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: 41.25,-104.17 Latitude: 41.25 Longitude: -104.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 566 2 900 1048 3 850 1551 SFC 844 1615 23.3 17.0 68 6.3 18.8 159 14 311.2 313.9 297.8 355.8 14.56 5 800 2077 18.8 12.9 68 5.9 14.8 161 17 311.2 313.5 296.0 347.4 11.78 6 750 2630 18.6 -0.5 27 19.1 8.0 222 8 316.8 317.7 292.4 332.5 4.91 7 700 3217 14.8 -5.6 24 20.4 4.5 275 15 318.9 319.6 291.9 330.7 3.60 8 650 3837 9.2 -8.7 27 17.8 0.9 282 18 319.3 319.9 291.6 329.4 3.06 9 600 4492 2.9 -10.9 35 13.9 -3.0 284 20 319.5 320.0 291.3 328.6 2.76 10 550 5187 -3.8 -13.0 49 9.2 -7.4 285 22 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.1 2.56 11 500 5930 -10.6 -16.6 61 6.1 -12.6 283 24 320.2 320.6 290.9 327.2 2.08 12 450 6729 -17.3 -24.0 56 6.7 -19.0 279 24 321.5 321.7 290.5 325.7 1.22 13 400 7599 -24.7 -33.7 43 9.0 -26.2 270 23 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.9 0.56 14 350 8555 -32.2 -46.2 24 13.9 -33.4 269 26 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.17 15 300 9623 -40.2 -56.5 16 16.3 -41.0 270 32 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.9 0.06 16 250 10846 -46.3 -65.1 10 18.8 -46.8 269 35 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.3 0.02 17 200 12322 -48.7 -74.4 4 25.6 -49.3 278 34 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 14189 -53.5 -82.2 2 28.7 -53.9 254 32 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16729 -62.9 -86.9 3 24.0 -63.1 336 3 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.99 m Freezing level: 578.16 mb = 4795.63 m = 15733.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.55 mb = 3982.32 m = 13065.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.63 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.04 mb = 2415.37 m = 7924.33 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.36 C/km ThetaE index: 30.86 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 634.28 mb = 4037.33 m = 13245.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.11 C = 88.00 F Cap Strength: 5.37 C Lifted Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.31 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1784.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 233.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.70 mb = 3317.22 m = 10883.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 596.70 mb = 4536.17 m = 14882.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.70 mb = 11493.25 m = 37707.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1771.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.70 mb = 14770.62 m = 48459.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.9 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 302.9 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.9 neg: -2.2 tot: 87.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 15.87 Bulk Shear: 112.49 m/s