MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 2Z 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 130 1 950 571 2 900 1046 3 850 1542 SFC 831 1741 17.6 15.1 85 2.5 15.9 148 5 306.6 309.1 295.7 346.1 13.12 5 800 2061 15.4 13.3 88 2.0 14.0 148 13 307.5 309.8 295.3 344.2 12.13 6 750 2606 11.7 11.7 100 -0.0 11.7 178 15 309.3 311.5 295.4 344.7 11.63 7 700 3182 9.6 8.6 93 1.0 9.0 228 15 313.2 315.1 295.4 344.4 10.09 8 650 3797 7.5 5.6 88 1.9 6.3 240 10 317.4 319.1 295.6 345.1 8.79 9 600 4453 3.3 -2.1 67 5.5 0.5 255 11 320.0 321.1 293.7 337.6 5.45 10 550 5153 -1.3 -3.6 84 2.3 -2.5 254 19 322.5 323.5 294.3 339.9 5.33 11 500 5906 -6.0 -9.5 76 3.6 -7.5 257 24 325.8 326.5 293.9 338.2 3.72 12 450 6723 -11.2 -21.0 44 9.8 -14.3 263 27 329.2 329.5 293.0 334.8 1.59 13 400 7616 -16.8 -41.4 10 24.5 -20.9 263 28 333.1 333.1 292.8 334.1 0.25 14 350 8604 -23.9 -41.1 19 17.2 -26.5 264 32 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.6 0.30 15 300 9712 -31.7 -46.7 21 14.9 -33.3 260 27 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.19 16 250 10975 -41.5 -46.9 56 5.4 -41.9 266 31 344.3 344.3 295.6 345.2 0.22 17 200 12447 -52.9 -65.8 20 12.9 -53.2 277 49 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.03 18 150 14252 -63.8 -81.1 8 17.2 -64.0 303 41 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.00 19 100 16714 -67.7 -85.2 7 17.4 -67.8 353 16 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.73 m Freezing level: 564.25 mb = 4953.15 m = 16250.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.24 mb = 4557.34 m = 14951.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.95 % Est. max temperature: 25.34 C = 77.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.22 mb = 2059.02 m = 6755.25 ft T: 15.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 1.90 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.20 mb = 2514.10 m = 8248.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.89 C = 67.80 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 222.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.26 mb = 2435.94 m = 7991.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 570.26 mb = 4861.60 m = 15949.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.26 mb = 10434.95 m = 34234.97 ft B at Equ Level: 221.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.26 mb = 13098.76 m = 42974.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.1 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 277.1 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.3 neg: -9.0 tot: 99.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 3.42 Bulk Shear: 65.18 m/s