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: 38.08,-106.74 Latitude: 38.08 Longitude: -106.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 564 2 900 1050 3 850 1558 4 800 2090 5 750 2649 SFC 707 3148 18.1 2.1 34 16.0 8.6 285 8 321.6 322.8 294.8 341.9 6.28 7 700 3239 15.4 1.0 37 14.5 7.2 277 10 319.5 320.7 293.9 338.4 5.87 8 650 3860 9.4 -0.5 50 9.9 3.9 276 14 319.6 320.7 293.8 337.8 5.67 9 600 4516 2.8 -1.9 71 4.7 0.4 275 16 319.4 320.5 293.6 337.3 5.57 10 550 5213 -3.1 -6.0 80 2.9 -4.5 274 18 320.4 321.3 293.0 334.9 4.45 11 500 5959 -9.2 -10.6 89 1.5 -9.8 273 19 321.9 322.5 292.6 333.1 3.40 12 450 6764 -15.9 -16.1 98 0.3 -15.9 274 19 323.3 323.8 292.1 331.5 2.42 13 400 7639 -22.7 -28.5 59 5.8 -23.9 284 24 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.7 0.91 14 350 8605 -29.1 -48.5 14 19.3 -31.0 284 38 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.13 15 300 9691 -35.5 -57.3 9 21.8 -36.8 285 56 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.06 16 250 10936 -44.1 -61.0 14 16.9 -44.7 284 58 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.04 17 200 12406 -50.3 -71.7 6 21.4 -50.7 276 58 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14249 -59.1 -81.9 4 22.8 -59.3 283 39 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16727 -66.6 -86.4 5 19.8 -66.8 211 4 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.07 m Freezing level: 576.18 mb = 4847.78 m = 15904.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.18 mb = 4566.98 m = 14983.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.69 % Est. max temperature: 16.92 C = 62.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 556.02 mb = 5125.41 m = 16815.45 ft T: -2.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.03 C/km ThetaE index: 13.19 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 554.30 mb = 5150.33 m = 16897.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.98 C = 62.56 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 414.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 559.52 mb = 5075.18 m = 16650.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 544.52 mb = 5291.03 m = 17358.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.52 mb = 10052.80 m = 32981.24 ft B at Equ Level: 409.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.52 mb = 12258.32 m = 40217.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.4 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 309.4 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.9 neg: -0.0 tot: 25.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 26.43 Bulk Shear: 15.68 m/s