MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 140 1 950 589 2 900 1060 3 850 1553 SFC 831 1741 17.0 14.8 87 2.3 15.5 158 6 305.9 308.3 295.3 344.3 12.81 5 800 2068 13.2 12.8 97 0.4 13.0 168 7 305.3 307.5 294.4 340.3 11.72 6 750 2611 11.0 10.5 97 0.5 10.7 196 1 308.5 310.5 294.6 341.1 10.71 7 700 3187 10.0 7.2 82 2.9 8.3 269 3 313.6 315.3 294.8 341.9 9.12 8 650 3801 7.1 3.6 79 3.4 5.1 273 9 317.0 318.4 294.6 341.2 7.67 9 600 4456 3.1 -1.9 70 5.0 0.4 267 12 319.7 320.7 293.7 337.5 5.54 10 550 5155 -1.5 -5.9 72 4.4 -3.6 251 11 322.4 323.2 293.6 337.1 4.49 11 500 5909 -5.3 -12.9 55 7.7 -8.4 216 14 326.6 327.2 293.4 336.2 2.83 12 450 6727 -11.2 -15.6 70 4.4 -12.8 223 13 329.2 329.7 293.8 337.9 2.53 13 400 7618 -17.8 -20.7 78 2.9 -18.7 286 7 331.8 332.2 293.9 338.3 1.83 14 350 8604 -23.3 -25.7 81 2.4 -23.9 266 21 337.3 337.6 294.8 342.2 1.35 15 300 9717 -31.3 -33.7 79 2.4 -31.7 264 23 341.3 341.5 295.3 344.1 0.74 16 250 10979 -42.2 -45.2 73 2.9 -42.5 268 30 343.3 343.3 295.4 344.3 0.27 17 200 12442 -54.5 -59.8 52 5.2 -54.7 274 42 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.6 0.06 18 150 14252 -63.6 -80.1 9 16.5 -63.7 298 40 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16714 -68.2 -85.5 7 17.4 -68.2 306 18 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.09 m Freezing level: 566.06 mb = 4930.42 m = 16175.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.68 mb = 4527.33 m = 14853.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.79 % Est. max temperature: 25.48 C = 77.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.00 mb = 2026.03 m = 6646.98 ft T: 13.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 3.96 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.23 mb = 2441.91 m = 8011.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.55 C = 65.40 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.97 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 161.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.84 mb = 2380.53 m = 7810.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 435.84 mb = 6968.64 m = 22862.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 375.84 mb = 8078.36 m = 26503.50 ft B at Equ Level: 37.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 325.84 mb = 9120.45 m = 29922.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -10.4 tot: -6.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.33 Bulk Shear: 11.58 m/s