MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508020000F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.09,-108.07 Latitude: 40.09 Longitude: -108.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 532 2 900 1022 3 850 1534 SFC 804 2026 27.2 4.0 23 23.1 13.1 250 9 319.7 320.9 294.3 340.1 6.37 5 800 2070 26.8 0.5 18 26.3 11.7 254 12 319.7 320.7 293.3 335.8 4.97 6 750 2633 21.1 -1.3 22 22.4 8.7 252 16 319.5 320.4 292.9 334.5 4.64 7 700 3223 15.3 -2.5 29 17.8 5.8 252 16 319.4 320.3 292.8 334.1 4.54 8 650 3843 9.2 -4.0 39 13.2 2.5 251 17 319.4 320.2 292.7 333.6 4.39 9 600 4498 2.8 -5.6 54 8.5 -1.3 249 17 319.4 320.2 292.6 333.1 4.20 10 550 5194 -3.7 -8.3 71 4.5 -5.7 246 18 319.7 320.4 292.2 331.9 3.73 11 500 5938 -10.0 -11.6 88 1.6 -10.6 247 18 320.8 321.5 292.0 331.3 3.15 12 450 6742 -15.0 -23.5 48 8.5 -17.3 258 23 324.3 324.6 291.4 328.8 1.28 13 400 7622 -21.3 -49.2 6 27.9 -24.5 269 29 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.7 0.11 14 350 8588 -29.9 -44.3 24 14.3 -31.4 272 34 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.21 15 300 9667 -37.5 -56.1 13 18.6 -38.5 277 43 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.06 16 250 10905 -44.8 -65.8 8 21.0 -45.5 283 60 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.02 17 200 12375 -49.5 -73.1 5 23.5 -50.0 273 56 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14231 -57.0 -82.5 3 25.4 -57.3 271 50 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16750 -64.4 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.6 267 6 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5866.56 m Freezing level: 578.33 mb = 4799.90 m = 15747.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.92 mb = 4270.53 m = 14010.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.16 % Est. max temperature: 26.91 C = 80.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 571.76 mb = 4883.89 m = 16023.08 ft T: -0.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.32 C/km ThetaE index: 12.36 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 534.96 mb = 5410.44 m = 17750.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.52 C = 81.53 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 175.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 538.26 mb = 5362.43 m = 17593.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 523.26 mb = 5582.90 m = 18316.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.26 mb = 9821.56 m = 32222.58 ft B at Equ Level: 173.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.26 mb = 11361.25 m = 37273.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.3 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 285.3 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.5 neg: -0.0 tot: 16.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 33.56 Bulk Shear: 5.23 m/s