69.1 316 13 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.54 m Freezing level: 562.84 mb = 4963.35 m = 16283.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.27 mb = 4507.02 m = 14786.62 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.96 % Est. max temperature: 27.05 C = 80.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.75 mb = 1838.41 m = 6031.47 ft T: 14.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 9.83 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.71 mb = 3427.79 m = 11245.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.07 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 183.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.83 mb = 2435.31 m = 7989.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 548.83 mb = 5159.88 m = 16928.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.83 mb = 9491.96 m = 31141.23 ft B at Equ Level: 183.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.83 mb = 12471.37 m = 40916.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.8 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 282.8 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.6 neg: -1.0 tot: 80.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 4.45 Bulk Shear: 41.30 m/s