MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F005.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: 5 hour RUC valid 20Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 38.95,-104.73 Latitude: 38.95 Longitude: -104.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 520 2 900 1003 3 850 1508 4 800 2037 SFC 797 2074 21.4 14.0 63 7.4 16.3 343 3 314.3 316.8 297.4 353.7 12.68 6 750 2591 16.1 10.4 69 5.7 12.4 348 5 314.0 316.1 296.0 347.1 10.64 7 700 3173 11.1 6.8 75 4.4 8.5 331 6 314.8 316.5 294.9 342.6 8.89 8 650 3788 6.4 2.8 77 3.7 4.3 305 8 316.2 317.6 294.1 339.0 7.20 9 600 4440 1.9 -1.3 79 3.3 0.2 278 11 318.4 319.5 293.6 336.9 5.80 10 550 5136 -3.3 -4.6 91 1.3 -3.9 265 15 320.2 321.1 293.4 336.2 4.95 11 500 5883 -8.1 -9.4 90 1.4 -8.7 258 18 323.2 324.0 293.2 335.6 3.74 12 450 6696 -12.1 -16.9 68 4.8 -13.8 257 19 328.0 328.5 293.3 335.8 2.27 13 400 7586 -18.0 -29.7 35 11.8 -20.7 265 23 331.6 331.8 292.9 334.6 0.81 14 350 8570 -24.9 -37.5 30 12.7 -26.9 271 27 335.2 335.3 293.6 336.9 0.43 15 300 9672 -32.4 -45.8 25 13.4 -33.7 262 35 339.7 339.8 294.4 340.6 0.21 16 250 10936 -40.5 -65.2 5 24.7 -41.5 270 48 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 17 200 12420 -50.9 -72.5 6 21.5 -51.4 270 50 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14235 -62.9 -82.2 6 19.2 -63.1 285 36 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16686 -67.0 -86.9 4 19.9 -67.1 296 6 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.36 m Freezing level: 581.40 mb = 4698.70 m = 15415.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.62 mb = 4471.61 m = 14670.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.94 % Est. max temperature: 23.31 C = 73.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 713.74 mb = 3009.43 m = 9873.32 ft T: 12.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 18.06 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.12 mb = 3485.67 m = 11435.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.53 C = 72.55 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 766.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 685.43 mb = 3347.78 m = 10983.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.43 mb = 3655.74 m = 11993.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.43 mb = 10923.83 m = 35838.90 ft B at Equ Level: 764.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.43 mb = 14633.89 m = 48010.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.4 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 300.4 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: -4.6 tot: -0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 31.50 Bulk Shear: 24.32 m/s