MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F009.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 129 1 950 577 2 900 1051 3 850 1545 SFC 831 1741 18.5 15.2 81 3.3 16.3 143 9 307.5 310.0 296.1 347.4 13.22 5 800 2063 14.2 13.9 98 0.3 14.0 144 10 306.3 308.7 295.3 344.2 12.62 6 750 2607 11.8 11.3 97 0.5 11.4 216 7 309.4 311.5 295.2 343.7 11.28 7 700 3184 10.3 6.9 79 3.4 8.2 214 3 313.9 315.7 294.7 341.8 8.96 8 650 3799 7.2 3.9 79 3.4 5.2 261 6 317.2 318.7 294.7 341.8 7.79 9 600 4454 3.2 -1.5 71 4.7 0.7 272 12 319.9 321.0 293.9 338.3 5.72 10 550 5154 -1.2 -7.4 63 6.1 -4.1 265 15 322.6 323.4 293.3 335.8 4.00 11 500 5907 -5.8 -11.4 65 5.5 -8.2 252 18 325.9 326.5 293.5 336.7 3.20 12 450 6724 -10.8 -18.3 54 7.5 -13.3 246 19 329.7 330.1 293.5 336.7 2.01 13 400 7620 -16.6 -23.3 56 6.8 -18.5 258 18 333.5 333.8 294.0 338.7 1.46 14 350 8608 -23.8 -28.4 66 4.5 -24.9 267 26 336.6 336.8 294.4 340.5 1.05 15 300 9716 -32.0 -34.9 76 2.8 -32.5 288 25 340.2 340.3 295.0 342.7 0.66 16 250 10976 -42.2 -46.2 65 4.0 -42.5 278 34 343.3 343.3 295.3 344.2 0.24 17 200 12444 -52.5 -60.7 37 8.2 -52.8 282 40 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.05 18 150 14255 -63.0 -79.7 9 16.6 -63.1 302 35 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16708 -69.2 -84.5 9 15.2 -69.4 292 15 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.32 m Freezing level: 563.83 mb = 4959.95 m = 16272.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.52 mb = 4554.41 m = 14942.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.87 % Est. max temperature: 25.72 C = 78.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.61 mb = 2152.20 m = 7060.92 ft T: 13.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 11.65 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.84 mb = 2441.70 m = 8010.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.36 C = 66.84 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 184.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.07 mb = 2395.28 m = 7858.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 574.07 mb = 4808.89 m = 15777.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.07 mb = 10864.30 m = 35643.59 ft B at Equ Level: 182.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.07 mb = 12633.57 m = 41448.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.2 neg: -9.4 tot: 22.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.59 Bulk Shear: 40.23 m/s