MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 1Z 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 123 1 950 563 2 900 1039 3 850 1537 SFC 830 1741 18.7 14.4 76 4.3 15.8 142 7 307.8 310.2 295.7 345.7 12.53 5 800 2057 16.0 13.2 83 2.9 14.1 143 11 308.2 310.5 295.4 344.6 12.00 6 750 2603 11.5 11.5 100 -0.0 11.4 163 11 309.0 311.2 295.2 343.7 11.42 7 700 3179 9.6 9.7 100 -0.0 9.6 222 12 313.2 315.2 295.9 346.6 10.83 8 650 3793 7.6 5.0 84 2.6 6.0 270 8 317.5 319.1 295.3 344.2 8.44 9 600 4449 3.4 -0.5 75 4.0 1.3 279 7 320.1 321.3 294.3 339.9 6.15 10 550 5149 -1.5 -4.6 80 3.1 -3.1 261 10 322.3 323.2 293.9 338.4 4.95 11 500 5902 -5.8 -7.8 86 2.0 -6.7 238 16 326.0 326.8 294.4 340.2 4.27 12 450 6720 -10.9 -15.3 70 4.4 -12.5 229 22 329.6 330.1 293.9 338.5 2.59 13 400 7614 -17.2 -21.2 71 4.0 -18.4 228 27 332.6 333.0 294.0 338.8 1.76 14 350 8603 -23.0 -25.1 83 2.1 -23.5 240 29 337.8 338.1 295.0 343.0 1.43 15 300 9716 -30.8 -33.2 79 2.5 -31.2 263 30 342.0 342.2 295.5 345.0 0.77 16 250 10983 -41.1 -44.2 72 3.1 -41.4 270 33 344.9 345.0 295.8 346.1 0.30 17 200 12455 -54.1 -57.9 63 3.7 -54.2 275 40 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.4 0.08 18 150 14261 -62.3 -84.7 3 22.4 -62.5 296 46 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16724 -68.8 -84.7 8 15.9 -68.9 320 19 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.40 m Freezing level: 565.47 mb = 4932.33 m = 16182.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.58 mb = 4644.65 m = 15238.17 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.88 % Est. max temperature: 25.37 C = 77.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.63 mb = 2286.11 m = 7500.27 ft T: 14.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 2.00 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.35 mb = 2531.39 m = 8304.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.75 C = 67.55 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.61 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 145.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.70 mb = 2505.17 m = 8218.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.70 mb = 2561.02 m = 8402.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 733.70 mb = 2786.15 m = 9140.81 ft B at Equ Level: 9.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 683.70 mb = 3374.23 m = 11070.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.5 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 259.5 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -57.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.9 neg: -2.1 tot: 51.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 4.21 Bulk Shear: 34.48 m/s