MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F000.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 26 AUG 25 Station: 38.58,-104.78 Latitude: 38.58 Longitude: -104.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 165 1 950 604 2 900 1073 3 850 1564 SFC 831 1756 14.8 14.3 97 0.5 14.5 114 6 303.6 305.9 294.5 340.7 12.46 5 800 2077 12.6 12.6 100 -0.0 12.6 127 12 304.6 306.7 294.1 339.1 11.55 6 750 2617 9.9 9.9 100 -0.0 9.9 182 5 307.3 309.3 293.9 338.4 10.28 7 700 3189 7.0 7.0 100 0.0 7.0 265 7 310.3 312.0 293.8 337.9 9.03 8 650 3799 5.6 3.6 86 2.1 4.4 274 9 315.3 316.8 294.1 339.3 7.63 9 600 4451 2.4 -0.5 81 2.8 0.8 293 10 318.9 320.1 294.0 338.6 6.17 10 550 5149 -2.0 -4.8 81 2.8 -3.4 300 12 321.7 322.6 293.7 337.5 4.86 11 500 5900 -6.8 -14.8 53 8.0 -9.8 304 14 324.8 325.3 292.6 333.1 2.43 12 450 6714 -11.8 -20.9 47 9.0 -14.7 304 15 328.3 328.7 292.8 334.0 1.61 13 400 7606 -17.8 -25.6 51 7.7 -19.8 304 21 331.8 332.0 293.3 336.1 1.19 14 350 8590 -24.8 -30.7 58 5.9 -26.0 297 25 335.3 335.5 293.9 338.4 0.84 15 300 9692 -33.1 -37.6 64 4.5 -33.7 284 28 338.7 338.8 294.5 340.6 0.50 16 250 10947 -42.8 -48.2 56 5.3 -43.2 276 35 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.1 0.19 17 200 12412 -53.4 -64.4 25 11.0 -53.7 281 44 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 14229 -62.7 -80.1 8 17.3 -62.9 308 44 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16690 -67.7 -85.1 7 17.4 -67.8 320 18 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.21 m Freezing level: 573.07 mb = 4827.14 m = 15836.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.18 mb = 4583.49 m = 15037.51 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.95 % Est. max temperature: 22.89 C = 73.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.05 mb = 1816.56 m = 5959.77 ft T: 14.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 2.72 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.25 mb = 2275.88 m = 7466.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.68 C = 62.03 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: 0.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.12 mb = 2298.73 m = 7541.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.12 mb = 2352.61 m = 7718.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 684.12 mb = 3378.16 m = 11083.07 ft B at Equ Level: 28.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 614.12 mb = 4261.65 m = 13981.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.7 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 323.7 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 71.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 62.15 m/s