MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 160 1 950 600 2 900 1070 3 850 1561 SFC 832 1741 15.2 15.1 100 0.1 15.1 132 5 303.9 306.3 295.0 342.9 13.11 5 800 2075 12.8 12.8 100 -0.0 12.8 148 12 304.8 306.9 294.2 339.6 11.67 6 750 2616 10.5 10.5 100 -0.0 10.6 185 8 308.0 310.0 294.4 340.5 10.73 7 700 3189 7.6 7.4 99 0.2 7.5 201 7 310.8 312.6 294.1 339.3 9.27 8 650 3800 6.1 3.1 81 2.9 4.4 221 11 315.8 317.2 294.1 339.1 7.39 9 600 4452 1.7 0.3 90 1.4 1.0 185 6 318.1 319.4 294.1 339.0 6.54 10 550 5148 -3.2 -4.0 94 0.8 -3.6 28 7 320.2 321.3 293.6 336.9 5.16 11 500 5897 -7.4 -8.4 93 1.0 -7.9 52 6 324.0 324.8 293.7 337.4 4.06 12 450 6712 -11.6 -12.8 91 1.2 -12.1 217 8 328.6 329.2 294.1 339.4 3.17 13 400 7605 -17.3 -19.1 86 1.8 -17.9 283 13 332.6 333.0 294.3 340.0 2.12 14 350 8593 -23.8 -26.1 81 2.3 -24.4 301 18 336.7 337.0 294.7 341.5 1.30 15 300 9700 -32.5 -35.3 76 2.8 -32.9 293 21 339.6 339.8 294.8 342.1 0.63 16 250 10955 -43.3 -46.4 72 3.0 -43.6 280 30 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.6 0.24 17 200 12417 -53.5 -62.8 31 9.3 -53.8 280 44 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.2 0.04 18 150 14234 -62.1 -82.2 5 20.1 -62.2 307 35 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16689 -68.4 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.5 336 19 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.86 m Freezing level: 582.50 mb = 4695.72 m = 15405.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.59 mb = 4591.96 m = 15065.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.70 % Est. max temperature: 23.42 C = 74.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.55 mb = 1747.24 m = 5732.36 ft T: 15.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 3.57 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.50 mb = 2206.83 m = 7240.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.76 C = 62.17 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 79.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.96 mb = 2276.81 m = 7469.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.96 mb = 2330.68 m = 7646.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 685.96 mb = 3356.09 m = 11010.66 ft B at Equ Level: 28.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 325.96 mb = 9103.88 m = 29868.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.7 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 235.7 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -2.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.0 neg: -17.5 tot: 12.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.29 Bulk Shear: 10.85 m/s