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: 41.34,-104.67 Latitude: 41.34 Longitude: -104.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 545 2 900 1031 3 850 1539 SFC 823 1819 26.8 12.8 42 14.0 17.2 164 14 317.1 319.3 297.3 352.8 11.36 5 800 2071 22.5 10.6 47 11.8 14.7 169 12 315.1 317.0 295.9 346.6 10.11 6 750 2628 19.2 4.1 37 15.1 10.2 215 9 317.4 318.8 294.1 339.2 6.85 7 700 3216 14.7 -0.5 35 15.2 6.3 259 12 318.8 319.8 293.3 335.8 5.29 8 650 3836 9.1 -4.0 39 13.1 2.4 276 17 319.3 320.1 292.6 333.4 4.36 9 600 4491 3.0 -7.8 45 10.8 -2.0 282 21 319.6 320.3 292.0 331.1 3.53 10 550 5187 -3.7 -11.2 56 7.5 -6.8 283 24 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.5 2.96 11 500 5930 -10.6 -14.6 73 4.0 -12.1 282 26 320.1 320.6 291.2 328.3 2.47 12 450 6729 -17.3 -20.3 77 3.0 -18.2 280 26 321.5 321.8 290.9 327.2 1.69 13 400 7600 -24.6 -28.7 68 4.1 -25.4 275 25 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.2 0.90 14 350 8555 -32.5 -40.9 43 8.4 -33.4 270 26 324.9 324.9 290.6 326.0 0.31 15 300 9622 -40.5 -55.9 18 15.4 -41.2 270 33 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.07 16 250 10843 -46.4 -64.9 10 18.5 -46.9 268 37 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.02 17 200 12321 -48.6 -74.7 3 26.1 -49.1 280 32 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 18 150 14187 -53.6 -82.3 2 28.6 -54.1 258 32 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16730 -62.8 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 337 3 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.27 m Freezing level: 577.60 mb = 4802.98 m = 15757.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.11 mb = 4181.98 m = 13720.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.64 C = 83.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 670.36 mb = 3578.13 m = 11739.13 ft T: 11.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.34 C/km ThetaE index: 26.79 C Layer 800.0- 300.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 607.71 mb = 4386.77 m = 14392.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.11 C = 84.40 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -5.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1620.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 631.65 mb = 4070.46 m = 13354.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 586.65 mb = 4671.15 m = 15325.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.65 mb = 11492.54 m = 37704.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1596.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.65 mb = 14328.69 m = 47009.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.0 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 303.0 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 71.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 18.76 Bulk Shear: 86.34 m/s