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: 40.5,-106.13 Latitude: 40.50 Longitude: -106.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 1 950 553 2 900 1038 3 850 1545 4 800 2077 5 750 2636 SFC 739 2764 20.6 1.2 28 19.3 9.3 248 8 320.3 321.4 294.0 338.5 5.66 7 700 3224 14.8 -1.4 33 16.2 5.9 253 12 318.8 319.8 293.0 334.7 4.93 8 650 3844 8.6 -2.9 44 11.6 2.6 255 14 318.7 319.7 292.8 334.0 4.74 9 600 4498 2.4 -6.7 51 9.1 -1.9 259 15 318.9 319.7 292.1 331.5 3.87 10 550 5193 -4.0 -10.4 61 6.4 -6.7 264 17 319.3 319.9 291.6 329.7 3.16 11 500 5936 -10.7 -13.8 78 3.1 -11.9 264 18 320.0 320.5 291.3 328.7 2.63 12 450 6734 -17.8 -18.0 98 0.3 -17.9 264 19 320.9 321.3 291.1 327.8 2.05 13 400 7603 -24.3 -32.6 46 8.3 -25.7 261 21 323.4 323.5 290.5 325.6 0.62 14 350 8563 -31.1 -49.9 14 18.8 -32.7 264 26 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.2 0.11 15 300 9635 -39.7 -54.0 20 14.3 -40.5 265 34 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.08 16 250 10858 -47.2 -63.5 14 16.3 -47.7 274 46 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.03 17 200 12321 -50.0 -71.8 6 21.8 -50.4 270 55 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14188 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.1 270 30 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16724 -63.2 -86.7 3 23.6 -63.4 358 1 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.55 m Freezing level: 581.10 mb = 4760.71 m = 15618.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.83 mb = 4219.04 m = 13841.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.64 % Est. max temperature: 19.43 C = 66.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 553.43 mb = 5143.35 m = 16874.29 ft T: -3.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.40 C/km ThetaE index: 12.89 C Layer 700.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 545.02 mb = 5263.87 m = 17269.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.77 C = 67.59 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 563.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 547.38 mb = 5230.26 m = 17159.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 532.38 mb = 5446.76 m = 17869.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.38 mb = 10533.77 m = 34559.20 ft B at Equ Level: 563.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.38 mb = 12573.24 m = 41250.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.5 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 291.5 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 63.00 Bulk Shear: 8.95 m/s