MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2506060000F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2506060000F021.rap.sound Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 20 Date: 21 hour RUC valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.79,-103.70 Latitude: 38.79 Longitude: -103.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 1 950 528 2 900 1004 3 850 1500 SFC 840 1598 21.6 10.9 51 10.7 14.7 171 5 309.8 311.6 294.3 339.7 9.79 5 800 2020 15.6 8.8 64 6.8 11.4 175 5 307.8 309.5 293.0 335.0 8.94 6 750 2563 10.7 6.7 76 4.0 8.3 208 4 308.2 309.8 292.6 333.4 8.26 7 700 3134 6.5 3.5 81 3.0 4.8 264 10 309.7 311.0 292.0 331.3 7.03 8 650 3739 2.5 -0.8 79 3.3 0.7 270 23 311.7 312.8 291.5 329.1 5.54 9 600 4381 -1.9 -6.4 71 4.5 -3.9 267 39 314.0 314.7 290.7 326.6 3.95 10 550 5066 -7.8 -10.3 82 2.5 -8.8 264 47 314.8 315.4 290.3 325.1 3.17 11 500 5801 -12.3 -18.1 62 5.8 -14.1 261 53 318.1 318.4 290.0 324.2 1.84 12 450 6598 -16.8 -25.4 47 8.6 -19.0 261 53 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.8 1.08 13 400 7472 -23.0 -39.4 21 16.4 -25.4 262 54 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.3 0.31 14 350 8435 -30.4 -48.7 15 18.3 -32.0 262 56 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.13 15 300 9511 -38.2 -57.1 12 18.8 -39.2 262 63 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.7 0.06 16 250 10740 -47.0 -64.5 12 17.6 -47.4 259 71 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.03 17 200 12189 -54.9 -70.2 13 15.3 -55.1 258 82 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.01 18 150 14004 -59.4 -79.5 6 20.0 -59.6 255 73 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16520 -61.4 -87.7 2 26.3 -61.6 273 39 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.43 m Freezing level: 621.61 mb = 4103.41 m = 13462.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.19 mb = 3835.58 m = 12583.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.56 % Est. max temperature: 21.87 C = 71.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.53 mb = 2929.47 m = 9611.01 ft T: 8.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 15.47 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.52 mb = 3092.77 m = 10146.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.40 C = 70.52 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 589.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 715.46 mb = 2953.36 m = 9689.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.46 mb = 3365.12 m = 11040.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.46 mb = 10209.78 m = 33496.24 ft B at Equ Level: 588.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.46 mb = 12837.89 m = 42118.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 3.7 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 102.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 3.75 Bulk Shear: 157.38 m/s