MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F036.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F036.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 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 78 1 950 531 2 900 1007 3 850 1504 SFC 827 1741 19.1 15.7 81 3.4 16.7 6 15 308.5 311.1 296.6 349.9 13.66 5 800 2025 17.1 12.2 73 4.9 13.9 358 19 309.4 311.5 295.2 343.7 11.25 6 750 2577 16.4 10.7 69 5.7 12.7 347 13 314.4 316.5 296.2 348.0 10.83 7 700 3162 12.9 10.1 83 2.9 11.0 200 5 316.8 319.0 297.0 351.7 11.15 8 650 3781 7.8 5.5 86 2.2 6.4 228 13 317.7 319.4 295.6 345.5 8.78 9 600 4436 3.3 2.6 95 0.7 2.9 250 15 319.9 321.4 295.4 344.6 7.72 10 550 5137 -0.4 -9.1 52 8.8 -4.3 277 21 323.7 324.4 293.1 335.3 3.49 11 500 5892 -5.1 -17.3 38 12.2 -9.6 269 18 326.8 327.2 292.7 333.6 1.97 12 450 6712 -10.1 -16.5 60 6.3 -12.5 272 20 330.5 331.0 294.0 338.6 2.35 13 400 7610 -15.5 -51.0 3 35.6 -20.3 286 21 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.09 14 350 8602 -23.0 -28.9 59 5.8 -24.4 286 19 337.7 337.9 294.7 341.4 1.01 15 300 9715 -30.5 -40.7 36 10.3 -31.8 283 30 342.5 342.5 295.3 343.9 0.36 16 250 10985 -39.9 -72.1 2 32.3 -40.9 278 40 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.9 0.01 17 200 12470 -51.4 -77.0 3 25.6 -51.8 278 45 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14281 -63.5 -80.1 9 16.6 -63.7 276 33 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16727 -68.7 -84.6 8 15.9 -68.8 311 17 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.56 m Freezing level: 554.82 mb = 5069.53 m = 16632.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.94 mb = 4709.85 m = 15452.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.53 % Est. max temperature: 27.30 C = 81.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.37 mb = 2172.15 m = 7126.40 ft T: 16.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 6.25 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.07 mb = 3551.73 m = 11652.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.46 C = 81.43 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.24 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 223.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.39 mb = 2918.43 m = 9574.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 605.39 mb = 4362.58 m = 14312.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.39 mb = 10062.84 m = 33014.17 ft B at Equ Level: 223.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.39 mb = 12947.22 m = 42477.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.8 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 307.8 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 3.6 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 159.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.2 neg: -34.5 tot: 38.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 3.48 Bulk Shear: 64.26 m/s