MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 153 1 950 597 2 900 1068 3 850 1560 SFC 832 1742 17.2 15.1 88 2.1 15.8 131 7 306.0 308.5 295.6 345.3 13.11 5 800 2076 13.0 13.1 100 -0.0 13.1 142 6 305.1 307.3 294.5 340.6 11.90 6 750 2618 11.1 9.8 92 1.3 10.3 234 7 308.6 310.6 294.2 339.7 10.20 7 700 3194 9.9 6.3 78 3.6 7.8 271 4 313.5 315.1 294.4 340.2 8.61 8 650 3808 7.0 2.3 72 4.7 4.3 259 6 316.8 318.2 294.0 338.8 6.95 9 600 4462 2.6 -0.7 79 3.3 0.8 255 10 319.1 320.2 294.0 338.5 6.07 10 550 5160 -1.9 -6.2 73 4.3 -4.0 263 12 321.8 322.6 293.3 336.1 4.37 11 500 5911 -6.6 -11.6 68 5.0 -8.7 263 13 324.9 325.6 293.2 335.5 3.14 12 450 6726 -11.8 -18.8 56 7.0 -14.1 261 12 328.5 328.8 293.1 335.2 1.93 13 400 7618 -17.3 -22.1 66 4.9 -18.7 280 15 332.6 332.9 293.9 338.3 1.63 14 350 8604 -24.8 -29.1 67 4.3 -25.7 283 18 335.4 335.6 294.1 339.0 0.98 15 300 9708 -32.7 -35.7 74 3.1 -33.1 283 27 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.7 0.61 16 250 10968 -42.5 -45.6 71 3.2 -42.7 284 35 342.9 343.0 295.3 344.0 0.26 17 200 12432 -52.8 -62.2 31 9.4 -53.1 296 43 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.04 18 150 14249 -63.0 -80.2 8 17.3 -63.1 293 39 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16695 -68.5 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.5 311 14 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.08 m Freezing level: 571.62 mb = 4858.03 m = 15938.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.77 mb = 4572.51 m = 15001.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.76 % Est. max temperature: 25.40 C = 77.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.99 mb = 2001.94 m = 6567.97 ft T: 13.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 5.69 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.98 mb = 2517.65 m = 8259.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.06 C = 66.31 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.17 mb = 2394.75 m = 7856.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 525.17 mb = 5523.88 m = 18122.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 405.17 mb = 7520.81 m = 24674.28 ft B at Equ Level: 41.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 275.17 mb = 10304.73 m = 33807.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.0 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 289.0 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.8 neg: -3.3 tot: 32.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.65 Bulk Shear: 27.02 m/s