MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F001.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F001.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 1 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 158 1 950 599 2 900 1067 3 850 1557 SFC 832 1741 14.5 14.3 98 0.3 14.4 122 6 303.3 305.5 294.3 340.0 12.38 5 800 2069 12.5 12.5 100 -0.0 12.6 131 11 304.5 306.7 294.0 338.8 11.50 6 750 2610 9.9 9.9 100 -0.0 9.9 182 8 307.3 309.2 293.9 338.2 10.24 7 700 3182 8.3 6.5 88 1.9 7.2 269 7 311.7 313.4 294.0 338.6 8.70 8 650 3793 5.9 2.8 81 3.0 4.1 295 7 315.6 317.0 293.9 338.4 7.24 9 600 4446 2.5 -0.8 79 3.3 0.8 300 9 319.1 320.2 293.9 338.4 6.04 10 550 5144 -1.8 -5.8 74 4.1 -3.7 307 12 322.0 322.9 293.5 336.7 4.50 11 500 5896 -6.7 -13.8 57 7.1 -9.4 304 15 324.9 325.5 292.7 333.9 2.64 12 450 6710 -11.6 -21.2 45 9.6 -14.6 302 15 328.6 328.9 292.8 334.1 1.56 13 400 7602 -17.6 -26.1 47 8.6 -19.8 301 23 332.2 332.4 293.4 336.3 1.13 14 350 8587 -24.8 -33.3 45 8.5 -26.4 297 24 335.3 335.4 293.7 337.7 0.66 15 300 9689 -33.3 -37.7 64 4.5 -33.8 280 26 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.4 0.50 16 250 10944 -43.2 -49.1 52 5.9 -43.5 281 35 341.9 342.0 295.0 342.6 0.18 17 200 12409 -52.1 -69.6 11 17.4 -52.5 292 43 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14230 -63.2 -80.4 8 17.3 -63.3 304 46 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16684 -68.7 -85.2 7 16.6 -68.7 318 20 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.12 m Freezing level: 570.44 mb = 4858.68 m = 15940.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.34 mb = 4562.46 m = 14968.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.11 % Est. max temperature: 23.89 C = 75.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.31 mb = 1775.76 m = 5825.93 ft T: 14.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 1.79 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.25 mb = 2267.92 m = 7440.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.69 C = 62.05 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.06 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.44 mb = 2287.30 m = 7504.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.44 mb = 2341.15 m = 7680.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 734.44 mb = 2783.46 m = 9131.98 ft B at Equ Level: 24.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 664.44 mb = 3612.01 m = 11850.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.4 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 325.4 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.1 neg: -0.5 tot: 70.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 57.38 m/s