MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F022.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F022.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: 22 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 41.39,-103.96 Latitude: 41.39 Longitude: -103.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 533 2 900 1018 3 850 1525 SFC 846 1565 23.5 17.7 70 5.8 19.4 103 5 311.2 314.1 298.3 357.9 15.26 5 800 2057 23.2 4.2 29 19.0 11.8 170 8 315.9 317.1 293.4 336.3 6.47 6 750 2614 18.5 0.3 29 18.2 8.3 213 5 316.6 317.6 292.6 333.3 5.22 7 700 3199 13.0 -2.1 35 15.2 5.0 256 4 316.9 317.8 292.2 332.0 4.68 8 650 3815 7.3 -4.3 44 11.6 1.5 305 4 317.2 318.0 292.0 330.9 4.27 9 600 4466 1.1 -6.1 59 7.2 -2.3 307 6 317.3 318.1 291.8 330.4 4.04 10 550 5157 -5.3 -7.4 86 2.0 -6.2 287 11 317.8 318.5 291.9 330.7 4.00 11 500 5899 -10.8 -11.6 94 0.8 -11.1 288 25 319.9 320.5 291.7 330.2 3.14 12 450 6700 -16.1 -22.7 57 6.6 -17.9 285 36 322.9 323.2 291.0 327.7 1.37 13 400 7574 -23.1 -34.7 34 11.6 -25.1 281 37 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.8 0.50 14 350 8535 -31.3 -42.8 31 11.5 -32.5 275 36 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.5 0.25 15 300 9604 -40.6 -50.8 33 10.1 -41.2 271 36 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.12 16 250 10820 -49.2 -59.8 28 10.7 -49.5 281 38 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.05 17 200 12281 -47.6 -72.6 4 25.0 -48.2 282 41 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 18 150 14167 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.2 275 29 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16705 -63.4 -82.6 6 19.2 -63.6 301 8 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.27 m Freezing level: 591.77 mb = 4579.66 m = 15024.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.51 mb = 4062.39 m = 13327.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.57 % Est. max temperature: 29.03 C = 84.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.45 mb = 2303.56 m = 7557.53 ft T: 21.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.83 C/km ThetaE index: 27.53 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.61 mb = 4191.19 m = 13750.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.33 C = 84.80 F Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lifted Index: -4.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.70 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1298.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 639.54 mb = 3946.67 m = 12948.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.54 mb = 4404.52 m = 14450.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.54 mb = 11237.94 m = 36869.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1296.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.54 mb = 13971.02 m = 45836.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.7 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 311.7 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.4 neg: -6.5 tot: 37.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 23.30 Bulk Shear: 55.72 m/s