MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F038.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F038.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 38 hour NAM valid 14Z 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 112 1 950 558 2 900 1029 3 850 1520 SFC 828 1741 15.9 15.0 95 0.8 15.3 100 5 305.0 307.5 295.3 344.2 13.10 5 800 2035 13.8 12.8 93 1.0 13.1 218 2 305.9 308.1 294.6 340.9 11.68 6 750 2584 16.6 5.3 47 11.3 9.8 274 16 314.6 316.1 293.9 338.0 7.47 7 700 3168 13.4 1.0 43 12.3 6.4 268 17 317.3 318.4 293.3 336.1 5.90 8 650 3786 8.4 -0.5 54 8.9 3.5 268 14 318.4 319.5 293.5 336.7 5.70 9 600 4442 3.2 -1.3 73 4.4 0.8 258 14 319.8 320.9 294.0 338.5 5.83 10 550 5141 -1.7 -4.8 79 3.1 -3.3 249 19 322.1 323.0 293.8 338.0 4.86 11 500 5892 -6.8 -8.3 90 1.4 -7.5 239 21 324.7 325.5 293.9 338.3 4.10 12 450 6707 -11.9 -13.3 90 1.3 -12.5 236 22 328.2 328.8 294.0 338.6 3.06 13 400 7599 -17.4 -20.6 76 3.2 -18.4 233 23 332.4 332.8 294.1 339.0 1.85 14 350 8587 -23.9 -26.0 83 2.1 -24.5 248 17 336.5 336.7 294.6 341.2 1.31 15 300 9693 -32.7 -35.2 78 2.5 -33.0 248 25 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.8 0.64 16 250 10951 -41.4 -54.6 23 13.2 -42.2 270 38 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.8 0.09 17 200 12435 -51.2 -77.8 3 26.5 -51.7 282 43 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.00 18 150 14249 -62.5 -78.6 10 16.0 -62.7 283 35 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16703 -68.5 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.5 313 14 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.43 m Freezing level: 567.44 mb = 4897.13 m = 16066.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.34 mb = 4572.15 m = 15000.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.11 mb = 1845.52 m = 6054.77 ft T: 15.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 8.12 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 633.40 mb = 3997.80 m = 13115.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.00 C = 84.19 F Cap Strength: 5.85 C Lifted Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.71 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 312.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.84 mb = 3002.02 m = 9849.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 498.84 mb = 5910.21 m = 19390.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 428.84 mb = 7071.85 m = 23201.33 ft B at Equ Level: 46.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 338.84 mb = 8819.32 m = 28934.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.8 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 278.8 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.2 neg: -7.2 tot: 31.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.48 Bulk Shear: 31.65 m/s