MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F029.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F029.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 29 hour NAM valid 17Z 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 83 1 950 536 2 900 1014 3 850 1513 SFC 828 1741 21.1 16.1 73 4.9 17.6 18 0 310.5 313.2 297.4 353.5 14.06 5 800 2036 18.7 10.3 58 8.4 13.3 111 1 311.0 312.9 294.7 341.4 9.88 6 750 2588 16.7 6.0 49 10.8 10.2 172 3 314.7 316.2 294.1 339.2 7.82 7 700 3172 12.6 3.6 54 9.1 7.3 273 1 316.5 317.9 294.0 338.9 7.09 8 650 3789 8.1 0.4 58 7.7 3.9 272 6 318.2 319.3 293.7 337.6 6.09 9 600 4444 2.6 -1.4 75 4.0 0.5 247 12 319.2 320.3 293.7 337.7 5.77 10 550 5142 -1.6 -5.0 78 3.4 -3.3 252 15 322.1 323.1 293.8 337.8 4.80 11 500 5895 -6.2 -8.4 85 2.2 -7.2 260 16 325.4 326.2 294.0 338.9 4.06 12 450 6712 -10.9 -16.0 66 5.1 -12.8 262 21 329.5 330.0 293.8 337.9 2.43 13 400 7606 -17.0 -26.2 44 9.3 -19.4 248 21 332.9 333.2 293.6 337.0 1.12 14 350 8593 -24.1 -35.2 35 11.2 -26.0 239 22 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.4 0.54 15 300 9700 -32.0 -44.7 27 12.8 -33.3 246 32 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.3 0.24 16 250 10964 -40.5 -51.1 31 10.7 -41.2 281 38 345.9 346.0 295.8 346.5 0.14 17 200 12450 -51.2 -68.8 11 17.6 -51.7 278 42 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14266 -63.0 -80.3 8 17.3 -63.1 281 29 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16708 -69.1 -83.9 10 14.7 -69.2 296 10 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.02 m Freezing level: 569.13 mb = 4874.64 m = 15992.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.59 mb = 4530.11 m = 14862.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.66 % Est. max temperature: 27.39 C = 81.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.70 mb = 2366.30 m = 7763.35 ft T: 17.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 15.86 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.76 mb = 4034.87 m = 13237.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.66 C = 83.58 F Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lifted Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.28 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.53 mb = 3394.42 m = 11136.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 536.53 mb = 5337.47 m = 17511.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 346.53 mb = 8664.80 m = 28427.46 ft B at Equ Level: 31.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 286.53 mb = 10018.00 m = 32867.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.1 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 284.1 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.6 neg: -5.8 tot: 13.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.50 Bulk Shear: 21.11 m/s