MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F006.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: 6 hour RUC valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 41.18,-104.70 Latitude: 41.18 Longitude: -104.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 537 2 900 1024 3 850 1533 SFC 822 1829 27.7 10.2 34 17.5 16.1 168 15 318.2 320.0 296.3 348.4 9.56 5 800 2066 23.5 8.4 38 15.1 13.8 176 14 316.2 317.9 295.1 343.5 8.70 6 750 2625 19.6 2.6 32 17.1 9.6 212 12 317.9 319.1 293.7 337.5 6.15 7 700 3213 15.1 -2.0 31 17.1 5.9 254 15 319.2 320.1 292.9 334.4 4.71 8 650 3834 9.5 -5.9 33 15.4 1.9 273 20 319.7 320.4 292.3 332.1 3.79 9 600 4490 3.3 -9.8 37 13.2 -2.5 281 23 320.0 320.5 291.7 329.9 3.02 10 550 5186 -3.4 -13.0 48 9.6 -7.2 285 25 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.6 2.56 11 500 5930 -10.4 -16.3 62 5.8 -12.5 285 26 320.3 320.7 291.0 327.5 2.14 12 450 6729 -17.4 -21.7 69 4.3 -18.6 284 27 321.4 321.7 290.7 326.5 1.50 13 400 7599 -24.4 -30.4 58 6.0 -25.5 278 26 323.2 323.4 290.5 325.9 0.76 14 350 8556 -31.9 -47.9 19 16.0 -33.3 271 29 325.7 325.8 290.6 326.3 0.14 15 300 9624 -40.7 -55.0 20 14.3 -41.3 270 34 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.4 0.07 16 250 10842 -47.2 -64.0 13 16.7 -47.7 266 43 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.03 17 200 12319 -47.8 -74.1 3 26.3 -48.4 281 37 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 18 150 14187 -54.1 -82.2 2 28.0 -54.5 257 30 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16728 -62.4 -87.2 2 24.8 -62.6 345 3 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.02 m Freezing level: 575.28 mb = 4834.10 m = 15859.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.44 mb = 4110.31 m = 13485.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.28 % Est. max temperature: 28.92 C = 84.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 636.38 mb = 4007.43 m = 13147.58 ft T: 7.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.40 C/km ThetaE index: 22.45 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 585.50 mb = 4685.66 m = 15372.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.40 C = 84.92 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1269.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 605.95 mb = 4409.07 m = 14465.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 560.95 mb = 5028.43 m = 16497.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.95 mb = 11367.20 m = 37293.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1241.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.95 mb = 13729.85 m = 45044.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.6 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 303.6 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 113.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 12.99 Bulk Shear: 97.72 m/s