MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 124 1 950 567 2 900 1037 3 850 1528 SFC 829 1741 15.3 14.8 97 0.5 15.0 148 6 304.3 306.7 295.0 342.8 12.90 5 800 2043 13.4 13.4 100 -0.0 13.4 175 9 305.4 307.6 294.7 341.7 12.14 6 750 2586 12.9 11.7 93 1.2 12.1 249 14 310.5 312.7 295.7 346.0 11.59 7 700 3168 12.4 4.8 60 7.6 7.8 263 20 316.2 317.7 294.4 340.5 7.71 8 650 3785 8.0 0.6 59 7.4 3.9 268 23 318.0 319.2 293.7 337.6 6.15 9 600 4441 3.6 -3.4 60 7.1 0.0 285 22 320.3 321.3 293.4 336.4 4.96 10 550 5141 -1.0 -10.4 49 9.4 -5.1 279 21 322.9 323.6 292.6 333.5 3.16 11 500 5894 -6.1 -17.3 41 11.1 -10.1 267 17 325.6 325.9 292.3 332.3 1.97 12 450 6709 -11.9 -17.3 65 5.3 -13.8 261 19 328.2 328.7 293.3 335.8 2.19 13 400 7601 -17.4 -23.5 59 6.0 -19.1 258 19 332.3 332.6 293.7 337.5 1.44 14 350 8590 -23.6 -29.2 60 5.6 -24.8 279 20 337.0 337.2 294.4 340.6 0.98 15 300 9698 -31.9 -35.3 72 3.4 -32.4 268 28 340.5 340.6 295.0 342.9 0.63 16 250 10958 -42.2 -46.4 63 4.3 -42.5 285 29 343.4 343.5 295.4 344.4 0.24 17 200 12434 -51.0 -62.7 24 11.6 -51.4 284 46 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.1 0.04 18 150 14253 -62.9 -80.9 7 18.1 -63.0 290 31 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16705 -68.3 -86.5 6 18.2 -68.4 308 14 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.89 m Freezing level: 560.46 mb = 4994.40 m = 16385.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.81 mb = 4443.17 m = 14577.15 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.24 C = 81.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.36 mb = 1798.72 m = 5901.25 ft T: 14.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 13.66 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.05 mb = 3445.19 m = 11302.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.30 C = 81.15 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.64 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 185.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 170.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.19 mb = 2395.57 m = 7859.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 542.19 mb = 5253.94 m = 17237.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.19 mb = 9645.97 m = 31646.49 ft B at Equ Level: 184.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.19 mb = 12362.08 m = 40557.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.1 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 295.1 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.5 neg: -2.2 tot: 120.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 3.47 Bulk Shear: 53.48 m/s