MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F030.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F030.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 69 1 950 524 2 900 1006 3 850 1509 SFC 828 1741 23.9 15.2 58 8.6 17.8 137 2 313.5 316.1 297.6 354.5 13.27 5 800 2037 19.5 13.4 68 6.1 15.4 136 2 311.9 314.2 296.5 349.3 12.16 6 750 2590 16.6 7.5 55 9.1 10.9 129 1 314.6 316.3 294.8 341.9 8.72 7 700 3174 12.6 3.9 55 8.8 7.5 244 1 316.5 317.9 294.1 339.3 7.24 8 650 3791 7.8 1.5 64 6.3 4.3 280 6 317.8 319.1 294.0 338.8 6.60 9 600 4445 2.7 -2.3 70 4.9 0.1 255 12 319.2 320.2 293.4 336.6 5.40 10 550 5143 -2.2 -5.0 81 2.9 -3.6 249 14 321.5 322.5 293.6 337.2 4.79 11 500 5894 -6.3 -9.6 78 3.2 -7.8 251 17 325.3 326.0 293.7 337.6 3.70 12 450 6711 -11.0 -18.1 56 7.1 -13.5 256 20 329.3 329.8 293.4 336.4 2.04 13 400 7604 -17.0 -29.5 33 12.4 -20.0 243 20 332.8 333.0 293.3 335.9 0.83 14 350 8592 -23.8 -36.9 29 13.0 -26.1 249 26 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.4 0.46 15 300 9699 -31.7 -49.3 16 17.6 -33.4 257 34 340.6 340.7 294.6 341.2 0.14 16 250 10965 -40.1 -59.4 11 19.4 -41.1 279 41 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.05 17 200 12451 -51.3 -65.7 16 14.4 -51.7 275 41 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.03 18 150 14267 -62.8 -80.2 8 17.4 -63.0 281 29 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16709 -69.3 -84.5 9 15.2 -69.4 290 11 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.91 m Freezing level: 572.40 mb = 4830.31 m = 15847.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.92 mb = 4459.69 m = 14631.34 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.07 % Est. max temperature: 27.23 C = 81.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.00 mb = 2830.11 m = 9285.03 ft T: 14.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 17.97 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.59 mb = 3732.04 m = 12244.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.82 C = 82.08 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.65 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 414.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.69 mb = 3261.01 m = 10698.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.69 mb = 4207.61 m = 13804.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.69 mb = 10490.35 m = 34416.74 ft B at Equ Level: 411.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.69 mb = 13563.01 m = 44497.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.2 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 281.2 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: -2.6 tot: 2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 20.73 Bulk Shear: 19.98 m/s