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: 42,-105.87 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -105.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 525 2 900 1014 3 850 1526 4 800 2062 SFC 794 2130 28.5 -6.1 10 34.6 10.3 265 19 322.3 322.9 292.4 332.4 3.06 6 750 2625 21.4 -7.6 14 29.0 7.0 269 21 319.9 320.4 291.5 329.4 2.88 7 700 3214 15.5 -8.5 18 24.0 4.0 268 21 319.7 320.2 291.5 329.1 2.87 8 650 3835 9.3 -9.8 25 19.1 0.7 266 22 319.5 320.1 291.4 328.8 2.80 9 600 4490 2.9 -11.2 34 14.1 -3.1 263 21 319.5 320.0 291.3 328.5 2.70 10 550 5185 -3.8 -13.8 46 10.0 -7.7 261 21 319.6 320.0 291.0 327.5 2.40 11 500 5927 -11.0 -16.4 64 5.5 -12.8 258 21 319.7 320.1 290.8 326.8 2.12 12 450 6725 -18.4 -21.8 74 3.4 -19.3 253 21 320.1 320.4 290.3 325.2 1.49 13 400 7591 -25.6 -30.8 62 5.2 -26.5 250 23 321.7 321.8 290.0 324.3 0.73 14 350 8545 -32.3 -52.3 12 20.0 -33.7 253 25 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.5 0.09 15 300 9611 -41.2 -58.2 14 16.9 -41.9 257 28 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.4 0.05 16 250 10827 -47.2 -65.7 10 18.5 -47.7 258 40 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.02 17 200 12301 -49.1 -77.2 2 28.0 -49.7 284 27 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 14175 -52.5 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 262 25 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.00 19 100 16722 -62.8 -85.4 3 22.6 -63.0 301 5 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.70 m Freezing level: 578.29 mb = 4791.84 m = 15721.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.28 mb = 3945.18 m = 12943.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.29 % Est. max temperature: 25.98 C = 78.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 475.74 mb = 6303.90 m = 20681.84 ft T: -14.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.76 C/km ThetaE index: 8.17 C Layer 750.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 486.23 mb = 6138.61 m = 20139.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.25 C = 79.25 F Cap Strength: -0.36 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 290.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 483.19 mb = 6186.15 m = 20295.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 478.19 mb = 6264.96 m = 20554.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.19 mb = 9878.67 m = 32409.94 ft B at Equ Level: 288.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.19 mb = 11430.36 m = 37500.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.6 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 289.6 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 1.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: -5.6 tot: -1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 252.83 Bulk Shear: 1.15 m/s