MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011200F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 40.00,-104.02 Latitude: 40.00 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 173 1 950 612 2 900 1081 SFC 862 1451 17.2 14.0 81 3.2 15.1 157 8 303.0 305.1 293.8 337.8 11.74 4 850 1570 15.7 13.6 87 2.1 14.3 162 13 302.6 304.8 293.6 337.0 11.61 5 800 2084 14.8 14.4 97 0.5 14.5 185 30 307.0 309.4 295.7 346.0 12.97 6 750 2631 14.5 7.9 65 6.6 10.4 216 22 312.3 314.0 294.3 339.9 8.94 7 700 3212 11.8 2.5 53 9.3 6.5 224 20 315.5 316.8 293.4 336.2 6.54 8 650 3829 8.9 -6.9 32 15.8 1.3 237 10 319.0 319.7 291.8 330.4 3.50 9 600 4484 3.2 -7.4 46 10.5 -1.8 281 6 319.8 320.5 292.2 331.8 3.66 10 550 5181 -3.2 -9.0 64 5.9 -5.7 290 6 320.3 321.0 292.2 331.9 3.52 11 500 5925 -10.3 -12.1 86 1.9 -11.0 301 7 320.5 321.1 291.9 330.5 3.02 12 450 6728 -15.4 -29.7 28 14.3 -18.6 286 19 323.9 324.1 290.7 326.5 0.72 13 400 7605 -22.3 -27.9 60 5.6 -23.5 275 23 325.9 326.1 291.5 329.4 0.96 14 350 8570 -29.5 -34.0 65 4.5 -30.2 255 30 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.3 0.62 15 300 9653 -36.6 -44.2 45 7.6 -37.2 249 49 333.8 333.9 293.0 334.8 0.25 16 250 10894 -44.3 -59.1 18 14.8 -44.9 241 56 340.2 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.05 17 200 12366 -50.4 -71.4 7 21.0 -50.8 251 54 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14214 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.3 263 39 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16728 -65.9 -85.4 5 19.5 -66.1 329 5 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.10 m Freezing level: 575.00 mb = 4832.47 m = 15854.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.48 mb = 4091.18 m = 13422.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.50 C = 83.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.88 mb = 1855.42 m = 6087.26 ft T: 15.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 15.59 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.34 mb = 3485.80 m = 11436.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.74 C = 87.33 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.57 C Showalter Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 23.87 C K Index: 30.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 932.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 250.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.96 mb = 2223.45 m = 7294.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 571.96 mb = 4867.32 m = 15968.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.96 mb = 11109.75 m = 36448.85 ft B at Equ Level: 922.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.96 mb = 13721.06 m = 45016.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.1 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 273.1 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -33.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.6 neg: -18.5 tot: 167.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.08 Bulk Rich Number: 20.80 Bulk Shear: 44.81 m/s