MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.20,-102.32 Latitude: 39.20 Longitude: -102.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 1 950 592 2 900 1073 SFC 879 1284 25.9 14.9 51 11.0 18.4 149 14 310.3 312.6 296.1 347.6 12.20 4 850 1576 23.1 13.6 55 9.5 16.7 151 19 310.3 312.5 295.7 345.7 11.57 5 800 2100 18.2 12.3 68 6.0 14.3 164 20 310.6 312.7 295.6 345.1 11.29 6 750 2650 13.7 10.0 78 3.7 11.4 186 18 311.5 313.5 295.1 343.3 10.36 7 700 3229 11.1 2.6 56 8.5 6.2 229 11 314.7 316.0 293.2 335.6 6.62 8 650 3845 8.5 -6.1 35 14.6 1.4 322 7 318.6 319.3 291.9 330.7 3.73 9 600 4500 3.1 -7.8 45 10.9 -1.9 330 14 319.7 320.4 292.1 331.3 3.55 10 550 5197 -3.1 -14.0 43 10.9 -7.3 326 19 320.4 320.9 291.2 328.3 2.36 11 500 5941 -9.6 -17.8 51 8.2 -12.3 314 22 321.4 321.7 291.1 327.8 1.89 12 450 6743 -16.4 -25.6 45 9.2 -18.7 295 22 322.7 322.9 290.7 326.4 1.06 13 400 7618 -22.7 -43.6 13 20.9 -25.4 287 25 325.5 325.6 290.6 326.3 0.20 14 350 8582 -30.0 -50.9 11 20.9 -31.7 289 30 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.10 15 300 9660 -37.6 -60.4 7 22.9 -38.7 286 34 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.04 16 250 10902 -43.0 -64.7 7 21.7 -43.7 278 48 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 17 200 12387 -49.1 -71.9 5 22.8 -49.6 275 54 355.0 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 14236 -57.6 -83.7 2 26.1 -57.8 273 43 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16730 -65.6 -87.2 3 21.6 -65.7 239 5 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.54 m Freezing level: 574.90 mb = 4849.80 m = 15911.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.16 mb = 4111.50 m = 13489.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.62 % Est. max temperature: 28.35 C = 83.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.51 mb = 2677.40 m = 8784.03 ft T: 13.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 16.86 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.27 mb = 3466.40 m = 11372.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.59 C = 88.87 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: -5.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: -5.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.80 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.14 C K Index: 37.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1407.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.89 mb = 2808.99 m = 9215.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.89 mb = 4487.57 m = 14722.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.89 mb = 11431.50 m = 37504.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1389.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.89 mb = 14621.42 m = 47969.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.2 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 315.2 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -65.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.2 neg: -12.5 tot: 126.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.20 Bulk Rich Number: 10.29 Bulk Shear: 136.76 m/s