MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 136 1 950 583 2 900 1056 3 850 1549 SFC 831 1742 18.0 15.1 83 2.9 16.0 137 9 307.0 309.4 295.8 346.4 13.09 5 800 2066 13.6 13.6 100 -0.0 13.7 139 10 305.7 308.0 295.0 342.8 12.37 6 750 2609 12.1 11.3 95 0.8 11.6 240 4 309.8 311.9 295.3 344.3 11.33 7 700 3187 10.5 6.8 78 3.6 8.2 305 3 314.1 315.8 294.7 341.8 8.91 8 650 3802 7.3 2.9 73 4.5 4.8 268 7 317.3 318.7 294.4 340.3 7.26 9 600 4457 3.3 -1.2 73 4.4 0.9 270 12 319.9 321.0 294.0 338.8 5.87 10 550 5156 -1.2 -8.5 58 7.2 -4.6 266 15 322.6 323.3 293.0 334.7 3.67 11 500 5909 -6.0 -11.8 64 5.7 -8.4 256 17 325.7 326.3 293.3 336.1 3.11 12 450 6726 -11.3 -16.5 66 5.1 -13.2 250 17 329.0 329.4 293.6 337.1 2.34 13 400 7620 -17.0 -21.4 69 4.3 -18.3 265 15 332.8 333.2 294.1 339.0 1.74 14 350 8607 -24.3 -27.5 75 3.1 -25.1 269 24 335.9 336.2 294.3 340.1 1.15 15 300 9713 -32.2 -35.6 72 3.3 -32.7 293 26 339.9 340.0 294.8 342.3 0.61 16 250 10973 -42.5 -46.0 68 3.6 -42.8 279 34 342.9 343.0 295.3 343.9 0.25 17 200 12439 -52.5 -64.0 24 11.6 -52.7 288 39 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 14253 -63.2 -80.4 8 17.3 -63.3 296 36 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16709 -68.1 -85.5 7 17.4 -68.2 290 14 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.81 m Freezing level: 563.81 mb = 4963.12 m = 16282.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.75 mb = 4567.87 m = 14986.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.14 % Est. max temperature: 25.85 C = 78.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.09 mb = 2107.38 m = 6913.90 ft T: 13.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 9.57 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.88 mb = 2643.87 m = 8674.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.89 C = 69.61 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 212.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.66 mb = 2391.33 m = 7845.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 554.66 mb = 5088.52 m = 16694.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.66 mb = 10845.14 m = 35580.74 ft B at Equ Level: 210.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.66 mb = 12942.18 m = 42460.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.6 neg: -7.7 tot: 22.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 5.25 Bulk Shear: 40.59 m/s