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: 40.36,-104.31 Latitude: 40.36 Longitude: -104.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 547 2 900 1035 SFC 863 1412 31.3 9.8 27 21.4 17.2 122 10 317.5 319.3 295.6 345.5 8.87 4 850 1545 28.3 8.4 29 19.9 15.5 129 10 315.8 317.3 294.7 341.4 8.16 5 800 2077 22.8 7.2 36 15.7 13.0 134 9 315.5 317.0 294.4 340.5 7.96 6 750 2634 18.5 2.3 34 16.2 9.1 167 3 316.7 317.8 293.3 335.9 6.04 7 700 3221 14.8 -6.4 23 21.2 4.3 296 12 318.9 319.5 291.7 329.9 3.38 8 650 3841 9.4 -10.9 23 20.2 0.4 296 17 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.1 2.57 9 600 4496 3.2 -13.1 29 16.3 -3.5 294 19 319.8 320.3 291.0 327.6 2.32 10 550 5192 -3.3 -15.1 39 11.8 -7.7 291 20 320.2 320.6 291.0 327.4 2.14 11 500 5937 -10.2 -17.6 55 7.4 -12.6 283 22 320.6 321.0 290.9 327.1 1.92 12 450 6736 -17.3 -22.9 62 5.6 -18.8 272 22 321.5 321.8 290.6 326.2 1.35 13 400 7607 -23.7 -34.3 37 10.6 -25.5 267 22 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.0 0.52 14 350 8567 -31.2 -45.1 24 13.9 -32.5 269 28 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.5 0.20 15 300 9638 -39.9 -53.2 23 13.3 -40.6 267 34 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.09 16 250 10861 -47.1 -63.7 13 16.6 -47.5 273 46 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.03 17 200 12337 -47.9 -73.9 3 25.9 -48.6 276 52 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 18 150 14205 -54.7 -82.4 2 27.8 -55.1 261 32 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16728 -63.1 -87.0 3 24.0 -63.3 102 3 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.35 m Freezing level: 575.33 mb = 4839.63 m = 15877.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.20 mb = 3901.43 m = 12799.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.63 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 631.45 mb = 4077.78 m = 13378.38 ft T: 7.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.20 C/km ThetaE index: 19.52 C Layer 850.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 595.21 mb = 4560.08 m = 14960.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.51 C = 92.32 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.72 C Showalter Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.00 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.43 C Cross Totals Index: 18.57 C K Index: 25.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1139.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 184.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 628.06 mb = 4121.80 m = 13522.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 563.06 mb = 5004.52 m = 16418.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.06 mb = 11325.00 m = 37155.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1116.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.06 mb = 13662.67 m = 44824.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.6 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 311.6 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.4 neg: -0.7 tot: 66.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 13.49 Bulk Shear: 84.45 m/s