MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F005.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 17Z 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 161 1 950 604 2 900 1074 3 850 1564 SFC 833 1741 16.0 14.7 92 1.2 15.1 143 7 304.7 307.0 295.0 342.8 12.76 5 800 2078 12.5 12.5 100 -0.0 12.5 170 6 304.4 306.6 294.0 338.6 11.44 6 750 2620 10.4 10.3 99 0.1 10.3 224 9 307.9 309.8 294.3 339.9 10.56 7 700 3195 9.5 6.4 81 3.1 7.6 257 5 313.1 314.7 294.3 339.9 8.67 8 650 3808 6.4 3.7 83 2.7 4.8 259 4 316.2 317.6 294.4 340.3 7.68 9 600 4461 2.6 -1.1 77 3.6 0.6 260 8 319.1 320.2 293.9 338.0 5.91 10 550 5159 -1.8 -7.4 65 5.7 -4.4 268 10 322.0 322.8 293.1 335.1 3.97 11 500 5911 -6.6 -12.8 62 6.1 -9.1 272 12 324.9 325.5 293.0 334.6 2.87 12 450 6726 -11.5 -19.2 53 7.6 -14.1 272 11 328.7 329.1 293.1 335.2 1.86 13 400 7618 -17.2 -23.9 56 6.7 -19.1 288 15 332.6 332.8 293.7 337.5 1.38 14 350 8604 -24.6 -30.9 56 6.3 -25.9 287 18 335.5 335.7 294.0 338.6 0.83 15 300 9708 -32.6 -37.4 62 4.8 -33.2 280 29 339.5 339.6 294.7 341.5 0.51 16 250 10965 -43.0 -46.4 69 3.4 -43.2 291 37 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.2 0.24 17 200 12430 -52.1 -61.7 30 9.6 -52.3 299 43 350.3 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.05 18 150 14248 -63.2 -79.7 9 16.6 -63.3 295 37 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16695 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.4 313 14 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.84 m Freezing level: 570.37 mb = 4874.98 m = 15993.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.92 mb = 4542.91 m = 14904.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.76 % Est. max temperature: 24.92 C = 76.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.50 mb = 1895.25 m = 6217.95 ft T: 14.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 4.19 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.55 mb = 2231.30 m = 7320.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.65 C = 61.98 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: 0.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.64 mb = 2316.23 m = 7599.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.64 mb = 2370.35 m = 7776.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 752.64 mb = 2590.44 m = 8498.71 ft B at Equ Level: 24.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 692.64 mb = 3282.62 m = 10769.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.0 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 293.0 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.2 neg: -3.7 tot: 31.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 19.29 m/s