MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F032.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F032.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 32 hour NAM valid 20Z 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 50 1 950 503 2 900 990 3 850 1498 SFC 827 1741 27.1 12.7 41 14.4 17.2 118 2 317.0 319.1 297.1 352.1 11.21 5 800 2031 22.7 10.5 46 12.2 14.7 114 2 315.4 317.3 295.9 346.7 10.02 6 750 2588 17.7 5.4 44 12.4 10.2 71 3 315.8 317.3 294.2 339.5 7.51 7 700 3172 12.7 3.7 54 9.1 7.4 83 4 316.6 318.0 294.1 339.1 7.13 8 650 3789 7.4 5.1 85 2.3 6.0 296 2 317.4 319.0 295.3 344.2 8.51 9 600 4444 3.1 -2.2 68 5.3 0.3 253 15 319.7 320.7 293.6 337.1 5.42 10 550 5143 -1.9 -4.7 81 2.8 -3.3 251 18 321.8 322.8 293.8 337.8 4.90 11 500 5895 -5.9 -13.8 54 7.8 -9.0 254 21 325.8 326.3 293.0 334.8 2.64 12 450 6711 -11.7 -18.8 56 7.1 -14.1 249 22 328.5 328.9 293.1 335.2 1.92 13 400 7605 -16.9 -28.2 37 11.4 -19.6 253 22 333.1 333.3 293.4 336.5 0.94 14 350 8593 -23.3 -50.2 7 26.9 -26.4 271 25 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.11 15 300 9701 -31.3 -54.9 8 23.7 -33.1 268 34 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.07 16 250 10969 -40.2 -61.2 9 21.1 -41.1 277 43 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.04 17 200 12453 -51.5 -62.9 24 11.4 -51.8 275 45 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.5 0.04 18 150 14269 -62.6 -80.0 8 17.4 -62.8 277 30 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16721 -68.4 -84.3 8 15.9 -68.5 293 14 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.64 m Freezing level: 569.31 mb = 4872.80 m = 15986.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.70 mb = 4501.77 m = 14769.41 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.52 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 669.78 mb = 3539.62 m = 11612.79 ft T: 9.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 13.01 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 623.44 mb = 4130.41 m = 13551.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.56 C = 83.41 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 136.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 646.74 mb = 3830.14 m = 12565.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.74 mb = 4692.11 m = 15393.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 321.74 mb = 9197.75 m = 30175.97 ft B at Equ Level: 134.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 241.74 mb = 11192.66 m = 36720.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.5 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 281.5 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.8 neg: -14.5 tot: -3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.52 Bulk Shear: 30.11 m/s