MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F028.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F028.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 28 hour NAM valid 16Z 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 99 1 950 554 2 900 1026 3 850 1519 SFC 828 1741 17.3 15.1 87 2.1 15.8 300 1 306.5 309.0 295.8 346.2 13.18 5 800 2036 16.3 11.3 72 5.0 13.1 308 2 308.5 310.5 294.5 340.7 10.60 6 750 2587 16.1 6.3 52 9.9 10.1 76 4 314.1 315.6 294.1 339.1 8.00 7 700 3170 12.9 3.1 51 9.9 7.2 310 2 316.8 318.1 293.9 338.5 6.83 8 650 3788 8.4 0.3 57 8.0 3.9 261 8 318.4 319.6 293.7 337.7 6.04 9 600 4444 2.8 -1.4 74 4.2 0.6 255 13 319.4 320.5 293.8 338.0 5.78 10 550 5142 -2.1 -4.2 86 2.1 -3.1 250 16 321.6 322.6 293.9 338.2 5.10 11 500 5894 -5.9 -8.6 82 2.6 -7.1 270 16 325.8 326.6 294.1 339.1 4.00 12 450 6712 -10.9 -13.9 79 2.9 -12.1 267 20 329.5 330.1 294.2 339.4 2.91 13 400 7606 -17.0 -19.0 85 1.9 -17.7 272 20 332.8 333.3 294.4 340.3 2.13 14 350 8594 -24.1 -26.2 82 2.2 -24.6 255 17 336.3 336.6 294.6 341.0 1.28 15 300 9699 -32.5 -39.8 48 7.3 -33.5 243 32 339.5 339.6 294.6 341.1 0.40 16 250 10960 -40.5 -60.4 10 19.9 -41.5 272 35 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.04 17 200 12446 -51.0 -67.9 12 16.9 -51.4 283 44 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 18 150 14263 -63.3 -79.9 9 16.6 -63.5 282 30 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16707 -68.7 -84.6 8 15.9 -68.7 304 10 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.57 m Freezing level: 571.41 mb = 4842.83 m = 15888.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.92 mb = 4552.53 m = 14935.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.32 % Est. max temperature: 27.69 C = 81.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.31 mb = 2011.56 m = 6599.52 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 8.44 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 632.52 mb = 4011.69 m = 13161.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.89 C = 84.00 F Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lifted Index: 0.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.07 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3802.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.28 mb = 3143.00 m = 10311.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.0 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 295.0 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.7 neg: -8.2 tot: 12.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.01 Bulk Shear: 16.61 m/s