MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F022.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F022.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 22 hour NAM valid 10Z 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 117 1 950 559 2 900 1029 3 850 1521 SFC 828 1741 15.2 15.1 99 0.1 15.2 122 6 304.3 306.8 295.2 343.6 13.18 5 800 2036 13.5 13.6 100 -0.0 13.6 171 9 305.6 307.9 294.9 342.4 12.29 6 750 2581 15.1 7.1 59 7.9 10.2 262 12 312.9 314.5 294.1 339.2 8.48 7 700 3164 13.1 3.4 52 9.7 7.4 265 20 317.0 318.3 294.1 339.1 6.99 8 650 3783 8.7 0.6 57 8.1 4.1 265 16 318.7 319.9 293.9 338.4 6.15 9 600 4439 3.7 -3.9 57 7.7 -0.2 260 12 320.4 321.4 293.3 335.9 4.76 10 550 5139 -1.4 -8.5 58 7.1 -4.6 249 13 322.5 323.2 293.0 334.6 3.67 11 500 5891 -6.5 -14.3 54 7.8 -9.5 255 16 325.1 325.6 292.7 333.6 2.53 12 450 6707 -11.8 -16.5 69 4.6 -13.5 268 21 328.3 328.8 293.4 336.4 2.35 13 400 7598 -17.2 -25.5 48 8.3 -19.4 269 27 332.7 332.9 293.6 337.0 1.20 14 350 8586 -23.8 -28.0 68 4.2 -24.7 264 26 336.7 337.0 294.5 340.8 1.09 15 300 9695 -31.8 -36.0 66 4.2 -32.4 261 31 340.6 340.7 295.0 342.9 0.59 16 250 10956 -42.0 -49.5 44 7.4 -42.5 272 32 343.5 343.6 295.3 344.2 0.17 17 200 12431 -51.2 -71.0 8 19.8 -51.5 284 45 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14250 -62.7 -80.9 7 18.2 -62.9 288 31 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16703 -68.5 -85.0 7 16.6 -68.5 309 12 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.42 m Freezing level: 563.37 mb = 4952.07 m = 16246.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.82 mb = 4414.42 m = 14482.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.18 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.36 mb = 1750.63 m = 5743.45 ft T: 15.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 9.96 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.58 mb = 3876.85 m = 12719.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Cap Strength: 5.07 C Lifted Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.07 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 289.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.27 mb = 2748.52 m = 9017.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 510.27 mb = 5730.95 m = 18802.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 400.27 mb = 7593.02 m = 24911.17 ft B at Equ Level: 58.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 300.27 mb = 9688.13 m = 31784.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.3 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 290.3 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.3 neg: -11.6 tot: 70.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.35 Bulk Shear: 43.71 m/s