MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508021800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.8,-108.61 Latitude: 39.80 Longitude: -108.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 549 2 900 1036 3 850 1545 4 800 2079 SFC 794 2142 27.6 3.9 22 23.8 13.1 225 11 321.3 322.5 294.7 341.8 6.37 6 750 2639 19.0 3.2 35 15.7 9.7 223 13 317.2 318.4 293.7 337.7 6.45 7 700 3225 13.5 0.1 40 13.4 6.1 225 14 317.4 318.5 293.1 335.0 5.51 8 650 3842 8.1 -3.5 43 11.7 2.2 238 15 318.2 319.1 292.4 332.8 4.54 9 600 4496 2.1 -5.5 57 7.6 -1.6 230 16 318.5 319.4 292.3 332.3 4.24 10 550 5190 -4.6 -7.4 81 2.8 -5.8 218 16 318.6 319.4 292.2 331.6 4.00 11 500 5931 -10.9 -15.5 69 4.6 -12.5 227 20 319.7 320.1 290.9 327.3 2.28 12 450 6732 -16.0 -28.6 33 12.6 -18.8 244 33 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.0 0.80 13 400 7608 -21.6 -42.0 14 20.4 -24.4 258 38 326.9 327.0 291.1 327.8 0.24 14 350 8577 -28.8 -49.2 12 20.3 -30.7 269 54 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.12 15 300 9660 -37.6 -50.2 26 12.6 -38.5 263 66 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.13 16 250 10896 -45.0 -62.9 12 17.9 -45.6 269 73 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.03 17 200 12368 -49.0 -74.2 4 25.2 -49.6 270 67 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 14224 -57.7 -83.0 3 25.3 -57.9 262 43 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16733 -65.0 -87.1 3 22.1 -65.2 181 9 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.34 m Freezing level: 584.36 mb = 4712.72 m = 15461.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.83 mb = 4217.08 m = 13835.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.88 % Est. max temperature: 24.79 C = 76.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 559.83 mb = 5048.20 m = 16562.14 ft T: -3.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.03 C/km ThetaE index: 15.85 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 575.20 mb = 4832.34 m = 15853.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.15 C = 77.26 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 513.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 578.78 mb = 4782.80 m = 15691.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 563.78 mb = 4992.20 m = 16378.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.78 mb = 10532.07 m = 34553.63 ft B at Equ Level: 508.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.78 mb = 12571.48 m = 41244.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.7 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 270.7 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.6 neg: -4.3 tot: 12.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 28.09 Bulk Shear: 18.29 m/s