MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040600F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040600F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 2Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 39.34,-104.20 Latitude: 39.34 Longitude: -104.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 1 950 478 2 900 968 3 850 1480 SFC 817 1831 25.5 7.9 33 17.6 14.3 138 13 316.4 318.0 294.8 342.2 8.20 5 800 2017 26.3 7.6 31 18.6 14.3 148 26 319.1 320.7 295.6 345.3 8.22 6 750 2581 22.2 3.9 30 18.3 11.1 165 28 320.7 322.0 294.9 342.5 6.78 7 700 3175 17.4 -1.4 28 18.7 7.0 185 24 321.7 322.7 293.8 337.8 4.95 8 650 3801 12.0 -6.2 27 18.2 2.9 207 22 322.5 323.3 293.0 334.8 3.71 9 600 4463 6.3 -10.5 29 16.8 -1.3 233 23 323.4 324.0 292.5 333.0 2.86 10 550 5168 0.0 -15.1 31 15.1 -5.9 257 25 324.1 324.5 292.1 331.4 2.15 11 500 5921 -7.0 -19.2 37 12.3 -11.1 268 27 324.5 324.9 291.8 330.3 1.67 12 450 6730 -14.8 -22.1 53 7.4 -16.9 270 28 324.7 325.0 291.6 329.7 1.44 13 400 7607 -22.1 -30.4 47 8.4 -23.7 275 30 326.3 326.4 291.5 329.0 0.76 14 350 8577 -27.9 -44.3 19 16.5 -29.7 287 43 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.0 0.21 15 300 9666 -35.6 -47.4 29 11.8 -36.5 291 49 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.18 16 250 10911 -43.8 -48.8 58 5.0 -44.2 294 59 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.18 17 200 12373 -53.9 -64.0 28 10.1 -54.1 294 63 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.04 18 150 14189 -62.0 -80.9 6 18.9 -62.1 243 15 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16652 -65.4 -85.4 5 20.0 -65.6 209 13 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5893.67 m Freezing level: 549.78 mb = 5170.98 m = 16964.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.26 mb = 4255.34 m = 13960.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.09 % Est. max temperature: 31.01 C = 87.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 630.39 mb = 4054.21 m = 13301.04 ft T: 9.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.86 C/km ThetaE index: 16.23 C Layer 750.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 552.69 mb = 5128.23 m = 16824.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.73 C = 90.91 F Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 725.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 197.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 583.60 mb = 4687.52 m = 15378.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 518.60 mb = 5632.02 m = 18477.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.60 mb = 11216.44 m = 36798.89 ft B at Equ Level: 721.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.60 mb = 14245.96 m = 46738.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 276.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 276.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.09 Bulk Rich Number: 4.64 Bulk Shear: 156.36 m/s