MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F023.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F023.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 23 hour NAM valid 11Z 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 115 1 950 559 2 900 1028 3 850 1519 SFC 828 1741 14.9 14.8 99 0.1 14.8 118 6 304.0 306.4 294.8 342.3 12.87 5 800 2033 13.2 13.3 100 -0.0 13.3 165 8 305.3 307.5 294.6 341.3 12.06 6 750 2578 15.7 7.5 58 8.2 10.6 264 16 313.7 315.3 294.5 340.8 8.72 7 700 3162 13.0 4.1 55 8.9 7.7 265 22 316.9 318.3 294.3 340.1 7.36 8 650 3780 8.6 0.0 55 8.6 3.9 264 17 318.7 319.9 293.7 337.7 5.90 9 600 4437 3.7 -4.7 54 8.5 -0.5 259 14 320.4 321.3 293.1 335.1 4.49 10 550 5137 -1.6 -9.3 55 7.8 -5.0 249 14 322.2 322.9 292.7 333.6 3.43 11 500 5888 -6.7 -14.8 52 8.1 -9.8 255 16 324.9 325.4 292.6 333.2 2.43 12 450 6702 -11.7 -18.9 55 7.1 -14.1 271 20 328.5 328.9 293.1 335.1 1.91 13 400 7595 -16.8 -20.4 74 3.5 -17.9 272 20 333.1 333.5 294.3 339.8 1.90 14 350 8584 -23.4 -27.2 71 3.8 -24.2 269 24 337.3 337.5 294.7 341.6 1.18 15 300 9693 -31.7 -34.7 75 3.0 -32.2 256 30 340.6 340.8 295.1 343.2 0.67 16 250 10955 -41.8 -45.8 65 4.0 -42.2 260 34 343.8 343.9 295.5 344.9 0.25 17 200 12433 -50.8 -71.8 7 21.0 -51.2 281 45 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14252 -62.8 -81.8 6 18.9 -63.0 284 30 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16703 -68.7 -85.2 7 16.6 -68.7 307 14 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.78 m Freezing level: 564.69 mb = 4930.89 m = 16177.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.78 mb = 4358.22 m = 14298.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.88 % Est. max temperature: 27.85 C = 82.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.12 mb = 1750.75 m = 5743.88 ft T: 14.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 9.14 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.19 mb = 3879.58 m = 12728.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Cap Strength: 4.96 C Lifted Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.94 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 65.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 284.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.15 mb = 2770.72 m = 9090.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 518.15 mb = 5606.78 m = 18394.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 418.15 mb = 7258.57 m = 23813.93 ft B at Equ Level: 65.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 318.15 mb = 9270.46 m = 30414.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.1 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 291.1 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.2 neg: -15.8 tot: 92.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.39 Bulk Shear: 46.81 m/s