MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2506061500F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2506061500F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 23Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.97,-103.96 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -103.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 526 2 900 998 3 850 1492 SFC 820 1798 15.9 13.0 83 2.9 14.0 27 8 305.9 308.1 294.5 340.7 11.58 5 800 2009 14.1 11.1 82 3.0 12.2 39 6 306.2 308.1 293.7 337.7 10.46 6 750 2550 10.1 8.4 89 1.7 9.0 35 4 307.5 309.3 293.2 335.6 9.25 7 700 3121 6.3 4.9 91 1.4 5.5 247 5 309.4 310.9 292.6 333.3 7.77 8 650 3726 2.3 1.1 92 1.1 1.7 247 19 311.5 312.7 292.1 331.4 6.40 9 600 4368 -2.4 -2.9 97 0.5 -2.6 252 36 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.7 5.17 10 550 5052 -7.4 -8.1 94 0.7 -7.7 254 50 315.3 316.0 291.0 327.4 3.77 11 500 5788 -12.1 -15.0 79 2.9 -13.1 257 55 318.3 318.8 290.6 326.2 2.39 12 450 6587 -16.6 -21.4 67 4.7 -18.0 265 50 322.3 322.6 291.0 327.6 1.54 13 400 7462 -22.4 -27.6 62 5.2 -23.5 266 48 325.9 326.1 291.6 329.4 0.99 14 350 8427 -30.0 -36.6 52 6.7 -30.9 266 47 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.1 0.47 15 300 9503 -38.9 -43.5 62 4.6 -39.3 263 50 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.5 0.27 16 250 10729 -47.5 -64.7 12 17.2 -48.0 264 65 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.03 17 200 12176 -54.4 -69.5 14 15.1 -54.6 262 82 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14004 -57.8 -79.8 4 22.0 -58.0 257 70 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16529 -61.5 -88.2 2 26.7 -61.7 259 38 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.11 m Freezing level: 625.72 mb = 4037.44 m = 13246.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.59 mb = 3968.79 m = 13020.82 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.36 % Est. max temperature: 20.38 C = 68.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.70 mb = 2159.96 m = 7086.41 ft T: 12.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 14.42 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.42 mb = 2746.62 m = 9011.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.04 C = 64.47 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 772.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.78 mb = 2619.33 m = 8593.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.78 mb = 3018.17 m = 9902.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.78 mb = 10760.66 m = 35303.56 ft B at Equ Level: 771.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.78 mb = 13254.62 m = 43485.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.7 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 289.7 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.8 neg: -1.8 tot: 252.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 3.96 Bulk Shear: 194.98 m/s