MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F019.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F019.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 19 hour NAM valid 7Z 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 127 1 950 567 2 900 1039 3 850 1532 SFC 829 1741 16.0 15.7 98 0.4 15.8 155 8 305.1 307.6 295.7 345.8 13.62 5 800 2048 13.8 13.7 99 0.1 13.8 188 12 305.9 308.2 295.1 343.2 12.43 6 750 2593 13.0 12.2 95 0.8 12.5 212 11 310.7 313.0 296.1 347.4 12.00 7 700 3173 11.0 8.3 83 2.7 9.3 229 12 314.7 316.6 295.6 345.5 9.89 8 650 3789 8.4 2.1 64 6.4 4.8 249 17 318.5 319.8 294.4 340.4 6.86 9 600 4446 4.2 -3.4 58 7.6 0.3 269 15 320.9 321.9 293.6 337.0 4.95 10 550 5147 -1.2 -7.1 64 6.0 -4.0 274 13 322.7 323.5 293.4 336.2 4.08 11 500 5899 -6.1 -13.8 54 7.8 -9.1 270 22 325.7 326.2 292.9 334.6 2.62 12 450 6716 -11.4 -20.9 45 9.5 -14.5 258 21 328.8 329.2 292.9 334.5 1.61 13 400 7607 -17.2 -19.9 80 2.6 -18.1 245 25 332.6 333.0 294.2 339.5 1.97 14 350 8595 -23.6 -26.4 77 2.9 -24.2 257 28 337.0 337.3 294.7 341.6 1.26 15 300 9706 -31.0 -34.1 74 3.1 -31.4 255 30 341.7 341.9 295.4 344.5 0.71 16 250 10970 -41.8 -45.0 71 3.2 -42.1 251 28 343.8 343.9 295.5 345.0 0.28 17 200 12443 -52.0 -66.2 16 14.3 -52.3 273 42 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.03 18 150 14258 -62.9 -81.0 7 18.1 -63.1 292 31 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16708 -68.8 -84.7 8 15.8 -68.9 312 13 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.85 m Freezing level: 560.82 mb = 4995.25 m = 16388.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.99 mb = 4486.48 m = 14719.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.54 % Est. max temperature: 26.62 C = 79.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.23 mb = 1783.99 m = 5852.92 ft T: 15.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 12.90 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.17 mb = 2864.43 m = 9397.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.14 C = 73.65 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 293.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.72 mb = 2352.07 m = 7716.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 566.72 mb = 4905.65 m = 16094.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.72 mb = 11057.45 m = 36277.28 ft B at Equ Level: 290.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.72 mb = 13223.89 m = 43384.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.7 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 281.7 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 71.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 8.25 Bulk Shear: 35.51 m/s