MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 41.23,-104.52 Latitude: 41.23 Longitude: -104.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 528 2 900 1015 3 850 1525 SFC 829 1749 26.6 6.6 28 20.0 14.1 212 6 316.3 317.7 294.2 339.5 7.38 5 800 2059 24.6 0.7 21 24.0 11.0 230 8 317.4 318.4 292.7 333.5 5.02 6 750 2618 19.4 -1.9 24 21.3 7.9 253 9 317.6 318.5 292.2 331.9 4.44 7 700 3204 13.9 -3.4 30 17.3 4.9 275 12 317.8 318.6 292.2 331.5 4.24 8 650 3822 8.0 -5.0 39 13.1 1.5 287 15 318.1 318.8 292.0 331.2 4.05 9 600 4475 1.9 -6.5 54 8.4 -2.1 290 19 318.3 319.1 292.0 331.0 3.91 10 550 5168 -4.4 -8.6 72 4.3 -6.2 287 24 318.9 319.6 291.9 330.8 3.63 11 500 5911 -10.4 -12.0 88 1.6 -11.0 278 31 320.4 321.0 291.8 330.5 3.05 12 450 6712 -16.7 -20.0 76 3.3 -17.6 275 39 322.3 322.6 291.2 328.2 1.74 13 400 7586 -23.4 -30.1 54 6.7 -24.7 272 40 324.6 324.7 291.0 327.4 0.78 14 350 8546 -31.3 -38.6 49 7.3 -32.1 267 40 326.6 326.6 291.2 328.0 0.39 15 300 9616 -40.5 -49.8 36 9.2 -41.1 276 42 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.14 16 250 10833 -48.5 -60.4 24 11.9 -48.8 275 48 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.04 17 200 12298 -47.8 -73.0 4 25.2 -48.4 274 49 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 18 150 14180 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -53.9 281 28 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16714 -62.5 -84.0 4 21.4 -62.7 309 6 406.9 406.9 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.30 m Freezing level: 584.79 mb = 4685.56 m = 15372.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.76 mb = 4092.65 m = 13427.15 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.16 C = 82.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 617.51 mb = 4239.96 m = 13910.46 ft T: 4.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.95 C/km ThetaE index: 12.14 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 550.29 mb = 5163.91 m = 16941.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.07 C = 84.33 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 371.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 561.58 mb = 5002.05 m = 16410.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 526.58 mb = 5507.41 m = 18068.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.58 mb = 10659.37 m = 34971.26 ft B at Equ Level: 368.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.58 mb = 12085.65 m = 39650.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.6 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 306.6 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 33.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 7.33 Bulk Shear: 50.65 m/s