MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F003.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F003.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: 3 hour RUC valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 39.68,-104.92 Latitude: 39.68 Longitude: -104.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 1 950 551 2 900 1028 3 850 1527 SFC 835 1679 20.3 17.4 83 2.9 18.2 1 4 309.0 311.8 297.7 354.9 15.15 5 800 2048 16.6 14.3 87 2.2 15.0 337 5 308.8 311.2 296.2 348.0 12.94 6 750 2598 14.9 7.2 60 7.7 10.2 318 9 312.8 314.4 294.1 339.2 8.53 7 700 3179 11.0 4.2 63 6.8 7.0 316 10 314.6 316.1 293.8 337.9 7.41 8 650 3792 6.1 1.5 72 4.7 3.5 303 8 315.9 317.2 293.4 336.6 6.55 9 600 4443 1.2 -0.8 87 2.0 0.1 275 10 317.5 318.6 293.5 336.7 6.02 10 550 5137 -3.4 -4.5 92 1.1 -3.9 267 15 320.1 321.1 293.4 336.2 4.98 11 500 5886 -7.7 -8.9 91 1.2 -8.2 258 17 323.7 324.5 293.5 336.7 3.91 12 450 6698 -12.7 -14.2 88 1.5 -13.3 250 20 327.3 327.8 293.6 336.9 2.83 13 400 7586 -19.0 -23.2 69 4.2 -20.1 252 25 330.3 330.6 293.2 335.6 1.48 14 350 8567 -25.4 -32.1 53 6.7 -26.7 256 24 334.5 334.6 293.6 337.2 0.74 15 300 9667 -32.9 -53.9 10 21.0 -34.5 258 35 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.4 0.08 16 250 10930 -40.6 -56.5 17 15.9 -41.5 273 47 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.07 17 200 12413 -51.1 -69.8 9 18.7 -51.5 266 50 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 18 150 14230 -62.7 -81.2 7 18.5 -62.8 289 36 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16687 -66.6 -86.8 4 20.1 -66.8 286 9 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.79 m Freezing level: 587.06 mb = 4622.53 m = 15165.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.31 mb = 4465.34 m = 14649.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.04 C = 78.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.38 mb = 2044.36 m = 6707.12 ft T: 16.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 18.34 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.55 mb = 3255.12 m = 10679.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.84 C = 78.51 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 705.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.97 mb = 2756.97 m = 9045.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.97 mb = 3779.72 m = 12400.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.97 mb = 10632.59 m = 34883.40 ft B at Equ Level: 701.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.97 mb = 14189.26 m = 46552.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.1 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 300.1 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: -6.1 tot: -1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 31.00 Bulk Shear: 22.75 m/s