MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508011800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.54,-104.92 Latitude: 38.54 Longitude: -104.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 577 2 900 1061 3 850 1567 SFC 821 1874 26.0 13.2 45 12.9 17.2 172 6 316.6 318.8 297.3 353.1 11.67 5 800 2096 20.9 11.2 54 9.7 14.5 181 4 313.4 315.4 295.7 345.9 10.48 6 750 2649 16.0 7.5 57 8.5 10.7 229 2 314.0 315.7 294.6 341.2 8.73 7 700 3235 14.2 -4.4 27 18.7 4.7 319 13 318.2 319.0 292.0 331.0 3.93 8 650 3853 9.0 -8.4 28 17.3 0.8 346 10 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.4 3.13 9 600 4508 3.3 -15.8 23 19.1 -4.1 8 9 319.9 320.3 290.6 326.2 1.86 10 550 5205 -3.0 -18.2 30 15.3 -8.3 333 5 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.2 1.65 11 500 5950 -9.3 -18.0 49 8.6 -12.2 289 12 321.6 322.0 291.1 327.9 1.86 12 450 6754 -15.7 -21.4 62 5.7 -17.3 291 13 323.5 323.8 291.4 328.9 1.54 13 400 7630 -22.1 -33.3 36 11.1 -24.1 280 22 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.3 0.58 14 350 8597 -29.2 -37.9 43 8.7 -30.4 268 36 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.9 0.42 15 300 9682 -36.1 -50.5 21 14.4 -37.1 268 50 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.12 16 250 10926 -44.1 -61.8 12 17.7 -44.7 263 55 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.04 17 200 12396 -49.4 -74.6 4 25.1 -50.0 267 56 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 14252 -57.6 -83.3 2 25.7 -57.9 234 42 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16741 -67.2 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 247 11 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.02 m Freezing level: 573.83 mb = 4872.95 m = 15987.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.47 mb = 3961.55 m = 12997.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.18 % Est. max temperature: 28.09 C = 82.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 679.42 mb = 3483.98 m = 11430.25 ft T: 12.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.69 C/km ThetaE index: 26.96 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 618.07 mb = 4265.64 m = 13994.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.91 C = 84.04 F Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.45 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 966.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 662.94 mb = 3688.86 m = 12102.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.94 mb = 4808.23 m = 15774.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.94 mb = 11251.33 m = 36913.35 ft B at Equ Level: 952.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.94 mb = 13919.48 m = 45667.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.4 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 332.4 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -60.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 41.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 42.85 Bulk Shear: 22.55 m/s