MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010900F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010900F000.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: RUC analysis for 0900Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 41.74,-87.99 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -87.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 210 SFC 999 215 16.4 13.9 85 2.5 14.8 0 4 289.6 291.3 288.0 317.7 10.03 2 950 650 17.7 0.6 31 17.1 9.0 70 11 295.2 295.9 284.4 307.6 4.21 3 900 1109 14.6 -1.9 32 16.5 6.6 78 11 296.5 297.2 284.4 307.6 3.70 4 850 1588 10.7 -2.3 40 13.0 4.5 68 9 297.4 298.1 284.8 308.7 3.79 5 800 2089 6.9 -1.9 53 8.9 2.7 40 6 298.6 299.3 285.7 311.0 4.15 6 750 2619 7.9 -24.0 8 31.9 -1.9 336 10 305.2 305.3 284.4 307.6 0.73 7 700 3185 6.7 -39.6 2 46.3 -3.8 313 12 309.9 309.9 285.5 310.5 0.17 8 650 3790 4.0 -33.5 4 37.5 -5.5 304 12 313.5 313.6 287.0 314.7 0.35 9 600 4434 -0.9 -32.3 7 31.5 -8.5 298 13 315.1 315.2 287.6 316.6 0.42 10 550 5121 -5.4 -33.1 9 27.7 -11.7 293 17 317.7 317.8 288.5 319.2 0.43 11 500 5862 -10.1 -34.3 12 24.2 -15.2 287 24 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.3 0.42 12 450 6664 -15.1 -40.9 9 25.9 -19.3 283 32 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.2 0.24 13 400 7544 -20.8 -31.8 37 11.0 -22.9 280 35 328.0 328.1 291.8 330.4 0.67 14 350 8517 -27.6 -41.6 25 14.0 -29.4 277 40 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.6 0.28 15 300 9606 -35.6 -48.9 24 13.3 -36.7 274 52 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.15 16 250 10849 -45.0 -51.8 46 6.8 -45.4 259 75 339.1 339.2 294.2 339.7 0.13 17 200 12307 -52.9 -68.9 13 16.0 -53.2 261 69 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14136 -58.1 -80.1 4 22.0 -58.4 266 51 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16654 -62.1 -88.1 2 25.9 -62.3 282 26 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.64 m Freezing level: 608.80 mb = 4320.79 m = 14175.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 770.30 mb = 2399.79 m = 7873.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.69 % Est. max temperature: 24.19 C = 75.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.49 mb = 529.24 m = 1736.32 ft T: 17.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 10.15 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 580.96 mb = 4688.78 m = 15382.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.88 C = 109.19 F Cap Strength: 11.78 C Lifted Index: 12.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.71 C Showalter Index: 13.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.80 C Cross Totals Index: 7.78 C K Index: -27.83 Risk: None Sweat Index: 41.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12530.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.76 mb = 2215.88 m = 7269.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.6 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 345.6 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: -13.1 tot: -3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 37.09 m/s