MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040600F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 555 2 900 1033 3 850 1531 SFC 830 1741 18.9 9.2 53 9.7 12.8 26 2 308.0 309.7 293.0 334.8 8.82 5 800 2055 20.4 7.8 44 12.7 12.5 124 10 312.9 314.5 294.0 338.7 8.30 6 750 2609 17.6 2.8 37 14.9 9.0 155 13 315.7 316.9 293.2 335.4 6.24 7 700 3194 13.1 1.8 46 11.4 6.6 181 14 317.0 318.2 293.5 336.8 6.23 8 650 3811 7.7 -0.5 56 8.3 3.2 225 13 317.7 318.8 293.3 335.9 5.67 9 600 4465 3.3 -4.6 56 7.9 -0.6 261 18 319.9 320.8 293.0 334.7 4.54 10 550 5165 -1.6 -11.0 49 9.4 -5.6 291 24 322.1 322.7 292.3 332.1 3.00 11 500 5914 -7.5 -22.0 30 14.6 -11.9 295 27 324.0 324.2 291.3 328.5 1.31 12 450 6726 -11.8 -43.8 5 32.0 -17.1 312 35 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.1 0.17 13 400 7618 -17.8 -48.5 5 30.7 -21.9 316 26 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.12 14 350 8598 -26.6 -49.2 10 22.6 -28.9 320 43 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.12 15 300 9691 -35.2 -54.0 13 18.8 -36.5 312 53 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.08 16 250 10935 -44.3 -56.1 26 11.8 -44.9 301 58 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.08 17 200 12399 -52.5 -69.2 11 16.8 -52.8 294 49 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14223 -61.5 -80.7 6 19.1 -61.7 264 29 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16698 -66.2 -85.6 5 19.4 -66.3 250 4 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.33 m Freezing level: 566.58 mb = 4933.05 m = 16184.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.08 mb = 4355.88 m = 14290.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.67 C = 81.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 718.12 mb = 2977.52 m = 9768.66 ft T: 14.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 3.26 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 582.23 mb = 4707.09 m = 15443.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.88 C = 87.59 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: 0.73 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.11 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4730.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 640.61 mb = 3930.00 m = 12893.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.4 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 316.4 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.4 neg: -9.4 tot: 217.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 105.24 m/s