MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F014.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F014.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 14 hour NAM valid 2Z 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 136 1 950 574 2 900 1050 3 850 1547 SFC 831 1741 18.4 14.9 80 3.5 16.0 148 3 307.4 309.8 295.8 346.3 12.91 5 800 2067 15.7 13.4 86 2.3 14.2 143 8 307.9 310.2 295.4 344.8 12.18 6 750 2612 11.7 11.7 100 -0.0 11.7 166 10 309.3 311.5 295.4 344.7 11.63 7 700 3188 9.2 9.2 100 0.0 9.2 223 10 312.6 314.6 295.5 345.0 10.48 8 650 3801 7.1 7.1 100 0.0 7.1 245 7 317.0 318.9 296.1 347.9 9.81 9 600 4456 2.5 1.5 93 1.0 1.9 264 3 319.0 320.3 294.7 341.6 7.11 10 550 5153 -2.7 -3.6 94 0.9 -3.2 268 3 320.8 321.9 293.9 338.1 5.33 11 500 5903 -6.7 -7.1 97 0.4 -6.8 205 9 324.9 325.8 294.3 339.8 4.50 12 450 6720 -11.9 -13.6 87 1.7 -12.5 229 14 328.3 328.9 293.9 338.5 2.99 13 400 7612 -17.5 -19.4 85 1.9 -18.1 242 24 332.2 332.6 294.1 339.4 2.05 14 350 8603 -22.6 -24.8 82 2.2 -23.1 252 29 338.3 338.7 295.2 343.7 1.47 15 300 9718 -30.5 -33.0 78 2.6 -30.9 252 34 342.4 342.6 295.6 345.4 0.79 16 250 10986 -40.9 -44.0 72 3.1 -41.1 251 38 345.3 345.4 295.8 346.6 0.31 17 200 12461 -53.2 -56.9 63 3.8 -53.3 257 40 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.0 0.09 18 150 14263 -62.7 -82.7 5 20.0 -62.9 297 47 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16732 -68.1 -84.8 8 16.6 -68.2 321 16 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.79 m Freezing level: 576.44 mb = 4784.30 m = 15696.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.42 mb = 4707.86 m = 15445.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.30 % Est. max temperature: 24.91 C = 76.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.19 mb = 2181.90 m = 7158.38 ft T: 14.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 1.58 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.62 mb = 2526.52 m = 8289.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.01 C = 68.02 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 285.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.16 mb = 2464.96 m = 8087.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.16 mb = 2632.30 m = 8636.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 698.16 mb = 3209.57 m = 10529.96 ft B at Equ Level: 12.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 638.16 mb = 3951.47 m = 12963.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.6 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 253.6 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -27.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.4 neg: -1.3 tot: 36.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 19.91 Bulk Shear: 14.35 m/s