MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 23Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 41.25,-104.15 Latitude: 41.25 Longitude: -104.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 1 950 555 2 900 1041 3 850 1549 SFC 845 1599 25.9 14.5 49 11.4 18.0 105 7 313.8 316.1 297.1 352.0 12.36 5 800 2080 22.1 10.3 47 11.9 14.4 149 11 314.8 316.7 295.6 345.5 9.87 6 750 2636 17.2 7.8 54 9.5 11.3 175 8 315.3 317.0 295.1 343.1 8.88 7 700 3221 12.6 3.9 55 8.7 7.5 234 9 316.4 317.8 294.1 339.3 7.23 8 650 3838 7.4 -0.6 57 8.0 3.1 257 14 317.4 318.5 293.2 335.4 5.63 9 600 4490 1.5 -3.4 70 4.9 -1.0 267 16 317.9 318.8 292.7 333.8 4.97 10 550 5184 -4.2 -6.5 84 2.2 -5.3 273 19 319.1 319.9 292.5 332.9 4.28 11 500 5928 -9.9 -11.7 87 1.8 -10.6 277 23 321.0 321.6 292.1 331.3 3.13 12 450 6730 -16.4 -19.6 76 3.2 -17.3 279 27 322.7 323.0 291.4 328.8 1.80 13 400 7603 -23.7 -28.3 66 4.6 -24.6 275 26 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.5 0.93 14 350 8561 -32.0 -38.4 53 6.4 -32.8 268 30 325.6 325.6 290.9 327.0 0.39 15 300 9628 -41.0 -55.1 20 14.2 -41.6 268 38 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.9 0.07 16 250 10847 -46.4 -64.3 11 18.0 -46.9 276 47 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.3 0.03 17 200 12324 -49.4 -74.1 4 24.7 -49.9 284 30 354.6 354.6 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 14189 -53.8 -82.3 2 28.4 -54.2 263 34 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16726 -63.2 -87.1 3 23.9 -63.4 273 3 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.57 m Freezing level: 586.79 mb = 4673.57 m = 15333.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.07 mb = 4327.93 m = 14199.06 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.23 % Est. max temperature: 28.50 C = 83.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 715.10 mb = 3040.18 m = 9974.22 ft T: 14.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.31 C/km ThetaE index: 25.01 C Layer 800.0- 300.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.46 mb = 3818.99 m = 12529.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.28 C = 84.71 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.55 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1994.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 675.12 mb = 3522.15 m = 11555.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.12 mb = 4090.98 m = 13421.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.12 mb = 11689.58 m = 38351.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1980.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.12 mb = 15078.69 m = 49470.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.4 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 295.4 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 25.49 Bulk Shear: 78.27 m/s