MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F050.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F050.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: 50 hour RUC valid 5Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.72,-104.36 Latitude: 38.72 Longitude: -104.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 565 2 900 1042 3 850 1540 SFC 828 1770 18.6 17.3 92 1.3 17.7 124 8 308.0 310.8 297.5 354.0 15.21 5 800 2061 16.1 15.9 99 0.2 16.0 134 13 308.3 311.0 297.0 351.8 14.36 6 750 2611 15.2 12.5 83 2.8 13.4 147 18 313.1 315.5 296.8 350.8 12.20 7 700 3194 13.2 2.9 49 10.3 7.2 125 9 317.1 318.4 293.9 338.5 6.73 8 650 3813 8.7 -4.3 39 13.0 2.1 351 4 318.8 319.7 292.4 332.7 4.28 9 600 4468 2.5 -8.3 45 10.8 -2.4 308 14 319.0 319.7 291.8 330.2 3.42 10 550 5162 -4.1 -12.5 52 8.3 -7.4 299 23 319.2 319.7 291.2 328.0 2.67 11 500 5906 -9.2 -18.4 47 9.1 -12.3 302 28 321.8 322.1 291.1 327.9 1.80 12 450 6714 -13.6 -18.1 69 4.5 -15.0 315 30 326.2 326.6 292.6 333.2 2.05 13 400 7600 -19.0 -26.5 51 7.5 -20.8 325 32 330.3 330.5 292.9 334.2 1.09 14 350 8579 -26.5 -36.3 39 9.8 -28.0 334 44 333.1 333.2 293.0 334.9 0.49 15 300 9671 -35.3 -40.7 58 5.4 -35.8 323 43 335.7 335.7 293.6 337.1 0.37 16 250 10912 -45.2 -54.3 36 9.0 -45.6 322 57 338.8 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.10 17 200 12372 -53.8 -66.7 19 13.0 -54.1 314 53 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14184 -61.4 -81.2 6 19.8 -61.6 316 34 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16673 -64.6 -85.6 4 21.0 -64.7 355 7 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.94 m Freezing level: 581.03 mb = 4731.22 m = 15522.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.40 mb = 4115.33 m = 13501.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.21 % Est. max temperature: 27.98 C = 82.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.65 mb = 1926.45 m = 6320.30 ft T: 17.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.28 C/km ThetaE index: 26.07 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.67 mb = 3330.56 m = 10926.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.62 C = 81.72 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: -6.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.35 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1938.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.72 mb = 2557.25 m = 8389.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.72 mb = 4072.16 m = 13359.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.72 mb = 12704.42 m = 41680.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1936.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.72 mb = 16103.89 m = 52833.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.2 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 340.2 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 5.6 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.8 neg: -43.5 tot: 14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 14.39 Bulk Shear: 134.76 m/s