MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F037.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F037.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 37 hour NAM valid 1Z 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 81 1 950 524 2 900 1003 3 850 1504 SFC 827 1741 19.6 16.7 83 3.0 17.5 358 10 309.1 311.9 297.4 353.4 14.58 5 800 2028 18.4 13.9 75 4.5 15.3 353 19 310.7 313.1 296.4 349.2 12.58 6 750 2579 15.7 11.2 74 4.5 12.7 340 18 313.6 315.8 296.3 348.3 11.20 7 700 3164 13.0 9.3 78 3.7 10.6 190 3 316.9 318.9 296.7 350.1 10.59 8 650 3783 7.7 6.0 89 1.7 6.6 219 10 317.7 319.5 295.8 346.3 9.07 9 600 4437 2.2 1.7 96 0.5 1.9 239 15 318.7 320.1 294.7 341.6 7.21 10 550 5136 -1.2 -4.1 81 2.9 -2.6 250 17 322.7 323.7 294.2 339.5 5.15 11 500 5890 -5.6 -12.2 60 6.6 -8.4 261 17 326.2 326.8 293.4 336.4 3.00 12 450 6709 -9.8 -21.4 38 11.6 -13.5 276 16 330.9 331.2 293.4 336.4 1.54 13 400 7608 -15.7 -26.6 39 10.9 -18.6 287 19 334.5 334.8 294.0 338.5 1.09 14 350 8602 -22.2 -28.5 56 6.3 -23.7 282 25 338.8 339.0 295.0 342.7 1.04 15 300 9715 -30.6 -48.2 16 17.7 -32.3 284 33 342.3 342.3 295.0 343.0 0.16 16 250 10985 -39.5 -69.7 3 30.3 -40.6 278 42 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.4 0.01 17 200 12471 -51.8 -70.0 10 18.2 -52.2 278 46 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14280 -63.2 -77.7 12 14.4 -63.4 276 33 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16728 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 315 15 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.87 m Freezing level: 567.32 mb = 4893.76 m = 16055.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.00 mb = 4723.01 m = 15495.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.88 % Est. max temperature: 27.34 C = 81.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.64 mb = 2117.42 m = 6946.85 ft T: 17.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 5.07 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.30 mb = 3414.63 m = 11202.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.30 C = 81.15 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 524.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.42 mb = 2826.77 m = 9274.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.42 mb = 3865.78 m = 12682.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.42 mb = 11162.91 m = 36623.27 ft B at Equ Level: 523.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.42 mb = 14550.98 m = 47738.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.1 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 304.1 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.8 neg: -79.5 tot: -24.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: -4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 10.25 Bulk Shear: 51.13 m/s