MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F003.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F003.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z TUE 26 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 157 1 950 598 2 900 1068 3 850 1558 SFC 832 1741 15.3 15.0 98 0.3 15.1 58 2 304.0 306.5 295.0 342.7 12.99 5 800 2072 12.6 12.6 100 0.0 12.6 148 4 304.5 306.7 294.0 338.9 11.50 6 750 2615 11.3 11.0 98 0.3 11.1 187 11 308.8 310.9 294.9 342.4 11.04 7 700 3188 7.9 5.0 82 2.9 6.2 216 9 311.3 312.8 293.2 335.5 7.86 8 650 3798 5.6 3.0 83 2.6 4.1 201 15 315.3 316.7 293.9 338.4 7.34 9 600 4448 1.3 1.1 99 0.1 1.2 173 13 317.6 318.9 294.2 339.6 6.94 10 550 5145 -2.5 -2.5 100 0.0 -2.5 87 6 321.1 322.3 294.3 339.9 5.80 11 500 5896 -6.5 -9.6 78 3.1 -7.9 11 11 325.1 325.9 293.7 337.4 3.68 12 450 6712 -12.4 -14.6 84 2.2 -13.2 20 9 327.7 328.2 293.6 337.1 2.75 13 400 7602 -17.4 -18.7 90 1.3 -17.9 174 4 332.3 332.8 294.3 340.0 2.18 14 350 8593 -23.0 -24.6 86 1.6 -23.4 262 14 337.8 338.1 295.1 343.2 1.49 15 300 9702 -32.3 -36.5 67 4.1 -32.9 276 37 339.8 339.9 294.8 341.9 0.56 16 250 10959 -42.7 -48.7 51 6.1 -43.0 275 41 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.4 0.18 17 200 12425 -54.2 -60.5 46 6.2 -54.4 271 46 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.06 18 150 14237 -62.9 -84.0 4 21.1 -63.1 309 40 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16683 -68.6 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.7 338 17 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.15 m Freezing level: 583.14 mb = 4682.84 m = 15363.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.86 mb = 4666.26 m = 15309.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.34 % Est. max temperature: 23.52 C = 74.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.07 mb = 1780.47 m = 5841.36 ft T: 14.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 6.83 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.12 mb = 2305.30 m = 7563.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.52 C = 63.53 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 74.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.52 mb = 2311.88 m = 7584.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.52 mb = 4279.95 m = 14041.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 392.52 mb = 7742.53 m = 25401.68 ft B at Equ Level: 72.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 322.52 mb = 9181.61 m = 30123.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 162.2 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 192.2 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.1 neg: -36.2 tot: -19.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 15.75 Bulk Shear: 4.75 m/s