MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 8Z 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 121 1 950 562 2 900 1033 3 850 1525 SFC 829 1741 15.7 15.7 100 0.0 15.7 144 7 304.8 307.4 295.7 345.6 13.66 5 800 2041 13.9 13.9 100 -0.0 13.9 180 12 305.9 308.3 295.2 343.6 12.56 6 750 2587 15.0 7.2 60 7.8 10.2 237 15 312.8 314.5 294.1 339.3 8.53 7 700 3168 12.1 5.6 65 6.4 8.2 249 17 315.9 317.4 294.7 341.6 8.19 8 650 3786 8.6 0.9 59 7.6 4.3 261 18 318.6 319.9 294.0 338.8 6.32 9 600 4443 4.1 -3.9 56 8.0 0.0 275 15 320.9 321.9 293.4 336.5 4.78 10 550 5144 -1.3 -6.9 66 5.6 -3.9 274 15 322.6 323.4 293.4 336.3 4.16 11 500 5896 -6.1 -17.2 41 11.1 -10.1 260 18 325.7 326.0 292.4 332.5 1.99 12 450 6712 -11.6 -24.2 35 12.5 -15.2 254 19 328.6 328.8 292.5 332.9 1.20 13 400 7604 -17.3 -25.0 51 7.7 -19.4 253 27 332.4 332.7 293.6 336.9 1.25 14 350 8593 -23.5 -26.6 76 3.1 -24.3 265 31 337.0 337.3 294.7 341.6 1.24 15 300 9702 -31.5 -36.1 64 4.6 -32.1 267 29 341.0 341.2 295.1 343.3 0.59 16 250 10965 -41.7 -46.2 61 4.6 -42.0 257 32 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.1 0.24 17 200 12440 -51.8 -60.1 36 8.3 -52.1 281 44 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.9 0.06 18 150 14259 -62.3 -80.5 7 18.2 -62.4 297 32 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16714 -68.7 -84.6 8 15.9 -68.8 300 12 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.12 m Freezing level: 561.57 mb = 4981.44 m = 16343.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.75 mb = 4446.12 m = 14586.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.27 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.39 mb = 1745.09 m = 5725.30 ft T: 15.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 6.31 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 648.83 mb = 3800.60 m = 12469.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.88 C = 83.99 F Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lifted Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.79 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 251.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.76 mb = 2714.20 m = 8904.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 503.76 mb = 5837.24 m = 19150.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 363.76 mb = 8307.05 m = 27253.78 ft B at Equ Level: 76.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 273.76 mb = 10335.83 m = 33909.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.7 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 284.7 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 103.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.80 Bulk Shear: 43.22 m/s