MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F021.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F021.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 116 1 950 557 2 900 1028 3 850 1520 SFC 828 1741 15.5 15.5 100 0.1 15.5 123 6 304.7 307.2 295.5 344.9 13.47 5 800 2036 13.8 13.9 100 -0.0 13.8 178 9 305.9 308.2 295.1 343.5 12.54 6 750 2581 15.4 7.5 59 7.9 10.5 259 13 313.3 315.0 294.4 340.3 8.70 7 700 3165 12.8 4.3 56 8.5 7.8 257 20 316.7 318.1 294.4 340.3 7.48 8 650 3783 8.7 0.8 58 7.9 4.2 263 16 318.8 320.0 294.0 338.8 6.25 9 600 4440 4.0 -3.8 57 7.8 0.0 270 13 320.8 321.7 293.4 336.5 4.83 10 550 5141 -1.4 -7.9 61 6.6 -4.4 259 12 322.5 323.2 293.1 335.1 3.83 11 500 5893 -6.2 -13.4 56 7.2 -9.0 256 15 325.5 326.1 293.0 334.8 2.72 12 450 6709 -11.4 -22.9 38 11.4 -14.9 258 22 328.8 329.1 292.7 333.6 1.35 13 400 7601 -17.3 -23.6 58 6.3 -19.0 262 27 332.6 332.8 293.7 337.7 1.43 14 350 8590 -23.1 -28.8 59 5.7 -24.4 266 30 337.7 337.9 294.7 341.4 1.02 15 300 9700 -31.5 -37.3 56 5.9 -32.3 272 35 341.1 341.2 295.0 343.0 0.51 16 250 10962 -41.9 -49.2 45 7.2 -42.5 270 35 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.4 0.17 17 200 12439 -51.2 -68.8 11 17.5 -51.7 285 43 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14259 -62.2 -80.5 7 18.2 -62.4 287 31 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16712 -69.3 -84.6 9 15.2 -69.4 305 13 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.25 m Freezing level: 562.52 mb = 4965.27 m = 16290.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.78 mb = 4443.03 m = 14576.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.60 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.67 mb = 1746.87 m = 5731.12 ft T: 15.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 11.25 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.07 mb = 3820.02 m = 12532.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.46 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 80.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 257.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.86 mb = 2742.19 m = 8996.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 520.86 mb = 5570.41 m = 18275.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 370.86 mb = 8161.13 m = 26775.03 ft B at Equ Level: 78.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 280.86 mb = 10156.24 m = 33320.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.6 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 287.6 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.2 neg: -4.6 tot: 77.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.06 Bulk Shear: 39.01 m/s