MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508260600F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 4Z 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 141 1 950 583 2 900 1055 3 850 1549 SFC 831 1741 16.6 14.8 89 1.8 15.4 125 5 305.5 307.9 295.3 343.9 12.83 5 800 2065 13.9 13.0 94 0.9 13.4 128 11 306.0 308.2 294.7 341.7 11.88 6 750 2608 12.0 12.0 100 -0.0 12.0 194 13 309.6 311.9 295.7 345.8 11.86 7 700 3185 9.5 8.7 95 0.8 9.0 215 13 313.0 314.9 295.4 344.3 10.14 8 650 3800 7.6 3.5 75 4.2 5.2 211 10 317.6 319.1 294.7 341.6 7.58 9 600 4455 2.9 1.2 88 1.7 2.0 210 12 319.5 320.9 294.8 341.9 7.00 10 550 5155 -0.9 -4.7 76 3.7 -2.8 254 18 323.0 323.9 294.1 339.1 4.92 11 500 5909 -6.4 -9.4 79 3.0 -7.7 263 20 325.3 326.0 293.8 337.9 3.77 12 450 6725 -11.3 -23.2 37 11.8 -14.9 259 23 329.0 329.2 292.7 333.7 1.32 13 400 7618 -16.9 -44.9 7 28.0 -21.1 261 26 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.17 14 350 8605 -23.8 -37.2 28 13.4 -26.0 262 27 336.7 336.8 293.9 338.5 0.45 15 300 9713 -31.7 -39.0 49 7.3 -32.7 258 29 340.6 340.7 294.8 342.3 0.43 16 250 10980 -41.0 -44.0 72 3.1 -41.2 271 37 345.2 345.2 295.8 346.4 0.31 17 200 12452 -53.4 -57.3 62 3.9 -53.5 272 40 348.1 348.2 296.3 348.5 0.08 18 150 14258 -62.5 -79.9 8 17.4 -62.7 304 29 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.4 0.00 19 100 16719 -68.7 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.8 330 9 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.39 m Freezing level: 562.11 mb = 4985.62 m = 16356.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.24 mb = 4738.47 m = 15545.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.27 % Est. max temperature: 25.32 C = 77.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.44 mb = 1965.33 m = 6447.84 ft T: 14.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 4.14 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.25 mb = 2538.57 m = 8328.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.08 C = 68.14 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 160.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.12 mb = 2363.78 m = 7755.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 537.12 mb = 5342.71 m = 17528.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.12 mb = 9780.58 m = 32088.13 ft B at Equ Level: 158.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.12 mb = 12221.21 m = 40095.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.8 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 270.8 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.8 neg: -9.5 tot: 99.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 2.64 Bulk Shear: 60.73 m/s