MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F025.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F025.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 25 hour NAM valid 13Z 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 1 950 565 2 900 1035 3 850 1525 SFC 829 1741 14.9 14.8 99 0.1 14.8 115 5 303.9 306.3 294.8 342.1 12.85 5 800 2039 13.0 13.0 100 -0.0 13.0 196 5 305.0 307.2 294.4 340.3 11.82 6 750 2584 15.7 6.6 55 9.1 10.1 279 17 313.6 315.2 294.1 339.1 8.19 7 700 3169 13.3 3.3 51 9.9 7.4 277 18 317.2 318.5 294.1 339.2 6.96 8 650 3787 8.5 0.0 55 8.4 3.8 279 14 318.5 319.7 293.7 337.4 5.90 9 600 4443 3.2 -2.3 67 5.5 0.3 265 13 319.9 320.9 293.6 337.3 5.39 10 550 5142 -2.1 -5.9 75 3.9 -3.9 253 16 321.6 322.5 293.4 336.3 4.47 11 500 5892 -6.7 -16.0 47 9.3 -10.1 256 14 324.9 325.3 292.4 332.4 2.20 12 450 6707 -11.8 -15.7 73 3.9 -13.3 282 15 328.4 328.9 293.6 336.9 2.49 13 400 7601 -17.0 -18.8 86 1.8 -17.6 237 13 332.8 333.3 294.4 340.5 2.16 14 350 8589 -23.8 -26.2 80 2.5 -24.4 251 20 336.7 337.0 294.7 341.4 1.29 15 300 9696 -32.7 -35.7 74 3.0 -33.1 255 28 339.3 339.5 294.7 341.7 0.61 16 250 10953 -41.2 -49.7 39 8.5 -41.8 270 35 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.6 0.16 17 200 12438 -51.0 -74.1 5 23.2 -51.4 278 45 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14255 -63.5 -79.4 10 16.0 -63.6 289 31 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.00 19 100 16699 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.1 301 11 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.97 m Freezing level: 569.44 mb = 4869.87 m = 15977.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.29 mb = 4492.43 m = 14738.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.28 % Est. max temperature: 27.97 C = 82.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.69 mb = 1751.02 m = 5744.73 ft T: 14.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 3.03 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.84 mb = 3915.90 m = 12847.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.96 C = 84.12 F Cap Strength: 5.57 C Lifted Index: 0.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.57 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 303.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.38 mb = 2808.95 m = 9215.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 465.38 mb = 6447.01 m = 21151.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 445.38 mb = 6785.12 m = 22260.63 ft B at Equ Level: 44.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 355.38 mb = 8476.32 m = 27809.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.5 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 295.5 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.6 neg: -7.1 tot: 64.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.78 Bulk Shear: 25.23 m/s