MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 4Z 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 144 1 950 587 2 900 1058 3 850 1550 SFC 831 1741 15.7 15.7 100 0.0 15.7 173 6 304.5 307.0 295.5 345.1 13.59 5 800 2066 14.0 13.9 99 0.1 14.0 164 13 306.1 308.4 295.3 343.9 12.58 6 750 2611 13.2 11.1 87 2.1 11.8 185 13 310.9 313.0 295.5 345.0 11.14 7 700 3190 10.9 3.7 61 7.1 6.7 163 3 314.5 315.9 293.6 337.0 7.16 8 650 3804 6.8 1.9 71 4.9 4.1 223 3 316.7 318.0 293.9 338.2 6.78 9 600 4457 2.6 0.9 88 1.8 1.7 220 13 319.2 320.5 294.6 340.9 6.81 10 550 5157 -2.0 -4.1 86 2.1 -3.1 261 16 321.7 322.7 293.9 338.4 5.15 11 500 5909 -6.1 -8.0 86 1.9 -7.0 271 16 325.6 326.5 294.2 339.6 4.20 12 450 6725 -11.4 -12.7 90 1.3 -12.0 254 22 328.8 329.5 294.3 339.7 3.19 13 400 7619 -17.0 -36.7 16 19.7 -20.8 254 25 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.4 0.41 14 350 8607 -23.6 -45.5 11 22.0 -26.4 254 28 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.7 0.19 15 300 9716 -31.3 -34.3 75 2.9 -31.8 259 22 341.2 341.3 295.3 343.9 0.70 16 250 10981 -41.7 -45.0 70 3.3 -41.9 250 24 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.2 0.28 17 200 12451 -52.9 -57.6 57 4.7 -53.0 274 46 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.08 18 150 14263 -62.8 -81.8 6 18.9 -63.0 295 33 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16714 -68.6 -84.5 8 15.9 -68.7 334 17 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.75 m Freezing level: 571.66 mb = 4853.56 m = 15923.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.51 mb = 4695.00 m = 15403.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.58 % Est. max temperature: 25.93 C = 78.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.16 mb = 1741.16 m = 5712.41 ft T: 15.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 7.98 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.62 mb = 3099.17 m = 10167.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.62 C = 76.31 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 217.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.79 mb = 2423.95 m = 7952.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.79 mb = 4432.92 m = 14543.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 301.79 mb = 9673.71 m = 31737.49 ft B at Equ Level: 215.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.79 mb = 12715.49 m = 41716.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.8 neg: -32.4 tot: 25.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 7.19 Bulk Shear: 30.27 m/s