MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F042.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260000F042.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 65 1 950 521 2 900 1004 3 850 1508 SFC 828 1742 24.5 15.4 57 9.1 18.1 142 3 314.2 316.8 297.8 355.8 13.43 5 800 2037 20.0 13.6 67 6.3 15.7 142 3 312.4 314.8 296.7 350.5 12.37 6 750 2591 17.2 5.6 46 11.7 10.2 17 1 315.3 316.8 294.1 339.2 7.61 7 700 3175 12.7 3.9 55 8.7 7.5 320 4 316.5 317.9 294.2 339.4 7.26 8 650 3792 7.8 1.6 65 6.2 4.2 304 10 317.7 319.0 294.0 338.8 6.62 9 600 4447 3.0 -4.1 59 7.2 -0.6 277 16 319.6 320.6 293.0 334.8 4.69 10 550 5145 -2.4 -7.4 69 5.0 -4.7 261 19 321.2 322.0 292.9 334.3 3.99 11 500 5894 -7.3 -10.9 75 3.6 -8.8 256 22 324.2 324.8 293.2 335.3 3.33 12 450 6708 -11.9 -13.2 90 1.4 -12.4 254 24 328.3 328.9 294.0 338.8 3.07 13 400 7600 -17.5 -21.3 73 3.7 -18.7 251 26 332.2 332.5 293.9 338.4 1.75 14 350 8587 -24.1 -34.5 38 10.4 -26.0 250 32 336.2 336.3 293.9 338.4 0.59 15 300 9693 -32.5 -43.7 32 11.2 -33.7 256 30 339.6 339.7 294.5 340.7 0.27 16 250 10955 -40.2 -67.2 4 27.0 -41.2 277 40 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.4 0.02 17 200 12441 -51.2 -68.8 11 17.6 -51.7 276 43 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14257 -63.3 -78.2 12 14.8 -63.5 291 33 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16706 -68.4 -84.4 8 16.0 -68.5 293 14 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.20 m Freezing level: 572.26 mb = 4833.95 m = 15859.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.89 mb = 4366.90 m = 14326.93 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.68 % Est. max temperature: 27.21 C = 80.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 724.53 mb = 2883.83 m = 9461.27 ft T: 14.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 16.63 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 648.54 mb = 3810.70 m = 12502.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.90 C = 82.23 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.16 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 472.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.76 mb = 3395.23 m = 11139.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.76 mb = 4355.24 m = 14288.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.76 mb = 10505.88 m = 34467.70 ft B at Equ Level: 469.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.76 mb = 13588.33 m = 44580.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: -25.2 tot: -24.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.97 Bulk Shear: 39.47 m/s