MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F010.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F010.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 10 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 122 1 950 566 2 900 1042 3 850 1539 SFC 830 1741 19.7 15.0 74 4.8 16.5 139 8 308.9 311.3 296.3 348.4 13.00 5 800 2060 15.6 13.7 88 1.9 14.3 142 9 307.8 310.1 295.6 345.3 12.42 6 750 2605 11.4 11.3 99 0.1 11.3 202 8 309.0 311.1 295.1 343.3 11.28 7 700 3181 10.2 7.8 85 2.4 8.8 224 6 313.8 315.7 295.1 343.5 9.57 8 650 3796 7.3 3.8 78 3.6 5.2 254 9 317.3 318.8 294.7 341.7 7.74 9 600 4451 3.3 -0.6 76 3.9 1.1 271 12 319.9 321.1 294.2 339.5 6.11 10 550 5151 -1.3 -6.1 70 4.8 -3.6 266 15 322.5 323.4 293.6 337.0 4.41 11 500 5904 -5.9 -10.2 72 4.2 -7.8 253 17 325.8 326.5 293.7 337.6 3.53 12 450 6722 -10.6 -17.5 57 6.9 -13.0 238 20 330.0 330.4 293.7 337.5 2.16 13 400 7618 -16.6 -26.1 44 9.4 -19.1 239 19 333.4 333.6 293.7 337.5 1.14 14 350 8607 -23.5 -30.7 51 7.3 -24.9 263 26 337.1 337.3 294.4 340.3 0.85 15 300 9717 -31.6 -36.6 61 5.1 -32.3 281 24 340.9 341.0 295.0 343.0 0.55 16 250 10978 -42.0 -47.6 55 5.5 -42.5 284 38 343.5 343.6 295.4 344.4 0.21 17 200 12448 -52.7 -63.3 26 10.7 -52.9 279 44 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.04 18 150 14261 -62.9 -81.0 7 18.1 -63.0 299 37 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16712 -69.5 -84.2 10 14.7 -69.6 298 17 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.09 m Freezing level: 564.59 mb = 4946.96 m = 16230.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.06 mb = 4612.87 m = 15133.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.26 % Est. max temperature: 25.68 C = 78.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.75 mb = 2341.43 m = 7681.78 ft T: 13.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 5.08 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.06 mb = 2492.12 m = 8176.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.61 C = 67.30 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.08 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 183.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.76 mb = 2484.29 m = 8150.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.76 mb = 2539.93 m = 8333.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 735.76 mb = 2764.77 m = 9070.65 ft B at Equ Level: 10.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 695.76 mb = 3231.75 m = 10602.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.0 neg: -4.2 tot: 29.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.61 Bulk Shear: 39.82 m/s