MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 13Z 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 162 1 950 603 2 900 1072 3 850 1562 SFC 832 1741 14.9 14.7 99 0.2 14.8 146 7 303.6 305.9 294.7 341.4 12.74 5 800 2075 12.2 12.2 100 -0.0 12.1 164 12 304.1 306.2 293.7 337.5 11.21 6 750 2616 10.8 10.8 100 -0.0 10.8 180 8 308.3 310.4 294.7 341.5 10.94 7 700 3190 8.7 8.4 98 0.2 8.5 195 13 312.1 314.0 295.0 342.8 9.96 8 650 3803 6.5 1.3 69 5.2 3.7 225 3 316.4 317.6 293.6 336.9 6.50 9 600 4454 1.0 -1.9 81 2.9 -0.5 39 8 317.2 318.3 293.0 335.0 5.56 10 550 5149 -2.6 -4.2 89 1.6 -3.4 65 7 321.0 322.0 293.7 337.5 5.11 11 500 5899 -7.7 -7.8 99 0.1 -7.7 164 4 323.7 324.5 293.7 337.8 4.25 12 450 6713 -11.6 -13.2 88 1.6 -12.2 323 7 328.7 329.3 294.1 339.2 3.08 13 400 7606 -16.9 -22.9 59 6.1 -18.6 312 22 333.1 333.4 293.9 338.5 1.51 14 350 8595 -24.0 -32.5 46 8.5 -25.7 288 23 336.3 336.5 294.1 339.0 0.71 15 300 9699 -33.0 -38.5 58 5.4 -33.7 283 27 338.8 338.9 294.4 340.6 0.46 16 250 10953 -43.2 -48.1 58 5.0 -43.5 281 37 341.9 342.0 295.0 342.7 0.20 17 200 12417 -52.5 -63.8 24 11.3 -52.8 282 42 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.04 18 150 14236 -62.8 -80.1 8 17.3 -63.0 302 39 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16682 -69.6 -86.1 7 16.5 -69.7 333 17 393.2 393.2 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.33 m Freezing level: 586.67 mb = 4639.38 m = 15220.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.10 mb = 4371.87 m = 14343.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.95 % Est. max temperature: 24.37 C = 75.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.11 mb = 1762.80 m = 5783.40 ft T: 14.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 3.89 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.89 mb = 2055.07 m = 6742.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.37 C = 59.67 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.56 mb = 2281.21 m = 7484.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.56 mb = 2335.06 m = 7660.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 765.56 mb = 2443.82 m = 8017.69 ft B at Equ Level: 30.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 675.56 mb = 3484.05 m = 11430.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.2 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 282.2 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -51.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.2 neg: -10.1 tot: 43.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.50 Bulk Shear: 25.03 m/s