MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F002.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F002.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: 2 hour RUC valid 20Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 40.32,-106.19 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -106.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 1 950 554 2 900 1039 3 850 1547 4 800 2078 5 750 2637 SFC 726 2915 18.7 1.5 32 17.2 8.8 245 7 319.9 321.0 294.0 338.8 5.88 7 700 3226 14.7 -0.3 36 15.0 6.3 252 11 318.7 319.8 293.3 335.9 5.34 8 650 3845 8.6 -1.8 48 10.4 3.0 255 13 318.7 319.7 293.1 335.2 5.15 9 600 4499 2.4 -5.9 54 8.3 -1.6 258 14 318.9 319.7 292.3 332.3 4.11 10 550 5194 -4.0 -9.6 65 5.6 -6.4 263 17 319.3 320.0 291.8 330.3 3.34 11 500 5937 -10.8 -12.9 85 2.1 -11.6 264 17 319.9 320.4 291.5 329.3 2.84 12 450 6736 -17.6 -17.8 99 0.1 -17.7 265 18 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.2 2.10 13 400 7605 -24.1 -31.3 51 7.2 -25.4 264 20 323.7 323.8 290.6 326.2 0.70 14 350 8566 -31.0 -49.6 14 18.6 -32.6 264 26 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.4 0.12 15 300 9638 -39.5 -53.4 21 13.9 -40.2 263 34 329.7 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.09 16 250 10863 -47.1 -63.6 13 16.6 -47.6 275 47 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.03 17 200 12326 -50.2 -71.5 6 21.3 -50.7 271 56 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 14191 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 269 33 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16724 -63.5 -86.7 3 23.2 -63.7 354 1 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.25 m Freezing level: 581.11 mb = 4761.97 m = 15623.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.09 mb = 4269.74 m = 14008.15 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.56 % Est. max temperature: 18.07 C = 64.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 560.76 mb = 5039.60 m = 16533.92 ft T: -2.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.39 C/km ThetaE index: 12.59 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 551.66 mb = 5170.24 m = 16962.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.22 C = 64.79 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 597.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 554.91 mb = 5123.38 m = 16808.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 539.91 mb = 5338.62 m = 17514.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.91 mb = 10601.83 m = 34782.47 ft B at Equ Level: 597.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.91 mb = 12661.54 m = 41539.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.0 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 292.0 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 66.17 Bulk Shear: 9.04 m/s