MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508012100F026.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508012100F026.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: 26 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 37.29,-103.39 Latitude: 37.29 Longitude: -103.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 530 2 900 1020 3 850 1533 SFC 834 1703 30.7 6.5 22 24.2 15.4 130 8 320.1 321.5 295.1 343.4 7.30 5 800 2069 25.5 5.7 28 19.7 13.3 174 8 318.3 319.7 294.6 341.3 7.22 6 750 2631 20.1 4.0 34 16.2 10.4 195 6 318.4 319.7 294.3 340.0 6.79 7 700 3220 14.6 2.2 43 12.4 7.4 231 5 318.7 319.9 294.1 339.2 6.43 8 650 3840 9.0 -0.1 53 9.1 4.0 261 8 319.1 320.3 293.8 338.0 5.87 9 600 4496 3.5 -2.9 63 6.4 0.2 276 15 320.1 321.2 293.6 336.9 5.17 10 550 5195 -2.2 -6.8 71 4.6 -4.4 286 22 321.4 322.2 293.1 335.1 4.18 11 500 5944 -8.4 -12.3 74 3.8 -10.0 291 27 322.7 323.3 292.4 332.7 2.98 12 450 6751 -14.5 -18.7 70 4.2 -15.9 295 32 325.0 325.4 292.2 331.6 1.93 13 400 7632 -20.7 -28.0 52 7.2 -22.4 295 40 328.1 328.2 292.1 331.5 0.96 14 350 8605 -27.6 -42.1 24 14.4 -29.4 287 49 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.5 0.27 15 300 9693 -36.2 -47.8 29 11.7 -37.1 280 55 334.4 334.4 293.1 335.0 0.17 16 250 10933 -44.6 -58.3 20 13.7 -45.2 292 65 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.06 17 200 12406 -50.3 -73.2 5 23.0 -50.7 282 60 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14241 -59.9 -81.3 4 21.4 -60.1 288 35 366.9 366.9 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16711 -66.1 -86.9 4 20.9 -66.2 243 10 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.64 m Freezing level: 569.58 mb = 4921.14 m = 16145.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.86 mb = 4524.98 m = 14845.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 585.40 mb = 4694.08 m = 15400.34 ft T: 1.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.47 C/km ThetaE index: 11.92 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 575.39 mb = 4832.46 m = 15854.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.40 C = 88.51 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 560.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 591.97 mb = 4604.51 m = 15106.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 546.97 mb = 5238.15 m = 17185.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.97 mb = 11013.47 m = 36132.98 ft B at Equ Level: 555.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.97 mb = 13186.84 m = 43263.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.1 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 314.1 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 79.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 7.14 Bulk Shear: 78.55 m/s