MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 22Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 41.18,-104.02 Latitude: 41.18 Longitude: -104.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 1 950 561 2 900 1046 3 850 1553 SFC 847 1582 27.0 13.8 44 13.2 17.9 157 14 314.7 317.0 296.9 351.4 11.80 5 800 2083 21.2 11.0 52 10.2 14.5 161 16 313.8 315.8 295.7 345.9 10.37 6 750 2638 17.8 4.4 41 13.4 9.8 190 11 315.9 317.3 293.9 338.1 7.03 7 700 3225 14.8 -4.8 25 19.6 4.8 267 13 318.9 319.7 292.1 331.3 3.82 8 650 3845 9.2 -7.8 29 17.0 1.1 282 17 319.4 320.0 291.7 330.1 3.27 9 600 4500 3.0 -10.3 37 13.3 -2.8 286 20 319.6 320.2 291.5 329.3 2.91 10 550 5196 -3.5 -13.0 48 9.4 -7.2 287 23 319.9 320.4 291.3 328.4 2.56 11 500 5939 -10.4 -16.9 59 6.6 -12.6 286 26 320.4 320.8 290.9 327.2 2.03 12 450 6739 -16.9 -23.7 55 6.8 -18.7 284 27 322.0 322.2 290.6 326.3 1.25 13 400 7611 -24.2 -32.3 47 8.1 -25.6 280 28 323.5 323.7 290.5 325.8 0.63 14 350 8568 -32.0 -47.5 20 15.5 -33.3 273 31 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.2 0.15 15 300 9636 -40.8 -55.0 20 14.2 -41.5 271 36 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.1 0.07 16 250 10855 -46.6 -64.7 11 18.0 -47.1 272 45 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.03 17 200 12332 -48.6 -74.2 4 25.5 -49.2 282 35 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 18 150 14198 -53.8 -82.5 2 28.6 -54.2 255 34 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16737 -63.2 -87.0 3 23.7 -63.4 333 3 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.11 m Freezing level: 576.86 mb = 4821.90 m = 15819.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.57 mb = 4028.51 m = 13216.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.74 % Est. max temperature: 31.02 C = 87.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 698.75 mb = 3240.12 m = 10630.20 ft T: 14.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.28 C/km ThetaE index: 25.55 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 627.44 mb = 4133.89 m = 13562.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.85 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: -5.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.89 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1822.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 170.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.57 mb = 3584.17 m = 11758.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.57 mb = 4559.23 m = 14957.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.57 mb = 11535.89 m = 37846.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1811.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.57 mb = 14831.31 m = 48658.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.2 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 304.2 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 96.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 15.12 Bulk Shear: 120.50 m/s