MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021200F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 38.79,-104.84 Latitude: 38.79 Longitude: -104.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 1 950 612 2 900 1080 3 850 1569 SFC 811 1963 12.5 10.9 90 1.6 11.5 67 2 303.3 305.1 292.6 333.4 10.12 5 800 2082 12.9 10.1 83 2.8 11.1 310 2 304.9 306.7 292.8 334.0 9.72 6 750 2632 18.8 3.1 35 15.7 9.6 252 8 317.0 318.2 293.7 337.3 6.41 7 700 3220 14.9 1.6 41 13.3 7.3 308 8 319.0 320.2 294.0 338.7 6.16 8 650 3841 9.3 -1.2 48 10.4 3.6 314 11 319.4 320.5 293.6 336.9 5.41 9 600 4497 3.3 -5.0 55 8.3 -0.8 312 14 319.9 320.8 292.9 334.3 4.41 10 550 5194 -2.9 -10.3 57 7.4 -6.1 310 16 320.6 321.2 292.0 331.1 3.16 11 500 5940 -9.3 -14.9 63 5.7 -11.3 298 23 321.8 322.2 291.6 329.8 2.40 12 450 6746 -14.4 -27.6 32 13.2 -17.6 294 26 325.1 325.3 291.2 328.3 0.88 13 400 7626 -21.3 -39.2 18 17.9 -24.1 297 31 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.5 0.32 14 350 8598 -27.6 -40.0 30 12.4 -29.2 286 48 331.6 331.6 292.5 332.9 0.34 15 300 9689 -35.0 -48.0 25 13.0 -36.1 286 59 336.0 336.0 293.5 336.7 0.16 16 250 10936 -44.3 -57.2 23 12.9 -44.9 288 64 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.5 0.07 17 200 12406 -50.1 -75.1 4 25.0 -50.6 273 65 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14240 -58.8 -80.6 4 21.8 -59.0 272 43 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16733 -66.9 -86.1 5 19.2 -67.0 279 2 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.73 m Freezing level: 573.50 mb = 4866.56 m = 15966.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.11 mb = 4373.41 m = 14348.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.86 % Est. max temperature: 27.66 C = 81.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 791.58 mb = 2172.36 m = 7127.09 ft T: 13.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.87 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 589.65 mb = 4636.45 m = 15211.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.35 C = 83.03 F Cap Strength: 5.76 C Lifted Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.45 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 195.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 372.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 649.13 mb = 3851.59 m = 12636.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 524.13 mb = 5571.46 m = 18278.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 324.13 mb = 9141.43 m = 29991.20 ft B at Equ Level: 192.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 234.13 mb = 11367.59 m = 37294.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.2 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 329.2 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.7 neg: -2.4 tot: 32.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 7.46 Bulk Shear: 26.16 m/s