MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010300F024.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010300F024.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: 24 hour RUC valid 3Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.02,-102.37 Latitude: 40.02 Longitude: -102.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 1 950 607 2 900 1084 SFC 891 1176 22.4 14.8 62 7.6 17.3 168 11 305.5 307.8 294.7 341.4 11.97 4 850 1583 21.1 14.4 66 6.7 16.5 180 27 308.2 310.5 295.6 345.3 12.24 5 800 2105 17.5 13.1 76 4.3 14.6 202 27 309.8 312.0 295.8 346.3 11.97 6 750 2655 14.5 10.8 79 3.7 12.1 228 25 312.3 314.4 295.7 345.9 10.92 7 700 3236 11.8 4.2 60 7.5 7.3 254 19 315.5 316.9 294.0 338.9 7.43 8 650 3852 7.7 -5.0 40 12.7 1.4 285 9 317.7 318.4 291.9 330.8 4.06 9 600 4504 2.2 -8.9 44 11.0 -2.8 324 7 318.6 319.2 291.5 329.3 3.26 10 550 5199 -4.1 -11.8 55 7.7 -7.2 334 8 319.3 319.8 291.3 328.5 2.82 11 500 5940 -10.5 -16.6 60 6.2 -12.6 320 9 320.3 320.7 290.9 327.3 2.08 12 450 6741 -16.7 -20.5 72 3.8 -17.7 309 17 322.3 322.6 291.2 328.0 1.67 13 400 7615 -22.9 -24.8 84 1.9 -23.3 296 25 325.3 325.5 291.6 329.8 1.28 14 350 8580 -30.2 -34.7 65 4.5 -30.9 277 33 328.0 328.1 291.7 330.1 0.58 15 300 9655 -39.3 -45.8 50 6.5 -39.8 279 37 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.21 16 250 10878 -47.2 -61.5 18 14.3 -47.6 289 40 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.1 0.04 17 200 12340 -51.3 -70.8 8 19.5 -51.7 289 40 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14195 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -53.9 283 35 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16725 -64.3 -85.3 4 21.0 -64.5 309 10 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.30 m Freezing level: 582.73 mb = 4744.24 m = 15564.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.10 mb = 4066.36 m = 13340.93 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.70 % Est. max temperature: 29.54 C = 85.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.86 mb = 2149.18 m = 7051.04 ft T: 17.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.22 C/km ThetaE index: 18.98 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.11 mb = 3342.08 m = 10964.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.44 C = 90.39 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: -5.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.61 C Showalter Index: -5.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.53 C Cross Totals Index: 24.87 C K Index: 38.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1695.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 162.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.71 mb = 2456.00 m = 8057.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.71 mb = 4333.39 m = 14217.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.71 mb = 11936.48 m = 39161.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1670.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.71 mb = 14959.14 m = 49077.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.2 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 286.2 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -64.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 238.2 neg: -3.4 tot: 234.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.50 Bulk Rich Number: 24.66 Bulk Shear: 68.77 m/s