MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 137 1 950 578 2 900 1052 3 850 1547 SFC 831 1741 17.3 15.0 86 2.3 15.7 140 5 306.2 308.6 295.6 345.2 12.99 5 800 2065 14.8 13.2 90 1.6 13.7 144 13 306.9 309.1 295.0 343.0 11.97 6 750 2609 11.7 11.7 100 -0.0 11.7 190 16 309.2 311.4 295.4 344.4 11.57 7 700 3186 9.3 8.4 94 0.9 8.8 220 16 312.8 314.7 295.2 343.6 9.97 8 650 3799 7.0 5.6 91 1.3 6.2 232 8 316.9 318.6 295.4 344.7 8.84 9 600 4454 2.9 0.8 87 2.0 1.7 257 13 319.4 320.7 294.6 341.2 6.80 10 550 5153 -1.6 -2.4 95 0.7 -2.0 261 21 322.1 323.3 294.6 341.2 5.86 11 500 5906 -6.2 -8.1 86 1.9 -7.0 266 25 325.5 326.4 294.1 339.4 4.17 12 450 6722 -11.3 -17.5 60 6.2 -13.5 261 26 329.0 329.4 293.4 336.4 2.15 13 400 7616 -17.0 -33.0 24 16.0 -20.4 262 27 332.8 333.0 293.1 335.1 0.59 14 350 8603 -23.8 -42.5 16 18.7 -26.5 259 29 336.6 336.7 293.7 337.6 0.26 15 300 9711 -31.5 -53.4 10 21.9 -33.3 254 29 341.0 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.09 16 250 10975 -41.5 -49.7 41 8.2 -42.0 265 31 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.1 0.16 17 200 12449 -52.8 -57.1 60 4.3 -53.0 277 46 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.08 18 150 14254 -63.4 -79.4 10 16.0 -63.6 306 36 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.00 19 100 16713 -68.5 -85.0 7 16.6 -68.5 334 11 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.56 m Freezing level: 568.20 mb = 4898.91 m = 16072.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 577.08 mb = 4767.24 m = 15640.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.92 % Est. max temperature: 24.94 C = 76.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.23 mb = 2030.56 m = 6661.86 ft T: 15.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 2.23 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.18 mb = 2506.55 m = 8223.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.71 C = 67.48 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 176.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.92 mb = 2410.04 m = 7906.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 582.92 mb = 4686.38 m = 15375.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.92 mb = 9641.81 m = 31632.86 ft B at Equ Level: 174.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.92 mb = 12353.40 m = 40529.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.7 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 278.7 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.7 neg: -20.4 tot: 116.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 2.44 Bulk Shear: 72.41 m/s