MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041200F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508041200F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 19Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.68,-103.11 Latitude: 39.68 Longitude: -103.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 510 2 900 999 SFC 855 1453 31.8 11.6 29 20.2 18.2 179 11 318.9 320.9 296.8 350.9 10.10 4 850 1510 28.8 10.1 31 18.7 16.5 168 12 316.3 318.1 295.6 345.1 9.16 5 800 2043 23.2 8.9 40 14.3 14.0 175 14 315.8 317.6 295.3 343.9 8.96 6 750 2600 17.9 7.3 50 10.6 11.2 186 14 316.0 317.7 295.0 342.9 8.57 7 700 3186 13.0 3.8 54 9.2 7.5 202 14 316.9 318.2 294.2 339.6 7.19 8 650 3803 8.3 -3.6 43 11.9 2.2 220 14 318.4 319.3 292.5 333.0 4.53 9 600 4457 2.8 -11.0 35 13.8 -3.1 243 13 319.4 319.9 291.3 328.5 2.76 10 550 5154 -3.0 -15.5 37 12.5 -7.7 290 15 320.5 320.9 291.0 327.5 2.08 11 500 5899 -9.6 -21.6 37 12.0 -13.2 291 21 321.4 321.6 290.6 326.1 1.36 12 450 6701 -15.6 -32.6 22 17.0 -19.1 292 33 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.6 0.55 13 400 7579 -21.0 -44.5 10 23.4 -24.1 299 41 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.4 0.18 14 350 8553 -27.3 -50.4 9 23.1 -29.5 303 42 331.9 332.0 292.3 332.4 0.11 15 300 9644 -34.9 -55.1 11 20.2 -36.2 302 55 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.07 16 250 10889 -44.4 -58.7 19 14.2 -45.0 305 69 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.06 17 200 12351 -54.1 -65.5 23 11.4 -54.3 301 74 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 14165 -60.9 -80.5 6 19.6 -61.1 273 31 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16657 -63.8 -87.4 3 23.6 -64.0 221 13 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5825.95 m Freezing level: 575.67 mb = 4796.16 m = 15735.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.94 mb = 4072.35 m = 13360.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.39 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 637.94 mb = 3956.15 m = 12979.35 ft T: 7.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.31 C/km ThetaE index: 25.26 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.70 mb = 4180.03 m = 13713.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.89 C = 89.41 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.06 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.40 C Cross Totals Index: 19.66 C K Index: 39.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 979.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.36 mb = 3861.62 m = 12669.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.36 mb = 4586.87 m = 15048.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.36 mb = 11715.61 m = 38436.57 ft B at Equ Level: 974.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.36 mb = 14572.89 m = 47810.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.1 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 294.1 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.8 neg: -7.2 tot: 55.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 13.38 Bulk Shear: 73.19 m/s