MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 22Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.13,-107.14 Latitude: 38.13 Longitude: -107.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 566 2 900 1052 3 850 1560 4 800 2092 5 750 2652 SFC 708 3150 18.0 -0.1 29 18.2 7.8 274 9 321.5 322.5 294.0 338.9 5.37 7 700 3242 15.8 -0.5 33 16.3 6.7 269 12 319.9 321.0 293.6 337.0 5.27 8 650 3864 9.8 -2.2 43 12.1 3.4 269 15 320.1 321.0 293.4 336.2 4.99 9 600 4521 3.4 -3.7 60 7.1 -0.3 268 16 320.0 321.0 293.2 335.7 4.84 10 550 5219 -3.0 -7.2 73 4.2 -4.9 268 17 320.5 321.3 292.7 333.8 4.06 11 500 5965 -9.2 -12.5 77 3.3 -10.5 269 18 321.9 322.4 292.2 331.6 2.93 12 450 6769 -16.3 -16.7 96 0.4 -16.4 273 18 322.7 323.2 291.9 330.5 2.29 13 400 7643 -22.5 -31.2 45 8.7 -24.2 287 28 325.7 325.9 291.2 328.3 0.71 14 350 8611 -28.7 -48.0 14 19.4 -30.6 285 43 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.14 15 300 9698 -35.2 -56.6 9 21.4 -36.5 288 58 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.06 16 250 10944 -43.9 -62.3 11 18.4 -44.5 285 61 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.04 17 200 12415 -50.4 -70.1 8 19.6 -50.9 282 62 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.02 18 150 14258 -59.1 -81.9 4 22.7 -59.3 280 39 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16739 -66.3 -86.3 4 20.1 -66.4 235 3 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.28 m Freezing level: 573.55 mb = 4890.12 m = 16043.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.73 mb = 4470.19 m = 14665.79 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.94 % Est. max temperature: 17.13 C = 62.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 538.53 mb = 5383.71 m = 17662.89 ft T: -4.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.15 C/km ThetaE index: 10.63 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 535.79 mb = 5423.60 m = 17793.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.54 C = 63.57 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 267.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 541.64 mb = 5338.52 m = 17514.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 516.64 mb = 5708.57 m = 18728.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 316.64 mb = 9317.42 m = 30568.60 ft B at Equ Level: 266.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.64 mb = 11590.64 m = 38026.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.4 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 308.4 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 27.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 15.31 Bulk Shear: 17.48 m/s