MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508262100F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508262100F000.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: RUC analysis for 2100Z 26 AUG 25 Station: 40.52,-104.60 Latitude: 40.52 Longitude: -104.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 1 950 565 2 900 1044 SFC 858 1466 21.7 16.7 73 5.0 18.2 107 4 308.1 310.8 296.8 350.7 14.08 4 850 1544 21.6 15.4 68 6.2 17.4 128 4 308.8 311.3 296.3 348.5 13.07 5 800 2067 17.9 12.7 72 5.2 14.4 126 6 310.2 312.4 295.6 345.6 11.58 6 750 2617 13.8 11.1 84 2.7 12.1 137 6 311.6 313.7 295.7 345.9 11.17 7 700 3195 9.0 7.5 90 1.6 8.0 154 5 312.5 314.2 294.6 341.2 9.31 8 650 3805 5.2 2.6 83 2.6 3.7 236 3 314.8 316.2 293.6 337.2 7.13 9 600 4456 1.4 -1.9 79 3.2 -0.3 276 9 317.7 318.8 293.2 335.5 5.56 10 550 5150 -3.4 -5.7 84 2.3 -4.6 277 12 320.0 320.9 293.0 334.7 4.54 11 500 5898 -8.0 -9.9 87 1.8 -8.8 269 13 323.2 324.0 293.1 335.2 3.62 12 450 6710 -12.6 -15.0 82 2.4 -13.5 265 13 327.4 327.9 293.4 336.4 2.64 13 400 7600 -17.9 -20.2 82 2.3 -18.6 274 19 331.7 332.1 293.9 338.5 1.91 14 350 8585 -24.4 -27.4 76 3.0 -25.1 269 27 335.8 336.1 294.3 340.0 1.15 15 300 9688 -33.2 -36.6 71 3.4 -33.6 280 33 338.7 338.8 294.5 340.8 0.56 16 250 10940 -43.9 -48.2 63 4.2 -44.2 286 45 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.5 0.19 17 200 12395 -55.2 -61.0 49 5.8 -55.4 281 53 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.05 18 150 14209 -61.4 -70.1 31 8.7 -61.5 295 46 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.02 19 100 16676 -66.7 -87.0 4 20.3 -66.8 319 18 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.18 m Freezing level: 585.81 mb = 4652.79 m = 15264.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.10 mb = 4400.34 m = 14436.64 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.56 % Est. max temperature: 25.76 C = 78.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.44 mb = 2105.40 m = 6907.39 ft T: 17.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 11.13 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.42 mb = 2861.66 m = 9388.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.40 C = 77.72 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.68 C Cross Totals Index: 23.45 C K Index: 43.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 988.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.63 mb = 2632.49 m = 8636.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.63 mb = 3033.41 m = 9952.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.63 mb = 12599.35 m = 41335.95 ft B at Equ Level: 978.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.63 mb = 14912.50 m = 48924.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.8 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 287.8 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 42.24 Bulk Shear: 23.41 m/s