MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 146 1 950 590 2 900 1062 3 850 1554 SFC 832 1741 16.0 15.8 98 0.3 15.8 188 3 304.9 307.4 295.7 345.7 13.67 5 800 2070 14.2 14.0 99 0.1 14.1 161 6 306.2 308.6 295.3 344.3 12.67 6 750 2614 12.1 11.6 97 0.5 11.7 198 6 309.7 311.8 295.4 344.8 11.52 7 700 3192 10.3 8.4 88 1.8 9.1 236 9 313.9 315.8 295.4 344.8 9.97 8 650 3806 6.4 3.0 79 3.4 4.4 268 2 316.1 317.6 294.1 339.2 7.31 9 600 4457 1.5 -0.1 89 1.6 0.7 282 3 317.9 319.1 293.9 338.2 6.36 10 550 5155 -1.9 -2.7 95 0.7 -2.3 205 10 321.8 322.9 294.4 340.3 5.72 11 500 5906 -7.3 -8.9 88 1.6 -8.0 202 16 324.2 324.9 293.6 337.2 3.91 12 450 6720 -12.0 -13.1 91 1.1 -12.5 229 26 328.1 328.7 294.0 338.6 3.09 13 400 7614 -16.0 -16.0 100 0.0 -16.0 253 30 334.1 334.7 295.2 343.7 2.73 14 350 8609 -21.9 -23.0 91 1.1 -22.2 259 28 339.3 339.6 295.6 345.5 1.72 15 300 9723 -31.2 -33.8 78 2.6 -31.7 254 20 341.4 341.5 295.3 344.1 0.73 16 250 10987 -41.5 -44.7 71 3.2 -41.8 247 13 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.6 0.29 17 200 12458 -54.4 -59.3 55 4.9 -54.6 269 34 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.06 18 150 14264 -62.3 -82.3 5 20.0 -62.4 299 39 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16732 -68.7 -84.6 8 15.9 -68.8 323 17 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.66 m Freezing level: 577.92 mb = 4764.93 m = 15632.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.88 mb = 4606.73 m = 15113.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.77 % Est. max temperature: 25.37 C = 77.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.23 mb = 1775.28 m = 5824.34 ft T: 15.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 1.38 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.31 mb = 2389.01 m = 7837.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.25 C = 66.65 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 248.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.27 mb = 2324.07 m = 7624.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.27 mb = 3916.04 m = 12847.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 371.27 mb = 8169.58 m = 26802.77 ft B at Equ Level: 247.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.27 mb = 13431.75 m = 44066.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.5 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 256.5 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -12.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.0 neg: -4.8 tot: 12.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 15.73 Bulk Shear: 15.80 m/s