MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F006.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: 6 hour RUC valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 37.94,-108.18 Latitude: 37.94 Longitude: -108.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 1 950 560 2 900 1047 3 850 1557 4 800 2091 5 750 2652 SFC 738 2794 21.8 1.1 25 20.7 9.7 244 11 321.8 322.9 294.3 340.1 5.64 7 700 3242 15.5 -0.7 33 16.3 6.5 244 16 319.7 320.7 293.4 336.4 5.18 8 650 3863 9.3 -2.1 45 11.4 3.2 243 17 319.5 320.5 293.3 335.8 5.05 9 600 4518 3.0 -5.0 55 8.1 -0.9 243 17 319.6 320.5 292.7 333.9 4.38 10 550 5215 -3.2 -10.5 57 7.3 -6.2 245 17 320.3 321.0 291.9 330.7 3.13 11 500 5960 -10.1 -13.9 74 3.8 -11.5 248 17 320.7 321.3 291.6 329.5 2.62 12 450 6761 -16.6 -19.7 77 3.1 -17.6 263 20 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.4 1.78 13 400 7638 -21.4 -42.3 13 21.0 -24.3 280 34 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.23 14 350 8608 -28.4 -47.5 14 19.1 -30.3 280 44 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.15 15 300 9696 -35.4 -54.6 12 19.2 -36.7 284 58 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.08 16 250 10942 -43.9 -61.3 13 17.4 -44.6 285 63 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.04 17 200 12410 -51.3 -69.0 10 17.7 -51.7 285 65 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 14247 -59.4 -81.7 4 22.3 -59.6 277 44 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16725 -66.1 -86.3 4 20.2 -66.3 210 5 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.37 m Freezing level: 575.46 mb = 4860.41 m = 15946.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.03 mb = 4369.20 m = 14334.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.20 % Est. max temperature: 20.02 C = 68.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 541.82 mb = 5332.29 m = 17494.19 ft T: -4.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.42 C/km ThetaE index: 11.98 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 542.58 mb = 5321.36 m = 17458.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.57 C = 69.02 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 294.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 545.59 mb = 5278.11 m = 17316.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 530.59 mb = 5495.92 m = 18031.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.59 mb = 9451.06 m = 31007.05 ft B at Equ Level: 293.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.59 mb = 11765.07 m = 38598.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.5 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 293.5 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 23.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 17.31 Bulk Shear: 17.00 m/s