MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F026.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F026.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 26 hour NAM valid 14Z 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 119 1 950 563 2 900 1033 3 850 1524 SFC 829 1741 15.2 14.8 98 0.3 15.0 97 4 304.2 306.6 295.0 342.7 12.91 5 800 2038 12.7 12.7 100 -0.0 12.7 250 4 304.7 306.8 294.1 339.3 11.60 6 750 2585 16.7 5.4 47 11.3 9.9 280 12 314.8 316.2 293.9 338.4 7.54 7 700 3170 13.5 2.1 46 11.4 6.9 279 10 317.4 318.6 293.7 337.6 6.36 8 650 3789 8.6 -0.1 54 8.7 3.8 280 9 318.7 319.9 293.7 337.5 5.85 9 600 4444 3.1 -2.7 65 5.9 0.1 261 12 319.8 320.8 293.5 336.6 5.23 10 550 5143 -2.5 -5.7 78 3.3 -4.0 252 13 321.2 322.1 293.3 336.0 4.54 11 500 5893 -6.7 -9.6 80 2.9 -8.0 268 13 324.8 325.6 293.6 337.1 3.70 12 450 6708 -11.8 -13.2 90 1.3 -12.3 239 12 328.3 329.0 294.0 338.8 3.08 13 400 7602 -16.9 -19.0 84 2.1 -17.6 255 17 333.0 333.4 294.4 340.4 2.12 14 350 8591 -23.7 -26.2 80 2.5 -24.4 260 23 336.7 337.0 294.7 341.4 1.28 15 300 9697 -32.9 -36.0 73 3.2 -33.3 245 26 339.1 339.2 294.6 341.3 0.59 16 250 10956 -40.7 -53.7 24 12.9 -41.5 265 39 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.10 17 200 12441 -51.0 -71.8 7 20.9 -51.4 283 43 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14259 -63.3 -80.0 9 16.6 -63.5 283 29 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16700 -68.8 -84.7 8 15.9 -68.9 293 10 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.91 m Freezing level: 571.94 mb = 4836.21 m = 15866.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.04 mb = 4457.23 m = 14623.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.76 % Est. max temperature: 28.16 C = 82.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.72 mb = 1780.20 m = 5840.48 ft T: 14.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 6.69 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 631.54 mb = 4024.62 m = 13203.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.25 C = 84.65 F Cap Strength: 6.19 C Lifted Index: 0.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3632.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.55 mb = 2936.55 m = 9634.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.0 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 291.0 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.9 neg: -2.1 tot: 25.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.57 Bulk Shear: 7.40 m/s