MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 41.21,-104.44 Latitude: 41.21 Longitude: -104.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 557 2 900 1040 3 850 1545 SFC 834 1714 24.4 15.5 58 8.8 18.2 158 15 313.4 316.0 297.7 355.0 13.45 5 800 2074 20.2 12.4 61 7.8 15.0 162 16 312.7 314.9 296.2 347.9 11.40 6 750 2629 18.8 1.7 32 17.2 9.0 215 10 317.0 318.1 293.2 335.4 5.76 7 700 3217 14.9 -3.7 27 18.7 5.2 264 14 319.0 319.8 292.4 332.5 4.14 8 650 3837 9.3 -7.1 31 16.3 1.4 278 18 319.4 320.1 291.9 330.8 3.46 9 600 4492 3.1 -10.3 37 13.4 -2.8 284 21 319.6 320.2 291.5 329.3 2.91 10 550 5188 -3.6 -12.9 48 9.3 -7.3 285 23 319.8 320.3 291.2 328.3 2.57 11 500 5931 -10.5 -16.5 61 6.0 -12.6 284 25 320.2 320.6 290.9 327.3 2.10 12 450 6730 -17.3 -23.1 60 5.8 -18.8 281 25 321.5 321.8 290.6 326.1 1.33 13 400 7600 -24.6 -31.8 51 7.3 -25.9 272 24 323.0 323.2 290.4 325.4 0.66 14 350 8556 -32.2 -46.3 23 14.1 -33.4 270 26 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.17 15 300 9624 -40.3 -55.8 18 15.4 -41.1 271 33 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.8 0.07 16 250 10846 -46.4 -64.8 11 18.3 -47.0 269 36 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.1 0.03 17 200 12323 -48.5 -74.1 4 25.5 -49.1 279 34 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 18 150 14189 -53.7 -82.3 2 28.6 -54.1 256 32 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16730 -62.9 -86.9 3 24.0 -63.1 343 3 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.69 m Freezing level: 577.20 mb = 4809.44 m = 15778.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.10 mb = 4052.64 m = 13295.91 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.85 C = 85.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.28 mb = 2832.94 m = 9294.31 ft T: 17.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.38 C/km ThetaE index: 29.55 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.65 mb = 4215.22 m = 13829.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.24 C = 86.44 F Cap Strength: 4.12 C Lifted Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.89 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1679.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 191.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 662.76 mb = 3674.26 m = 12054.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 587.76 mb = 4657.05 m = 15278.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.76 mb = 11462.75 m = 37606.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1663.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.76 mb = 14722.58 m = 48301.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.8 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 302.8 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 14.67 Bulk Shear: 114.49 m/s