MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F041.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F041.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 41 hour NAM valid 17Z 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 78 1 950 535 2 900 1014 3 850 1513 SFC 828 1741 21.6 15.7 69 5.9 17.5 115 2 311.1 313.7 297.3 353.1 13.71 5 800 2037 17.2 13.9 81 3.3 15.0 167 0 309.4 311.8 296.1 347.7 12.57 6 750 2590 17.0 6.4 50 10.6 10.4 339 4 315.0 316.5 294.4 340.2 8.07 7 700 3173 12.4 3.7 55 8.8 7.3 307 2 316.2 317.6 294.0 338.8 7.14 8 650 3790 7.9 0.2 58 7.7 3.7 286 9 317.9 319.1 293.6 337.1 5.99 9 600 4445 3.2 -3.7 61 6.8 -0.3 267 16 319.8 320.7 293.2 335.5 4.87 10 550 5143 -2.0 -6.6 71 4.6 -4.2 259 20 321.7 322.5 293.2 335.5 4.23 11 500 5894 -6.8 -12.9 62 6.1 -9.2 257 22 324.8 325.4 292.9 334.4 2.84 12 450 6709 -11.7 -15.0 77 3.2 -12.9 252 23 328.5 329.0 293.7 337.6 2.66 13 400 7601 -17.3 -18.8 88 1.5 -17.7 248 26 332.6 333.0 294.4 340.2 2.17 14 350 8588 -24.1 -26.7 80 2.5 -24.8 240 22 336.2 336.5 294.5 340.7 1.24 15 300 9693 -32.7 -41.6 41 8.9 -33.7 253 30 339.4 339.4 294.5 340.7 0.33 16 250 10955 -40.2 -58.9 12 18.8 -41.1 275 39 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.6 0.05 17 200 12441 -51.0 -72.0 7 20.9 -51.5 277 43 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14258 -63.0 -79.6 9 16.6 -63.1 292 33 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16705 -69.1 -84.4 9 15.3 -69.2 295 12 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.77 m Freezing level: 569.63 mb = 4868.88 m = 15973.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.16 mb = 4388.02 m = 14396.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.28 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.52 mb = 2481.63 m = 8141.73 ft T: 16.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 18.70 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.34 mb = 3759.62 m = 12334.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.00 C = 82.41 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 352.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.75 mb = 3139.87 m = 10301.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 587.75 mb = 4610.20 m = 15125.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.75 mb = 10226.50 m = 33551.09 ft B at Equ Level: 352.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.75 mb = 12840.36 m = 42126.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.3 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 289.3 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.6 neg: -9.8 tot: 3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 11.42 Bulk Shear: 30.89 m/s