MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F035.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F035.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 35 hour NAM valid 23Z 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 71 1 950 532 2 900 1007 3 850 1502 SFC 827 1741 18.1 16.0 88 2.1 16.7 24 11 307.5 310.2 296.5 349.7 13.97 5 800 2023 18.6 13.2 71 5.4 15.0 11 9 311.0 313.2 296.1 347.8 12.02 6 750 2577 16.8 10.2 65 6.6 12.5 236 6 314.9 316.9 296.1 347.5 10.48 7 700 3162 12.8 9.6 80 3.3 10.7 220 14 316.7 318.8 296.7 350.4 10.76 8 650 3779 7.4 7.3 100 0.1 7.3 227 16 317.3 319.2 296.3 348.5 9.92 9 600 4436 3.5 3.1 97 0.4 3.2 256 16 320.2 321.7 295.7 345.7 7.98 10 550 5137 -0.8 -3.5 82 2.8 -2.2 285 17 323.2 324.2 294.5 340.7 5.37 11 500 5892 -5.2 -21.4 27 16.1 -10.5 276 19 326.7 326.9 292.1 331.5 1.39 12 450 6710 -10.0 -48.1 3 38.2 -16.1 270 19 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.11 13 400 7607 -16.3 -54.1 2 37.8 -20.9 286 19 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.06 14 350 8597 -23.1 -45.7 11 22.6 -26.0 293 25 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.4 0.18 15 300 9708 -30.8 -46.1 21 15.4 -32.4 280 29 342.0 342.1 295.0 342.9 0.20 16 250 10977 -40.1 -63.1 7 22.9 -41.2 281 44 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.03 17 200 12461 -51.4 -74.2 5 22.8 -51.8 281 44 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14272 -63.5 -78.2 12 14.8 -63.6 281 38 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16724 -68.3 -84.3 8 15.9 -68.4 310 19 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.28 m Freezing level: 558.89 mb = 5012.25 m = 16444.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 570.25 mb = 4845.70 m = 15897.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.48 mb = 2006.94 m = 6584.36 ft T: 18.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 2.19 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.54 mb = 3482.97 m = 11426.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.07 C = 80.73 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.79 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 409.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 715.81 mb = 2972.31 m = 9751.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.81 mb = 4025.33 m = 13206.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.81 mb = 10954.51 m = 35939.56 ft B at Equ Level: 409.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.81 mb = 13834.26 m = 45387.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.7 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 296.7 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 4.3 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.4 neg: -0.3 tot: 70.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 8.19 Bulk Shear: 50.06 m/s