MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 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 119 1 950 560 2 900 1036 3 850 1535 SFC 830 1741 19.5 14.4 72 5.1 16.1 143 9 308.7 311.1 295.9 346.8 12.56 5 800 2056 16.4 13.2 81 3.2 14.3 146 11 308.7 310.9 295.6 345.1 12.02 6 750 2602 11.5 11.5 100 -0.0 11.4 170 12 309.0 311.2 295.2 343.7 11.42 7 700 3178 9.7 9.2 97 0.4 9.4 220 14 313.2 315.2 295.7 345.7 10.53 8 650 3792 7.5 3.3 75 4.2 5.0 253 10 317.4 318.8 294.6 341.1 7.49 9 600 4448 3.5 -0.4 76 3.9 1.4 269 10 320.1 321.3 294.3 340.1 6.21 10 550 5148 -1.6 -3.4 88 1.8 -2.6 262 13 322.1 323.2 294.3 339.7 5.41 11 500 5901 -5.8 -11.7 63 5.8 -8.3 254 19 325.9 326.5 293.4 336.5 3.13 12 450 6719 -10.4 -18.9 50 8.5 -13.3 236 23 330.1 330.5 293.5 336.8 1.91 13 400 7614 -16.6 -26.7 41 10.1 -19.2 238 22 333.5 333.7 293.7 337.4 1.08 14 350 8603 -24.1 -29.0 64 4.9 -25.2 256 31 336.2 336.4 294.3 339.9 0.99 15 300 9715 -30.5 -33.1 78 2.6 -30.9 263 27 342.4 342.6 295.6 345.4 0.79 16 250 10981 -41.2 -44.4 71 3.2 -41.5 267 35 344.7 344.8 295.7 345.9 0.29 17 200 12455 -53.6 -57.3 64 3.6 -53.8 276 46 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.2 0.08 18 150 14261 -62.7 -82.8 5 20.1 -62.9 292 45 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16722 -69.0 -84.8 8 15.8 -69.1 312 16 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.83 m Freezing level: 566.17 mb = 4921.23 m = 16145.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.58 mb = 4684.67 m = 15369.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.30 % Est. max temperature: 25.33 C = 77.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.69 mb = 2382.73 m = 7817.25 ft T: 13.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 3.10 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.76 mb = 2537.15 m = 8323.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.79 C = 67.62 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 176.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.57 mb = 2539.30 m = 8330.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.57 mb = 2595.44 m = 8515.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 730.57 mb = 2821.15 m = 9255.62 ft B at Equ Level: 7.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 680.57 mb = 3411.42 m = 11192.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.6 neg: -3.5 tot: 61.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 3.89 Bulk Shear: 45.34 m/s