MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 23Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 41.43,-104.31 Latitude: 41.43 Longitude: -104.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 563 2 900 1047 3 850 1552 SFC 842 1634 23.5 16.2 64 7.2 18.4 133 12 311.6 314.2 297.5 354.2 13.92 5 800 2081 20.9 9.4 48 11.5 13.5 136 12 313.4 315.2 294.8 342.2 9.29 6 750 2636 17.2 4.0 42 13.2 9.4 160 7 315.2 316.5 293.5 336.7 6.83 7 700 3220 12.7 1.4 46 11.3 6.3 233 8 316.5 317.7 293.3 335.7 6.04 8 650 3836 7.4 -1.1 54 8.6 2.8 263 14 317.4 318.4 293.0 334.7 5.42 9 600 4489 1.7 -4.5 63 6.2 -1.3 270 21 318.1 319.0 292.5 332.9 4.57 10 550 5183 -4.0 -8.7 70 4.6 -6.1 274 25 319.3 320.0 292.0 331.1 3.61 11 500 5927 -10.0 -14.0 72 4.0 -11.5 276 27 320.9 321.4 291.6 329.6 2.60 12 450 6728 -16.3 -20.8 69 4.4 -17.6 275 27 322.7 323.0 291.2 328.3 1.62 13 400 7602 -23.7 -28.6 64 4.9 -24.6 270 26 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.4 0.91 14 350 8560 -32.1 -39.1 49 7.1 -32.9 266 30 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.9 0.37 15 300 9628 -40.5 -55.9 18 15.4 -41.2 272 38 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.07 16 250 10852 -45.2 -65.4 9 20.2 -45.8 283 41 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.02 17 200 12326 -50.1 -74.2 4 24.1 -50.5 279 28 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14191 -53.7 -82.4 2 28.7 -54.1 270 33 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16727 -63.0 -87.0 3 24.0 -63.3 278 6 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.10 m Freezing level: 585.10 mb = 4695.73 m = 15405.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.96 mb = 4274.88 m = 14025.03 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.16 % Est. max temperature: 28.34 C = 83.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 757.22 mb = 2553.35 m = 8377.02 ft T: 17.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.37 C/km ThetaE index: 27.34 C Layer 800.0- 300.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.26 mb = 3972.21 m = 13032.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.16 C = 84.48 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.61 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1458.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.83 mb = 3536.82 m = 11603.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 608.83 mb = 4369.78 m = 14336.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.83 mb = 11153.79 m = 36593.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1457.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.83 mb = 14239.54 m = 46717.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.8 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 295.8 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 83.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 13.28 Bulk Shear: 109.79 m/s