MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 137 1 950 576 2 900 1048 3 850 1541 SFC 830 1741 16.3 15.5 95 0.8 15.8 173 8 305.3 307.8 295.7 345.6 13.50 5 800 2058 13.7 13.7 100 0.0 13.7 182 11 305.8 308.1 295.0 343.0 12.41 6 750 2602 12.8 10.0 83 2.7 11.0 212 16 310.4 312.4 294.8 342.1 10.36 7 700 3180 10.7 9.0 90 1.6 9.6 212 14 314.3 316.3 295.8 346.5 10.38 8 650 3795 6.4 5.6 94 0.8 5.9 231 15 316.3 317.9 295.3 343.9 8.82 9 600 4451 4.0 -2.3 63 6.4 0.7 255 15 320.8 321.8 293.9 338.2 5.38 10 550 5152 -0.9 -6.3 67 5.4 -3.5 276 14 323.0 323.8 293.6 337.3 4.34 11 500 5905 -6.4 -10.0 75 3.7 -7.9 270 19 325.3 326.0 293.6 337.2 3.57 12 450 6721 -11.5 -16.0 69 4.5 -13.2 259 19 328.7 329.2 293.6 337.1 2.43 13 400 7612 -17.6 -19.8 83 2.2 -18.3 244 22 332.1 332.5 294.1 339.1 1.98 14 350 8599 -24.0 -26.9 77 2.8 -24.7 254 23 336.4 336.6 294.5 340.8 1.21 15 300 9708 -31.4 -34.6 73 3.2 -31.9 265 26 341.2 341.3 295.2 343.8 0.68 16 250 10973 -41.5 -45.4 66 3.8 -41.9 256 29 344.3 344.3 295.6 345.4 0.27 17 200 12445 -52.7 -56.9 60 4.2 -52.9 271 39 349.2 349.3 296.5 349.6 0.09 18 150 14256 -63.2 -81.3 7 18.0 -63.4 295 32 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16710 -67.7 -85.1 7 17.4 -67.8 329 15 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.57 m Freezing level: 559.39 mb = 5020.32 m = 16470.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.02 mb = 4558.59 m = 14955.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.58 C = 78.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.05 mb = 1837.02 m = 6026.90 ft T: 15.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 3.52 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.95 mb = 3157.01 m = 10357.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.71 C = 76.48 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 158.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.14 mb = 2444.43 m = 8019.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 529.14 mb = 5457.40 m = 17904.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 319.14 mb = 9263.40 m = 30391.36 ft B at Equ Level: 157.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.14 mb = 11842.19 m = 38851.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.5 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 275.5 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.7 neg: -5.2 tot: 66.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 5.43 Bulk Shear: 29.27 m/s