MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010900F040.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508010900F040.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: 40 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 40.39,-100.36 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -100.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 567 SFC 927 783 25.5 17.7 62 7.8 20.0 124 10 305.2 307.7 295.8 346.6 13.85 3 900 1046 25.9 15.7 53 10.2 18.9 144 23 308.2 310.6 295.8 346.3 12.58 4 850 1547 22.3 14.6 62 7.7 17.0 168 26 309.5 311.8 296.0 347.2 12.37 5 800 2072 18.4 13.8 74 4.6 15.3 196 25 310.8 313.2 296.4 349.0 12.50 6 750 2623 15.1 9.7 70 5.4 11.7 224 21 313.0 314.9 295.4 344.4 10.16 7 700 3205 12.7 -3.6 32 16.3 4.4 306 13 316.6 317.4 291.7 330.1 4.20 8 650 3821 7.7 -11.3 25 19.0 -0.6 327 15 317.6 318.1 290.5 325.8 2.47 9 600 4473 1.8 -14.6 28 16.4 -4.6 313 16 318.2 318.6 290.3 325.1 2.05 10 550 5165 -4.4 -16.3 39 11.9 -8.7 293 19 318.8 319.2 290.4 325.3 1.94 11 500 5906 -10.9 -20.4 45 9.5 -13.7 295 20 319.8 320.1 290.3 325.0 1.51 12 450 6707 -16.8 -25.5 47 8.7 -18.9 304 24 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.9 1.07 13 400 7578 -23.6 -28.8 62 5.2 -24.6 308 29 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.5 0.89 14 350 8537 -31.7 -34.7 75 3.0 -32.1 296 37 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.2 0.58 15 300 9606 -40.7 -43.4 76 2.6 -40.9 288 50 327.9 328.0 291.4 329.0 0.27 16 250 10824 -48.9 -63.0 18 14.1 -49.3 301 41 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.03 17 200 12275 -51.2 -71.4 7 20.1 -51.6 288 44 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14144 -53.1 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.6 293 33 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16686 -63.0 -84.7 4 21.7 -63.1 303 15 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.16 m Freezing level: 585.45 mb = 4674.21 m = 15335.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.75 mb = 3748.08 m = 12296.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.96 C = 89.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.01 mb = 1784.65 m = 5855.08 ft T: 20.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 23.96 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.84 mb = 3326.58 m = 10913.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.85 C = 98.34 F Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lifted Index: -6.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.97 C Showalter Index: -6.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.59 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.16 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 31.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 563.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2273.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 184.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.98 mb = 2365.37 m = 7760.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.98 mb = 4101.80 m = 13457.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.98 mb = 12020.04 m = 39435.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2254.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.98 mb = 15649.12 m = 51341.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.6 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 299.6 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 346.6 neg: -2.9 tot: 343.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.82 Bulk Rich Number: 13.82 Bulk Shear: 164.45 m/s