MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 22Z 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 59 1 950 522 2 900 1001 3 850 1501 SFC 827 1741 20.2 16.2 78 4.0 17.4 337 15 309.8 312.5 297.3 353.0 14.19 5 800 2025 19.6 10.6 56 9.0 13.7 328 18 312.0 313.9 295.1 343.1 10.07 6 750 2579 17.5 10.2 62 7.3 12.7 63 3 315.6 317.6 296.3 348.4 10.50 7 700 3164 12.0 9.2 83 2.9 10.2 118 6 315.8 317.8 296.3 348.5 10.47 8 650 3780 7.2 7.2 100 0.0 7.2 146 8 317.1 319.0 296.2 348.1 9.86 9 600 4438 4.7 4.7 100 0.0 4.7 216 11 321.5 323.3 296.7 350.2 8.96 10 550 5142 -0.7 -0.8 99 0.1 -0.8 274 22 323.3 324.6 295.4 344.6 6.56 11 500 5897 -5.7 -8.8 79 3.1 -7.1 280 28 326.0 326.8 294.1 339.2 3.93 12 450 6714 -10.6 -27.2 24 16.6 -15.1 274 24 329.9 330.1 292.6 333.2 0.91 13 400 7610 -16.5 -55.4 2 38.9 -21.1 276 26 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.05 14 350 8600 -23.4 -36.5 29 13.2 -25.6 293 32 337.3 337.4 294.1 339.1 0.48 15 300 9710 -31.3 -38.9 47 7.7 -32.3 274 32 341.3 341.4 295.0 343.0 0.44 16 250 10977 -40.3 -62.0 8 21.6 -41.3 281 44 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.04 17 200 12459 -51.8 -70.7 9 18.9 -52.2 279 43 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14269 -63.2 -79.6 9 16.5 -63.3 282 39 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16718 -68.9 -84.1 9 15.3 -68.9 301 20 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.06 m Freezing level: 556.46 mb = 5050.96 m = 16571.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 557.27 mb = 5035.65 m = 16520.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.33 % Est. max temperature: 26.51 C = 79.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.55 mb = 2247.30 m = 7372.93 ft T: 18.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 9.92 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.19 mb = 3562.87 m = 11689.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.74 C = 80.14 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.07 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 349.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.58 mb = 3204.63 m = 10513.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 561.58 mb = 4973.32 m = 16316.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.58 mb = 10662.07 m = 34980.12 ft B at Equ Level: 348.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.58 mb = 13801.17 m = 45278.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.7 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 303.7 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 157.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.6 neg: -6.3 tot: 183.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 8.76 Bulk Shear: 39.83 m/s