MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031200F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031200F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.18,-103.57 Latitude: 36.18 Longitude: -103.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 503 2 900 994 3 850 1507 SFC 842 1596 32.5 5.7 19 26.8 15.7 246 6 321.2 322.5 295.1 343.2 6.85 5 800 2044 25.9 4.4 25 21.5 12.8 271 3 318.8 320.0 294.3 339.7 6.55 6 750 2606 20.7 0.9 27 19.8 9.3 298 7 319.1 320.1 293.4 336.6 5.45 7 700 3195 15.3 -2.9 29 18.1 5.6 307 12 319.4 320.3 292.7 333.8 4.43 8 650 3816 9.4 -6.2 33 15.6 1.8 312 15 319.6 320.4 292.2 331.8 3.70 9 600 4472 3.2 -9.4 39 12.7 -2.4 314 18 319.8 320.4 291.7 330.1 3.11 10 550 5168 -3.3 -12.6 49 9.3 -7.0 314 20 320.2 320.7 291.4 328.9 2.64 11 500 5913 -9.5 -19.8 43 10.4 -12.8 314 27 321.5 321.8 290.8 326.9 1.59 12 450 6718 -13.9 -42.2 7 28.3 -18.6 311 36 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.5 0.21 13 400 7603 -19.1 -51.3 4 32.2 -22.9 316 44 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.09 14 350 8583 -25.7 -53.1 6 27.5 -28.3 322 58 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.08 15 300 9682 -33.3 -54.9 10 21.6 -34.8 327 67 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.07 16 250 10938 -42.1 -61.6 10 19.5 -42.9 317 66 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.04 17 200 12415 -51.3 -71.7 7 20.4 -51.7 310 58 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14235 -61.8 -80.6 6 18.8 -61.9 315 41 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16689 -67.7 -78.2 21 10.5 -67.8 167 8 396.9 396.9 304.8 397.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.90 m Freezing level: 575.37 mb = 4814.95 m = 15796.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.93 mb = 4085.99 m = 13405.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.49 % Est. max temperature: 30.93 C = 87.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 569.25 mb = 4892.93 m = 16052.73 ft T: -0.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.11 C/km ThetaE index: 16.65 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 565.82 mb = 4941.27 m = 16211.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.52 C = 88.73 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 182.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 571.19 mb = 4865.73 m = 15963.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 556.19 mb = 5078.68 m = 16662.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.19 mb = 8870.21 m = 29101.38 ft B at Equ Level: 180.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 246.19 mb = 11040.17 m = 36220.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.7 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 341.7 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.3 neg: -8.5 tot: 26.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.02 Bulk Shear: 45.42 m/s