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,-104.31 Latitude: 41.25 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 105 1 950 550 2 900 1037 3 850 1546 SFC 839 1656 24.5 15.1 56 9.4 18.0 87 8 313.0 315.4 297.3 353.0 13.00 5 800 2078 22.8 9.5 43 13.3 14.2 145 10 315.4 317.2 295.4 344.7 9.35 6 750 2635 17.9 6.9 49 11.0 11.0 177 9 316.0 317.6 294.8 342.2 8.35 7 700 3220 12.9 3.5 53 9.4 7.4 227 10 316.8 318.1 294.1 339.1 7.07 8 650 3837 7.5 -0.0 59 7.5 3.4 251 15 317.5 318.6 293.4 336.3 5.89 9 600 4490 1.5 -2.4 75 3.9 -0.5 265 18 317.8 318.8 293.0 334.9 5.35 10 550 5184 -4.1 -6.0 87 1.9 -5.0 273 21 319.2 320.0 292.7 333.6 4.44 11 500 5928 -9.8 -11.6 86 1.9 -10.5 278 25 321.1 321.7 292.1 331.5 3.14 12 450 6730 -16.5 -19.6 77 3.1 -17.4 279 27 322.5 322.9 291.3 328.7 1.80 13 400 7603 -23.9 -28.5 65 4.7 -24.8 273 26 324.0 324.2 290.9 327.2 0.91 14 350 8561 -32.0 -38.4 53 6.4 -32.8 266 31 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.1 0.40 15 300 9628 -41.1 -53.4 25 12.4 -41.7 267 39 327.5 327.5 291.1 327.8 0.09 16 250 10847 -46.1 -64.4 11 18.3 -46.7 276 48 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.03 17 200 12325 -49.3 -74.2 4 24.9 -49.8 286 30 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 14189 -54.1 -82.2 2 28.1 -54.5 264 34 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16727 -63.1 -87.0 3 24.0 -63.3 266 2 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.26 m Freezing level: 586.98 mb = 4670.82 m = 15324.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.79 mb = 4398.47 m = 14430.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.29 C = 82.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.37 mb = 2848.33 m = 9344.79 ft T: 16.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.37 C/km ThetaE index: 25.98 C Layer 800.0- 300.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.36 mb = 3921.12 m = 12864.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1875.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.32 mb = 3655.89 m = 11994.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.32 mb = 4101.08 m = 13454.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.32 mb = 11714.16 m = 38431.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1850.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.32 mb = 15117.76 m = 49598.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.8 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 294.8 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 137.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.39 Bulk Rich Number: 20.72 Bulk Shear: 90.53 m/s