MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F039.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F039.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 105 1 950 556 2 900 1028 3 850 1520 SFC 828 1741 16.6 15.2 91 1.4 15.7 46 4 305.8 308.2 295.6 345.4 13.22 5 800 2036 13.7 13.0 96 0.6 13.3 322 3 305.7 307.9 294.7 341.4 11.89 6 750 2585 15.8 6.6 54 9.2 10.2 329 6 313.8 315.3 294.1 339.2 8.17 7 700 3167 12.8 2.5 49 10.4 6.8 301 7 316.7 317.9 293.7 337.4 6.54 8 650 3785 8.5 -0.6 53 9.1 3.5 267 9 318.5 319.6 293.5 336.6 5.65 9 600 4441 3.5 -3.1 62 6.6 0.1 245 14 320.2 321.2 293.5 336.7 5.09 10 550 5141 -1.5 -7.1 66 5.5 -4.1 248 17 322.2 323.0 293.2 335.7 4.09 11 500 5893 -6.7 -11.4 69 4.7 -8.7 263 22 324.9 325.6 293.2 335.7 3.20 12 450 6708 -11.8 -15.0 77 3.2 -13.0 263 24 328.5 329.0 293.7 337.6 2.65 13 400 7600 -17.3 -19.1 86 1.8 -17.9 255 23 332.6 333.0 294.3 340.0 2.12 14 350 8588 -24.0 -25.8 85 1.8 -24.5 240 25 336.3 336.6 294.6 341.2 1.33 15 300 9693 -32.7 -35.8 74 3.0 -33.2 246 27 339.2 339.4 294.7 341.5 0.60 16 250 10951 -41.2 -55.9 19 14.7 -41.9 272 39 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.08 17 200 12436 -51.1 -71.8 7 20.8 -51.5 282 42 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14252 -62.3 -78.4 10 16.0 -62.5 291 34 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16705 -68.7 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.8 309 12 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.67 m Freezing level: 565.22 mb = 4928.03 m = 16167.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.40 mb = 4462.63 m = 14640.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.47 % Est. max temperature: 27.68 C = 81.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.32 mb = 1916.70 m = 6288.32 ft T: 14.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 8.78 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.26 mb = 3921.77 m = 12866.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.02 C = 84.23 F Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lifted Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.89 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 280.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.43 mb = 2877.51 m = 9440.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 509.43 mb = 5745.53 m = 18849.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 409.43 mb = 7423.27 m = 24354.27 ft B at Equ Level: 51.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 289.43 mb = 9940.74 m = 32613.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.7 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 292.7 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: -7.9 tot: 11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.76 Bulk Shear: 29.61 m/s