MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.83,-103.06 Latitude: 38.83 Longitude: -103.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 1 950 588 2 900 1071 SFC 867 1403 26.2 17.0 57 9.1 19.7 147 13 311.8 314.5 297.8 355.5 14.25 4 850 1575 23.7 14.9 58 8.8 17.7 153 14 311.0 313.4 296.5 349.7 12.65 5 800 2101 18.5 13.5 72 5.0 15.1 161 14 310.9 313.2 296.3 348.4 12.25 6 750 2651 14.5 9.8 73 4.7 11.4 186 12 312.3 314.2 295.2 343.7 10.18 7 700 3232 11.7 1.2 48 10.5 5.8 264 7 315.4 316.6 292.9 334.3 5.97 8 650 3848 8.4 -6.9 33 15.3 1.1 313 13 318.4 319.1 291.7 329.9 3.51 9 600 4502 3.0 -8.9 41 11.9 -2.4 301 15 319.5 320.2 291.7 330.2 3.25 10 550 5199 -3.2 -12.3 49 9.1 -6.8 289 18 320.3 320.9 291.5 329.4 2.71 11 500 5944 -9.1 -19.5 43 10.4 -12.5 285 21 321.9 322.2 291.0 327.5 1.63 12 450 6748 -15.7 -30.9 26 15.2 -19.0 283 20 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.8 0.64 13 400 7624 -22.5 -32.6 39 10.1 -24.4 270 23 325.7 325.9 291.2 328.0 0.62 14 350 8589 -29.9 -43.7 25 13.7 -31.4 271 29 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.23 15 300 9671 -36.3 -60.6 6 24.3 -37.5 276 45 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.3 0.04 16 250 10914 -43.7 -63.5 9 19.8 -44.4 264 51 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.03 17 200 12390 -50.0 -72.3 6 22.3 -50.5 266 53 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14237 -58.2 -83.0 3 24.8 -58.5 264 42 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16729 -65.0 -87.1 3 22.1 -65.1 43 2 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.81 m Freezing level: 575.79 mb = 4839.38 m = 15877.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.46 mb = 4045.61 m = 13272.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.60 C = 83.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.58 mb = 2554.19 m = 8379.78 ft T: 15.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.67 C/km ThetaE index: 25.66 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.29 mb = 3275.78 m = 10747.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.84 C = 85.72 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -5.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Showalter Index: -6.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.82 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 37.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1778.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.56 mb = 2757.77 m = 9047.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.56 mb = 4161.09 m = 13651.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.56 mb = 11894.27 m = 39022.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1766.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.56 mb = 15840.45 m = 51969.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.9 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 303.9 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 162.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.2 neg: -4.2 tot: 70.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 19.97 Bulk Shear: 89.07 m/s