MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F004.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F004.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 4 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 170 1 950 612 2 900 1081 3 850 1571 SFC 833 1741 15.5 14.4 93 1.1 14.8 160 7 304.1 306.4 294.7 341.4 12.51 5 800 2084 12.0 12.0 100 -0.0 12.0 184 7 303.9 306.0 293.5 336.9 11.06 6 750 2624 9.8 9.7 100 0.0 9.7 230 9 307.2 309.1 293.8 337.9 10.16 7 700 3198 8.7 6.9 88 1.9 7.6 249 6 312.2 313.9 294.3 339.8 8.93 8 650 3810 5.8 3.7 86 2.1 4.6 280 2 315.6 317.1 294.3 339.8 7.72 9 600 4463 2.7 -0.6 79 3.3 0.9 279 5 319.2 320.4 294.0 338.8 6.11 10 550 5161 -1.8 -6.7 69 4.9 -4.1 276 7 322.0 322.8 293.3 335.9 4.22 11 500 5913 -6.3 -14.4 53 8.0 -9.5 280 10 325.3 325.8 292.7 333.8 2.51 12 450 6729 -11.3 -19.4 51 8.1 -13.9 292 12 329.1 329.5 293.2 335.5 1.83 13 400 7622 -17.2 -24.5 53 7.3 -19.2 293 17 332.6 332.8 293.6 337.3 1.31 14 350 8608 -24.6 -31.7 52 7.0 -26.0 289 20 335.5 335.7 293.9 338.4 0.77 15 300 9711 -32.8 -39.4 52 6.5 -33.7 276 28 339.1 339.2 294.5 340.7 0.42 16 250 10968 -43.2 -48.0 59 4.8 -43.5 287 37 341.9 342.0 295.0 342.7 0.20 17 200 12432 -52.0 -62.1 28 10.2 -52.2 300 43 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.7 0.04 18 150 14252 -63.2 -80.4 8 17.3 -63.3 297 38 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16701 -68.2 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.4 334 14 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.29 m Freezing level: 569.89 mb = 4883.39 m = 16021.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.98 mb = 4584.30 m = 15040.17 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.57 % Est. max temperature: 24.21 C = 75.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.25 mb = 1872.60 m = 6143.64 ft T: 14.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 4.52 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.06 mb = 2199.08 m = 7214.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.95 C = 60.72 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.70 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.28 mb = 2303.57 m = 7557.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.28 mb = 2357.50 m = 7734.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 744.28 mb = 2688.14 m = 8819.25 ft B at Equ Level: 24.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 684.28 mb = 3385.73 m = 11107.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.9 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 302.9 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.6 neg: -5.6 tot: 25.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.40 Bulk Shear: 17.58 m/s