MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 37.58,-104.54 Latitude: 37.58 Longitude: -104.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 506 2 900 1000 3 850 1517 SFC 817 1871 32.3 0.7 13 31.6 13.6 269 11 323.6 324.6 294.3 339.8 4.92 5 800 2058 29.1 -0.5 15 29.6 12.1 267 10 322.2 323.1 293.6 337.2 4.60 6 750 2625 23.5 -1.7 19 25.2 9.5 267 12 322.1 323.0 293.5 336.8 4.50 7 700 3220 17.7 -2.9 24 20.6 6.5 268 14 322.0 322.9 293.4 336.5 4.41 8 650 3845 11.5 -4.5 32 16.0 3.3 270 15 322.0 322.9 293.3 335.9 4.23 9 600 4506 5.2 -6.9 41 12.1 -0.6 272 16 322.2 322.9 293.0 334.7 3.80 10 550 5208 -1.5 -9.9 53 8.4 -5.1 274 17 322.4 323.0 292.6 333.3 3.28 11 500 5957 -8.5 -12.6 72 4.1 -10.1 277 19 322.7 323.3 292.4 332.4 2.90 12 450 6763 -15.4 -17.1 87 1.7 -16.0 283 23 323.8 324.3 292.1 331.4 2.22 13 400 7641 -22.0 -24.8 78 2.8 -22.7 289 32 326.4 326.7 292.0 331.0 1.28 14 350 8611 -27.8 -44.2 19 16.4 -29.7 282 50 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.22 15 300 9699 -36.1 -50.3 22 14.3 -37.1 275 56 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.13 16 250 10940 -44.8 -62.3 12 17.5 -45.4 288 64 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.04 17 200 12412 -50.6 -72.9 5 22.2 -51.1 273 64 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14245 -58.8 -81.4 4 22.6 -59.0 285 39 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16723 -66.5 -86.8 4 20.3 -66.6 299 3 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5887.71 m Freezing level: 560.88 mb = 5055.27 m = 16585.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.02 mb = 4396.72 m = 14424.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.49 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 514.26 mb = 5736.15 m = 18819.15 ft T: -6.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.55 C/km ThetaE index: 8.85 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 512.94 mb = 5756.35 m = 18885.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.35 C = 88.44 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 245.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 515.50 mb = 5717.19 m = 18756.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 500.50 mb = 5949.34 m = 19518.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.50 mb = 9917.95 m = 32538.80 ft B at Equ Level: 243.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.50 mb = 11767.92 m = 38608.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.5 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 307.5 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -1.9 tot: 14.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 28.00 Bulk Shear: 8.75 m/s