MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010600F014.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010600F014.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: 14 hour RUC valid 20Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 41.87,-103.46 Latitude: 41.87 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 1 950 587 2 900 1065 SFC 882 1242 25.3 17.1 60 8.2 19.5 163 17 309.4 312.0 297.1 352.1 14.05 4 850 1564 20.6 15.0 71 5.5 16.8 169 22 307.7 310.1 295.8 346.3 12.76 5 800 2085 16.5 12.0 75 4.5 13.6 174 21 308.7 310.8 294.9 342.4 11.09 6 750 2635 17.0 -0.2 31 17.2 7.6 218 10 315.0 316.0 292.0 331.0 5.04 7 700 3219 13.3 -3.9 30 17.2 4.5 265 12 317.2 318.0 291.8 330.4 4.09 8 650 3836 8.1 -6.6 35 14.7 1.1 266 14 318.1 318.8 291.7 329.9 3.60 9 600 4489 2.3 -8.7 44 11.1 -2.6 262 17 318.8 319.5 291.6 329.6 3.29 10 550 5184 -4.0 -11.6 56 7.6 -7.1 274 18 319.3 319.9 291.3 328.8 2.87 11 500 5926 -10.8 -17.7 57 6.9 -13.1 296 21 319.9 320.2 290.6 326.3 1.90 12 450 6723 -18.0 -25.3 53 7.3 -19.7 299 23 320.6 320.8 290.1 324.4 1.09 13 400 7591 -24.5 -35.9 34 11.4 -26.2 277 23 323.2 323.2 290.2 324.8 0.44 14 350 8548 -32.2 -42.5 35 10.3 -33.3 269 26 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.2 0.26 15 300 9614 -41.2 -52.5 28 11.4 -41.8 272 33 327.3 327.4 291.0 327.7 0.10 16 250 10833 -46.9 -63.4 14 16.5 -47.4 269 30 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.03 17 200 12298 -50.4 -72.2 6 21.8 -50.8 263 28 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14167 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 270 35 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.00 19 100 16717 -61.2 -76.6 11 15.4 -61.4 317 11 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.25 m Freezing level: 581.60 mb = 4744.86 m = 15566.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.56 mb = 4019.28 m = 13186.45 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.57 % Est. max temperature: 31.51 C = 88.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.44 mb = 2274.00 m = 7460.52 ft T: 16.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.90 C/km ThetaE index: 27.69 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.95 mb = 3547.06 m = 11637.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.36 C = 92.04 F Cap Strength: 5.21 C Lifted Index: -6.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.13 C Showalter Index: -6.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.40 C Cross Totals Index: 25.86 C K Index: 29.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 535.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1958.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 225.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.54 mb = 2493.55 m = 8180.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.54 mb = 4387.12 m = 14393.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.54 mb = 11745.96 m = 38536.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1938.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.54 mb = 15187.06 m = 49825.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.6 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 291.6 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.0 neg: -4.2 tot: 80.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 18.95 Bulk Shear: 103.35 m/s