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: 38.15,-107.06 Latitude: 38.15 Longitude: -107.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 564 2 900 1050 3 850 1558 4 800 2090 5 750 2649 SFC 718 3028 18.9 0.6 29 18.2 8.4 281 8 321.1 322.2 294.1 339.2 5.59 7 700 3238 15.5 -0.1 34 15.6 6.8 274 11 319.7 320.7 293.6 337.2 5.43 8 650 3860 9.6 -1.8 45 11.4 3.5 273 14 319.8 320.8 293.4 336.5 5.16 9 600 4517 3.2 -3.2 63 6.4 -0.1 271 16 319.8 320.8 293.3 336.1 5.03 10 550 5214 -3.2 -7.0 75 3.8 -4.9 269 17 320.3 321.1 292.7 333.8 4.12 11 500 5959 -9.5 -11.9 82 2.5 -10.4 268 18 321.5 322.1 292.2 331.7 3.07 12 450 6763 -16.4 -16.5 99 0.1 -16.4 270 19 322.6 323.1 291.9 330.5 2.33 13 400 7636 -22.7 -31.0 47 8.3 -24.3 284 27 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.0 0.72 14 350 8603 -29.1 -48.9 13 19.8 -31.0 283 40 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.13 15 300 9689 -35.6 -57.1 9 21.6 -36.8 285 56 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.06 16 250 10934 -44.0 -61.2 13 17.2 -44.7 284 58 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.04 17 200 12403 -50.3 -71.5 7 21.1 -50.8 277 60 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14246 -59.1 -81.7 4 22.6 -59.3 282 39 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16728 -66.2 -86.4 4 20.1 -66.4 206 3 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5842.38 m Freezing level: 574.96 mb = 4865.56 m = 15962.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.36 mb = 4497.94 m = 14756.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.55 % Est. max temperature: 18.01 C = 64.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 545.74 mb = 5274.34 m = 17304.07 ft T: -3.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.19 C/km ThetaE index: 11.15 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 543.46 mb = 5307.21 m = 17411.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.33 C = 64.99 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 345.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 547.90 mb = 5243.43 m = 17202.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 532.90 mb = 5460.64 m = 17915.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.90 mb = 9621.24 m = 31565.37 ft B at Equ Level: 343.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.90 mb = 11991.59 m = 39342.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.9 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 306.9 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 24.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 20.02 Bulk Shear: 17.27 m/s