MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F007.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F007.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 7 hour NAM valid 19Z 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 141 1 950 585 2 900 1058 3 850 1551 SFC 831 1742 18.1 15.1 82 3.1 16.0 132 8 307.1 309.5 295.8 346.4 13.05 5 800 2068 13.7 13.7 100 -0.0 13.7 134 8 305.7 308.0 295.0 342.8 12.39 6 750 2611 11.9 10.3 89 1.7 10.9 245 5 309.5 311.5 294.7 341.7 10.53 7 700 3188 10.1 6.7 79 3.4 8.0 290 5 313.7 315.4 294.6 341.2 8.85 8 650 3802 7.0 2.9 75 4.1 4.6 244 7 316.8 318.2 294.3 339.8 7.26 9 600 4456 2.7 -0.4 80 3.1 1.1 262 12 319.3 320.5 294.1 339.3 6.23 10 550 5154 -1.9 -5.3 78 3.4 -3.6 264 13 321.8 322.7 293.6 337.1 4.68 11 500 5906 -6.4 -11.6 67 5.1 -8.6 260 14 325.2 325.8 293.3 335.8 3.15 12 450 6722 -11.6 -18.3 58 6.6 -13.9 251 14 328.6 329.0 293.2 335.6 2.01 13 400 7615 -17.0 -22.1 65 5.0 -18.6 273 15 332.8 333.2 294.0 338.6 1.63 14 350 8601 -24.2 -27.1 77 2.9 -24.9 277 22 336.1 336.3 294.4 340.4 1.18 15 300 9706 -32.3 -35.3 75 2.9 -32.8 284 30 339.8 339.9 294.8 342.2 0.63 16 250 10966 -42.7 -45.8 71 3.2 -42.9 282 34 342.7 342.7 295.2 343.7 0.25 17 200 12431 -52.2 -66.9 16 14.6 -52.6 293 41 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14248 -63.0 -81.9 6 18.8 -63.2 293 38 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16702 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 306 12 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.28 m Freezing level: 570.70 mb = 4865.19 m = 15961.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.54 mb = 4610.62 m = 15126.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.85 % Est. max temperature: 25.50 C = 77.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.11 mb = 2130.52 m = 6989.80 ft T: 13.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 10.86 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.81 mb = 2804.67 m = 9201.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.80 C = 71.24 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 148.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.80 mb = 2435.58 m = 7990.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 570.80 mb = 4856.39 m = 15932.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.80 mb = 9686.97 m = 31781.00 ft B at Equ Level: 148.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.80 mb = 12085.91 m = 39651.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.5 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 286.5 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.3 neg: -3.5 tot: 32.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.20 Bulk Shear: 35.41 m/s