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: 40.14,-108.19 Latitude: 40.14 Longitude: -108.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 548 2 900 1035 3 850 1545 SFC 814 1927 28.1 5.8 24 22.4 14.1 229 4 319.6 321.0 294.8 342.3 7.10 5 800 2079 24.4 5.5 30 18.8 12.7 226 5 317.1 318.5 294.2 339.6 7.10 6 750 2637 18.6 4.1 38 14.5 9.9 227 6 316.8 318.1 293.9 338.5 6.85 7 700 3223 13.3 1.0 43 12.3 6.3 231 8 317.2 318.3 293.3 335.9 5.87 8 650 3840 8.1 -4.8 40 12.9 1.7 231 10 318.1 318.9 292.1 331.5 4.12 9 600 4494 2.3 -9.3 42 11.6 -2.8 224 13 318.8 319.5 291.5 329.2 3.16 10 550 5188 -4.3 -9.1 70 4.7 -6.4 221 15 318.9 319.6 291.8 330.4 3.50 11 500 5929 -11.1 -14.6 75 3.5 -12.4 225 19 319.5 319.9 291.0 327.6 2.46 12 450 6730 -16.1 -24.7 48 8.5 -18.3 247 32 322.9 323.2 290.9 327.0 1.15 13 400 7606 -22.0 -37.7 23 15.8 -24.4 256 36 326.5 326.5 291.1 327.8 0.37 14 350 8573 -29.0 -47.6 15 18.6 -30.8 269 52 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.2 0.15 15 300 9656 -37.8 -52.3 21 14.5 -38.7 265 65 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.10 16 250 10888 -45.7 -62.3 14 16.6 -46.2 267 68 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.04 17 200 12357 -49.5 -73.1 5 23.5 -50.0 271 65 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14217 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 268 44 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16733 -64.5 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.7 182 10 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.17 m Freezing level: 582.46 mb = 4737.18 m = 15541.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.36 mb = 4077.70 m = 13378.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.29 % Est. max temperature: 26.55 C = 79.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 585.81 mb = 4684.68 m = 15369.48 ft T: 0.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.02 C/km ThetaE index: 13.08 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 585.94 mb = 4682.89 m = 15363.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.50 C = 81.50 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 654.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 599.75 mb = 4496.98 m = 14753.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 564.75 mb = 4976.90 m = 16328.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.75 mb = 10760.80 m = 35304.04 ft B at Equ Level: 654.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.75 mb = 12870.17 m = 42224.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 23.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 28.83 Bulk Shear: 22.69 m/s