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: 38.35,-105.02 Latitude: 38.35 Longitude: -105.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 540 2 900 1030 3 850 1541 SFC 833 1723 31.2 6.0 21 25.2 15.3 123 8 320.7 322.1 295.1 343.4 7.06 5 800 2077 25.5 4.3 26 21.2 12.6 137 4 318.3 319.6 294.1 339.2 6.54 6 750 2639 20.8 1.0 27 19.8 9.5 209 3 319.2 320.2 293.5 336.8 5.49 7 700 3229 16.1 -3.8 25 19.9 5.6 270 9 320.3 321.1 292.7 333.8 4.13 8 650 3852 10.4 -7.0 29 17.3 2.0 281 13 320.7 321.4 292.3 332.2 3.49 9 600 4510 4.1 -9.8 36 13.9 -2.1 287 14 320.9 321.5 292.0 330.9 3.04 10 550 5208 -2.5 -12.8 45 10.3 -6.7 290 15 321.1 321.6 291.6 329.8 2.60 11 500 5954 -9.5 -16.1 59 6.5 -11.8 291 15 321.4 321.8 291.3 328.7 2.18 12 450 6756 -16.6 -22.1 63 5.4 -18.1 285 17 322.4 322.6 291.0 327.4 1.45 13 400 7630 -23.1 -32.0 44 8.9 -24.7 281 24 325.0 325.1 291.0 327.4 0.66 14 350 8593 -30.0 -44.5 23 14.5 -31.5 282 35 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.21 15 300 9675 -36.3 -62.6 5 26.3 -37.5 283 53 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.3 0.03 16 250 10918 -44.0 -61.6 12 17.7 -44.6 282 61 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.04 17 200 12393 -48.3 -73.6 4 25.3 -48.8 272 61 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.01 18 150 14250 -58.2 -82.4 3 24.2 -58.5 265 29 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16725 -66.5 -86.5 4 20.0 -66.6 217 6 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5853.30 m Freezing level: 568.94 mb = 4943.63 m = 16219.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.84 mb = 4163.03 m = 13658.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.21 % Est. max temperature: 30.95 C = 87.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 576.16 mb = 4835.15 m = 15863.16 ft T: 1.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.40 C/km ThetaE index: 16.06 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 556.35 mb = 5116.06 m = 16784.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.57 C = 88.82 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 587.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 571.08 mb = 4906.22 m = 16096.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 536.08 mb = 5408.83 m = 17745.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.08 mb = 10241.13 m = 33599.10 ft B at Equ Level: 586.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.08 mb = 12521.10 m = 41079.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.8 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 312.8 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 48.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 13.64 Bulk Shear: 43.08 m/s