MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F003.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F003.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 162 1 950 603 2 900 1071 3 850 1561 SFC 832 1741 15.3 14.4 94 0.9 14.7 158 6 304.0 306.3 294.6 341.2 12.50 5 800 2074 11.9 11.9 100 -0.0 11.9 167 7 303.8 305.8 293.4 336.5 10.98 6 750 2615 9.9 9.4 97 0.5 9.6 226 8 307.3 309.2 293.7 337.3 9.92 7 700 3187 8.5 6.2 85 2.3 7.1 236 4 311.9 313.5 293.9 338.3 8.53 8 650 3798 5.9 3.2 82 2.8 4.4 299 2 315.7 317.1 294.1 339.0 7.42 9 600 4451 2.7 -1.6 73 4.3 0.4 306 6 319.3 320.4 293.7 337.6 5.68 10 550 5150 -1.6 -7.2 65 5.7 -4.2 303 9 322.2 323.0 293.2 335.5 4.04 11 500 5902 -6.3 -15.1 50 8.7 -9.6 293 11 325.3 325.8 292.6 333.4 2.37 12 450 6718 -11.3 -19.6 50 8.4 -14.0 298 13 329.1 329.5 293.2 335.4 1.80 13 400 7611 -17.2 -25.1 50 7.9 -19.3 291 19 332.7 332.9 293.6 337.2 1.25 14 350 8597 -24.7 -31.8 52 7.1 -26.1 289 21 335.4 335.5 293.9 338.2 0.76 15 300 9700 -33.0 -38.3 59 5.3 -33.7 274 25 338.8 338.9 294.4 340.6 0.47 16 250 10955 -43.2 -48.6 55 5.4 -43.5 284 35 341.9 342.0 295.0 342.7 0.19 17 200 12420 -51.8 -62.0 28 10.2 -52.1 298 42 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.9 0.05 18 150 14241 -63.3 -80.6 8 17.3 -63.5 300 40 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16689 -68.9 -85.4 7 16.5 -68.9 337 17 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.96 m Freezing level: 568.03 mb = 4897.71 m = 16068.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.36 mb = 4513.26 m = 14807.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.29 % Est. max temperature: 24.05 C = 75.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.32 mb = 1852.02 m = 6076.12 ft T: 14.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 4.74 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.47 mb = 2281.03 m = 7483.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.36 C = 61.46 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.32 mb = 2325.73 m = 7630.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.32 mb = 2379.86 m = 7807.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 761.32 mb = 2489.19 m = 8166.52 ft B at Equ Level: 24.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 691.32 mb = 3290.02 m = 10793.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.0 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 315.0 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.2 neg: -7.4 tot: 19.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.07 Bulk Shear: 23.43 m/s