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: 39.56,-104.89 Latitude: 39.56 Longitude: -104.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 523 2 900 1009 3 850 1517 SFC 825 1778 29.1 2.0 18 27.0 13.1 22 11 319.3 320.3 293.4 336.5 5.36 5 800 2050 23.9 0.3 21 23.6 10.6 23 12 316.6 317.6 292.3 332.2 4.87 6 750 2607 18.4 -0.8 27 19.1 7.9 17 12 316.5 317.4 292.2 331.9 4.82 7 700 3192 12.6 -2.0 36 14.6 4.9 4 12 316.5 317.4 292.2 331.6 4.72 8 650 3807 7.0 -4.0 45 11.0 1.5 334 14 316.9 317.7 292.0 330.9 4.38 9 600 4458 1.2 -6.4 57 7.6 -2.4 314 18 317.5 318.3 291.7 330.2 3.94 10 550 5150 -4.8 -10.5 64 5.8 -7.1 300 27 318.4 319.0 291.3 328.7 3.12 11 500 5891 -11.0 -15.1 72 4.1 -12.5 294 32 319.6 320.1 291.0 327.5 2.37 12 450 6691 -15.7 -27.9 34 12.2 -18.6 301 35 323.5 323.6 290.7 326.5 0.85 13 400 7570 -21.2 -48.3 7 27.0 -24.4 314 40 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.12 14 350 8540 -27.9 -51.5 9 23.6 -30.0 317 52 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.09 15 300 9631 -34.8 -54.0 12 19.2 -36.1 321 75 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.08 16 250 10877 -43.7 -56.5 23 12.8 -44.3 317 82 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.07 17 200 12348 -52.0 -69.8 10 17.8 -52.4 315 78 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14181 -56.6 -83.3 2 26.7 -56.9 304 44 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16683 -65.7 -87.0 4 21.3 -65.8 249 6 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.03 m Freezing level: 590.00 mb = 4596.42 m = 15079.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.80 mb = 4050.74 m = 13289.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.29 % Est. max temperature: 26.60 C = 79.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 554.39 mb = 5086.95 m = 16689.28 ft T: -4.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.76 C/km ThetaE index: 10.04 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 550.10 mb = 5148.74 m = 16891.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.27 C = 82.88 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 561.46 mb = 4986.15 m = 16358.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 526.46 mb = 5490.30 m = 18012.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 426.46 mb = 7092.35 m = 23268.58 ft B at Equ Level: 48.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 346.46 mb = 8612.46 m = 28255.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.5 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 343.5 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.6 neg: -3.9 tot: 22.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 67.07 m/s