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: 40.06,-108.07 Latitude: 40.06 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 88 1 950 545 2 900 1033 3 850 1543 SFC 809 1978 27.7 7.5 28 20.2 14.8 249 5 319.7 321.2 295.6 345.4 8.09 5 800 2077 24.7 5.9 30 18.9 13.0 238 7 317.5 318.9 294.4 340.6 7.29 6 750 2637 19.0 4.7 39 14.3 10.3 233 9 317.2 318.6 294.3 339.9 7.16 7 700 3223 13.4 2.5 48 10.9 7.1 235 9 317.3 318.6 293.9 338.2 6.58 8 650 3840 7.9 -3.0 46 10.9 2.3 235 11 317.9 318.8 292.6 333.1 4.73 9 600 4494 2.6 -10.4 38 13.0 -3.0 231 14 319.1 319.7 291.3 328.7 2.90 10 550 5189 -4.2 -6.4 84 2.3 -5.2 225 17 319.2 320.0 292.6 333.1 4.31 11 500 5931 -11.1 -13.1 85 2.0 -11.8 230 21 319.5 320.1 291.3 328.8 2.79 12 450 6731 -16.1 -24.1 50 8.0 -18.1 248 31 323.0 323.3 290.9 327.3 1.21 13 400 7608 -21.8 -37.1 24 15.2 -24.3 257 35 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.1 0.40 14 350 8576 -28.9 -46.4 17 17.5 -30.6 269 51 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.17 15 300 9658 -37.7 -51.0 24 13.2 -38.6 266 65 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.12 16 250 10891 -45.6 -62.2 14 16.6 -46.1 268 69 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.5 0.04 17 200 12360 -49.5 -73.0 5 23.5 -50.0 272 66 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 14219 -56.9 -82.4 3 25.5 -57.2 266 44 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16733 -64.7 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.9 180 10 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.49 m Freezing level: 580.74 mb = 4761.69 m = 15622.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.39 mb = 4116.57 m = 13505.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.44 % Est. max temperature: 25.99 C = 78.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 601.64 mb = 4471.60 m = 14670.42 ft T: 2.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.04 C/km ThetaE index: 16.76 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 589.65 mb = 4632.99 m = 15199.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.24 C = 81.03 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 789.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 603.30 mb = 4449.12 m = 14596.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.30 mb = 4788.25 m = 15709.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.30 mb = 10936.27 m = 35879.72 ft B at Equ Level: 789.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.30 mb = 13475.40 m = 44210.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.1 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 272.1 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 26.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 40.54 Bulk Shear: 19.49 m/s