MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F027.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508271500F027.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: 27 hour RUC valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 39.54,-104.94 Latitude: 39.54 Longitude: -104.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 1 950 571 2 900 1049 3 850 1549 SFC 827 1789 22.3 12.5 54 9.7 15.8 60 3 311.9 314.0 295.8 346.1 11.12 5 800 2073 18.0 10.7 62 7.3 13.3 72 4 310.3 312.3 294.7 341.5 10.18 6 750 2621 13.2 7.2 67 6.0 9.6 67 3 310.9 312.5 293.6 337.2 8.55 7 700 3197 8.9 3.5 69 5.4 5.8 308 5 312.3 313.7 292.9 334.2 7.04 8 650 3807 4.8 -0.9 67 5.7 1.8 293 10 314.4 315.4 292.2 331.8 5.52 9 600 4454 -0.3 -4.2 75 3.9 -2.2 279 12 315.8 316.6 291.9 330.6 4.66 10 550 5144 -5.1 -7.8 82 2.7 -6.3 283 17 318.0 318.7 291.9 330.5 3.87 11 500 5887 -9.4 -13.4 73 4.0 -10.9 290 17 321.6 322.1 291.9 330.7 2.73 12 450 6694 -13.2 -27.6 29 14.4 -16.8 282 26 326.6 326.8 291.6 329.8 0.88 13 400 7583 -17.9 -56.4 2 38.5 -22.1 273 37 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.05 14 350 8569 -23.8 -43.1 15 19.3 -26.5 281 44 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.6 0.24 15 300 9673 -32.9 -37.4 64 4.4 -33.5 279 51 339.0 339.1 294.6 341.0 0.51 16 250 10926 -43.9 -45.9 80 2.0 -44.0 297 64 340.9 340.9 294.8 341.9 0.25 17 200 12390 -52.3 -69.7 11 17.4 -52.7 270 50 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14209 -62.1 -81.2 6 19.1 -62.3 276 52 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16673 -66.3 -86.4 4 20.1 -66.5 263 3 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.62 m Freezing level: 603.08 mb = 4414.14 m = 14481.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.69 mb = 4089.24 m = 13415.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.86 % Est. max temperature: 23.54 C = 74.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.34 mb = 3004.62 m = 9857.55 ft T: 10.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 15.60 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.22 mb = 3457.31 m = 11342.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.48 C = 74.27 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 223.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.18 mb = 3195.25 m = 10482.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.18 mb = 3993.41 m = 13101.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 395.18 mb = 7672.33 m = 25171.39 ft B at Equ Level: 222.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.18 mb = 11612.04 m = 38096.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.2 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 313.2 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.5 neg: -4.6 tot: 15.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.99 Bulk Shear: 44.90 m/s