MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508010600F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.83,-104.02 Latitude: 38.83 Longitude: -104.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 177 1 950 621 2 900 1092 3 850 1585 SFC 834 1751 15.2 13.8 91 1.4 14.3 297 3 303.8 306.0 294.1 339.3 11.95 5 800 2103 16.6 12.6 77 4.0 14.0 169 15 308.9 311.1 295.3 344.0 11.56 6 750 2652 14.7 9.5 71 5.2 11.4 179 23 312.6 314.5 295.1 343.5 10.02 7 700 3231 9.8 7.1 84 2.6 8.2 179 4 313.3 315.0 294.7 341.5 9.11 8 650 3844 6.7 -2.1 53 8.9 2.1 359 7 316.6 317.6 292.4 332.7 5.04 9 600 4495 1.2 -0.1 91 1.3 0.5 276 7 317.4 318.7 293.7 337.6 6.35 10 550 5189 -3.7 -5.5 87 1.8 -4.6 294 13 319.8 320.7 293.0 334.7 4.62 11 500 5937 -7.9 -9.0 92 1.1 -8.4 311 23 323.4 324.1 293.3 336.1 3.86 12 450 6748 -13.2 -16.4 77 3.1 -14.3 298 19 326.6 327.1 293.0 334.7 2.36 13 400 7634 -19.2 -22.1 77 3.0 -20.0 278 15 330.1 330.4 293.3 335.8 1.62 14 350 8615 -25.7 -31.3 59 5.6 -26.8 265 25 334.0 334.2 293.6 337.0 0.80 15 300 9713 -34.0 -39.2 59 5.2 -34.6 249 31 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.2 0.43 16 250 10962 -44.4 -49.6 56 5.2 -44.7 244 51 340.1 340.2 294.5 340.8 0.17 17 200 12419 -54.0 -66.0 21 12.1 -54.2 262 51 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.03 18 150 14240 -60.8 -80.1 6 19.2 -61.0 281 56 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16735 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.1 290 12 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.90 m Freezing level: 588.02 mb = 4661.53 m = 15293.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.15 mb = 4559.95 m = 14960.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.62 % Est. max temperature: 25.25 C = 77.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.07 mb = 1932.46 m = 6340.03 ft T: 15.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 11.34 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.49 mb = 3225.53 m = 10582.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.24 C = 75.64 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 595.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.43 mb = 2805.37 m = 9203.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.43 mb = 4209.88 m = 13811.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.43 mb = 11466.01 m = 37617.69 ft B at Equ Level: 591.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.43 mb = 14179.82 m = 46521.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.8 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 310.8 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.3 neg: -82.0 tot: -10.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 11.20 Bulk Shear: 53.21 m/s