MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.70,-104.97 Latitude: 39.70 Longitude: -104.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 535 2 900 1020 3 850 1526 SFC 840 1634 29.6 5.7 22 23.9 14.7 24 5 318.3 319.6 294.3 340.0 6.83 5 800 2056 21.6 3.3 30 18.3 10.9 31 7 314.2 315.3 292.6 333.3 6.07 6 750 2609 16.2 1.5 37 14.7 7.9 28 8 314.1 315.2 292.3 332.0 5.68 7 700 3190 11.7 -4.0 33 15.7 3.8 351 12 315.5 316.2 291.3 328.5 4.05 8 650 3804 6.9 -6.6 37 13.5 0.5 314 17 316.8 317.5 291.2 328.4 3.58 9 600 4455 1.6 -9.9 42 11.5 -3.4 305 28 318.0 318.6 291.1 327.8 3.00 10 550 5148 -4.7 -15.0 45 10.2 -8.5 305 36 318.4 318.9 290.5 325.7 2.18 11 500 5888 -11.0 -20.3 46 9.3 -13.9 305 36 319.6 319.9 290.2 324.7 1.52 12 450 6689 -15.2 -30.6 26 15.4 -18.6 309 29 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.6 0.66 13 400 7569 -21.3 -37.9 21 16.6 -24.0 316 30 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.6 0.36 14 350 8537 -29.5 -46.8 17 17.2 -31.2 321 38 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.16 15 300 9619 -36.9 -56.1 12 19.2 -38.1 316 58 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.06 16 250 10862 -43.7 -65.9 7 22.2 -44.4 320 84 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.02 17 200 12330 -51.5 -72.3 7 20.8 -51.9 316 91 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14193 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.1 290 37 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16700 -65.3 -87.4 3 22.1 -65.5 294 7 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.99 m Freezing level: 587.26 mb = 4631.55 m = 15195.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.68 mb = 3883.43 m = 12740.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 591.22 mb = 4572.51 m = 15001.49 ft T: 0.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.44 C/km ThetaE index: 15.28 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 576.56 mb = 4772.26 m = 15656.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lifted Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 133.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 602.28 mb = 4424.28 m = 14515.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 547.28 mb = 5186.06 m = 17014.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 317.28 mb = 9225.47 m = 30266.94 ft B at Equ Level: 132.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 257.28 mb = 10665.93 m = 34992.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.7 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 343.7 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 5.2 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.5 neg: -13.0 tot: 30.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.94 Bulk Shear: 68.68 m/s