MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F031.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F031.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 31 hour NAM valid 19Z 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 57 1 950 512 2 900 997 3 850 1503 SFC 827 1741 25.7 14.0 48 11.8 17.6 138 4 315.6 317.9 297.4 353.6 12.21 5 800 2034 21.4 11.7 54 9.7 14.9 136 4 313.9 316.0 296.1 347.5 10.85 6 750 2589 17.4 5.9 47 11.5 10.3 80 4 315.4 316.9 294.3 339.8 7.78 7 700 3173 12.6 3.8 55 8.8 7.5 67 2 316.5 317.9 294.1 339.3 7.22 8 650 3790 7.7 3.4 74 4.3 5.2 302 5 317.7 319.2 294.7 341.7 7.55 9 600 4445 2.7 -2.7 68 5.3 -0.1 257 11 319.2 320.2 293.3 336.1 5.24 10 550 5142 -2.3 -4.6 84 2.4 -3.4 245 16 321.4 322.4 293.7 337.5 4.94 11 500 5894 -6.3 -10.6 71 4.3 -8.1 249 20 325.4 326.1 293.6 336.9 3.42 12 450 6710 -11.5 -20.4 48 8.9 -14.4 250 21 328.7 329.0 292.9 334.6 1.67 13 400 7603 -16.9 -23.8 56 6.8 -18.8 247 22 333.0 333.2 293.8 338.0 1.41 14 350 8591 -23.7 -40.4 20 16.6 -26.2 255 27 336.7 336.8 293.8 338.0 0.32 15 300 9699 -31.5 -66.0 2 34.5 -33.4 266 33 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.1 0.02 16 250 10967 -40.0 -71.0 2 31.0 -41.1 277 43 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.01 17 200 12451 -51.3 -64.7 19 13.4 -51.7 276 43 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.03 18 150 14268 -62.6 -81.6 6 19.0 -62.8 278 29 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16718 -68.7 -84.6 8 15.9 -68.8 286 11 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.62 m Freezing level: 572.89 mb = 4822.99 m = 15823.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.91 mb = 4432.20 m = 14541.16 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.39 % Est. max temperature: 27.15 C = 80.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.01 mb = 3220.53 m = 10565.91 ft T: 12.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 14.36 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 635.64 mb = 3972.46 m = 13032.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.20 C = 82.75 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 233.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.03 mb = 3611.95 m = 11850.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 599.03 mb = 4457.57 m = 14624.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 299.03 mb = 9721.40 m = 31893.98 ft B at Equ Level: 233.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.03 mb = 12157.39 m = 39885.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: -22.6 tot: -19.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.96 Bulk Shear: 29.37 m/s