MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F027.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F027.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 111 1 950 560 2 900 1031 3 850 1522 SFC 828 1741 15.6 15.0 96 0.7 15.2 47 3 304.7 307.2 295.2 343.6 13.02 5 800 2036 13.0 12.9 99 0.1 13.0 319 4 305.1 307.2 294.4 340.3 11.78 6 750 2585 16.3 6.2 51 10.1 10.2 335 6 314.3 315.8 294.1 339.1 7.95 7 700 3169 13.6 2.6 47 11.1 7.2 300 5 317.6 318.9 294.0 338.5 6.59 8 650 3788 8.8 -0.5 52 9.3 3.7 266 9 318.9 320.0 293.6 337.1 5.67 9 600 4444 2.9 -1.8 71 4.8 0.4 255 11 319.5 320.6 293.7 337.5 5.58 10 550 5142 -2.2 -4.8 83 2.5 -3.5 242 13 321.4 322.4 293.7 337.4 4.89 11 500 5893 -6.6 -8.7 85 2.1 -7.5 241 16 325.0 325.8 293.9 338.2 3.97 12 450 6710 -11.3 -13.5 84 2.2 -12.2 252 18 329.0 329.6 294.1 339.2 3.00 13 400 7604 -16.8 -18.7 85 1.9 -17.4 255 17 333.2 333.7 294.6 340.9 2.19 14 350 8593 -23.9 -25.9 83 2.1 -24.4 241 21 336.6 336.9 294.7 341.4 1.32 15 300 9699 -32.7 -35.2 78 2.5 -33.0 241 28 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.8 0.64 16 250 10958 -40.7 -58.5 13 17.8 -41.6 269 39 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.06 17 200 12443 -51.0 -70.8 8 19.9 -51.4 283 42 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14260 -63.6 -80.2 9 16.5 -63.8 286 31 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16700 -68.8 -84.7 8 15.9 -68.9 301 12 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.98 m Freezing level: 571.62 mb = 4840.42 m = 15880.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.52 mb = 4517.79 m = 14821.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.48 mb = 1822.09 m = 5977.93 ft T: 14.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 6.56 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 635.64 mb = 3971.41 m = 13029.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.19 C = 84.54 F Cap Strength: 5.89 C Lifted Index: 0.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.89 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3836.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.28 mb = 2892.28 m = 9489.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.0 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 287.0 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -8.2 tot: -2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.49 Bulk Shear: 17.88 m/s