MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 41.23,-104.39 Latitude: 41.23 Longitude: -104.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 1 950 562 2 900 1046 3 850 1552 SFC 837 1691 22.9 16.2 66 6.7 18.2 112 10 311.5 314.2 297.5 354.3 13.97 5 800 2081 21.4 10.4 50 11.0 14.2 142 14 313.9 315.8 295.5 344.9 9.96 6 750 2637 17.7 5.3 44 12.4 10.2 179 12 315.8 317.2 294.1 339.3 7.49 7 700 3222 12.9 1.9 47 11.0 6.6 222 11 316.8 318.0 293.5 336.7 6.27 8 650 3839 7.3 -1.1 55 8.5 2.8 254 14 317.2 318.3 292.9 334.6 5.42 9 600 4491 1.6 -4.6 63 6.2 -1.4 268 19 318.0 318.9 292.4 332.6 4.53 10 550 5185 -4.1 -8.8 70 4.7 -6.1 273 23 319.2 319.9 292.0 330.9 3.57 11 500 5928 -10.0 -14.7 68 4.7 -11.7 274 25 320.9 321.3 291.5 329.0 2.45 12 450 6730 -16.3 -22.2 61 5.8 -17.9 272 26 322.7 323.0 291.0 327.7 1.44 13 400 7603 -23.6 -29.8 57 6.2 -24.8 266 27 324.3 324.5 290.9 327.2 0.81 14 350 8563 -31.6 -40.6 41 9.0 -32.6 262 32 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.3 0.32 15 300 9631 -40.5 -56.4 17 15.9 -41.2 266 38 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.5 0.06 16 250 10855 -45.4 -63.9 11 18.5 -46.0 282 46 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.03 17 200 12332 -50.0 -73.3 5 23.2 -50.5 286 30 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14191 -54.2 -82.3 2 28.1 -54.6 271 35 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16727 -63.4 -86.9 3 23.5 -63.6 284 7 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.46 m Freezing level: 585.89 mb = 4686.68 m = 15376.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.13 mb = 4261.57 m = 13981.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.56 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.46 mb = 2540.67 m = 8335.43 ft T: 18.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.46 C/km ThetaE index: 27.14 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.31 mb = 3897.57 m = 12787.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.38 C = 83.09 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: -4.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.29 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1659.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 672.72 mb = 3552.73 m = 11655.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.72 mb = 4253.69 m = 13955.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.72 mb = 11472.69 m = 37639.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1648.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.72 mb = 14724.84 m = 48309.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.5 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 289.5 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 145.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.32 Bulk Rich Number: 15.18 Bulk Shear: 109.33 m/s