MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 5Z 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 142 1 950 582 2 900 1054 3 850 1547 SFC 831 1741 16.2 15.7 97 0.5 15.9 197 7 305.1 307.7 295.7 345.9 13.62 5 800 2063 13.9 13.9 100 0.0 13.8 191 11 306.0 308.3 295.2 343.6 12.54 6 750 2607 12.1 12.1 100 -0.0 12.1 193 15 309.7 311.9 295.7 345.9 11.89 7 700 3185 11.0 3.7 60 7.4 6.7 215 6 314.7 316.1 293.6 337.0 7.13 8 650 3800 7.3 2.9 73 4.5 4.8 216 8 317.3 318.7 294.4 340.2 7.25 9 600 4454 2.7 1.3 90 1.4 2.0 241 11 319.3 320.7 294.7 341.7 7.03 10 550 5155 -0.8 -4.9 74 4.1 -2.9 270 15 323.1 324.0 294.0 338.9 4.82 11 500 5908 -6.6 -8.5 86 2.0 -7.4 273 15 325.1 325.8 293.9 338.4 4.02 12 450 6724 -10.9 -35.7 11 24.8 -16.2 254 20 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.0 0.40 13 400 7618 -17.5 -35.9 18 18.4 -21.0 244 23 332.3 332.4 292.8 334.0 0.45 14 350 8604 -24.0 -28.8 64 4.8 -25.0 248 27 336.5 336.7 294.4 340.2 1.02 15 300 9712 -31.5 -38.3 51 6.8 -32.4 256 24 341.1 341.1 295.0 342.9 0.47 16 250 10978 -41.3 -44.4 72 3.1 -41.6 267 26 344.6 344.7 295.7 345.8 0.29 17 200 12450 -53.2 -56.8 65 3.6 -53.3 272 43 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.0 0.09 18 150 14262 -62.6 -81.6 6 19.1 -62.7 295 34 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16715 -68.5 -84.4 8 15.9 -68.5 332 15 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.23 m Freezing level: 561.75 mb = 4990.04 m = 16371.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.80 mb = 4729.94 m = 15517.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.52 % Est. max temperature: 26.22 C = 79.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.30 mb = 1808.30 m = 5932.68 ft T: 15.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 8.85 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.05 mb = 2351.79 m = 7715.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.88 C = 65.98 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.98 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 241.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.52 mb = 2324.82 m = 7627.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.52 mb = 4446.99 m = 14589.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.52 mb = 9934.81 m = 32594.11 ft B at Equ Level: 240.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.52 mb = 13095.41 m = 42963.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.7 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 272.7 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.8 neg: -14.2 tot: 25.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 15.18 Bulk Shear: 15.91 m/s