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: 40.61,-102.35 Latitude: 40.61 Longitude: -102.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 1 950 602 2 900 1077 SFC 892 1158 22.2 18.5 79 3.7 19.6 144 16 305.2 308.0 296.8 350.6 15.20 4 850 1572 18.2 16.8 91 1.4 17.2 151 26 305.2 307.9 296.2 348.0 14.31 5 800 2090 15.6 13.6 88 1.9 14.3 176 26 307.7 310.0 295.5 345.0 12.34 6 750 2639 16.1 3.2 42 12.9 8.6 211 14 314.1 315.3 292.9 334.3 6.45 7 700 3223 13.7 -3.4 30 17.1 4.8 286 8 317.6 318.5 292.1 331.4 4.25 8 650 3841 8.5 -6.5 34 15.0 1.3 305 13 318.6 319.3 291.8 330.4 3.61 9 600 4495 2.8 -12.2 32 15.0 -3.5 314 18 319.3 319.8 291.0 327.6 2.49 10 550 5191 -3.7 -15.7 39 12.0 -8.1 313 22 319.7 320.1 290.7 326.6 2.04 11 500 5933 -10.2 -19.5 46 9.3 -13.2 302 26 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.1 1.63 12 450 6734 -16.8 -27.4 39 10.6 -19.3 289 29 322.1 322.3 290.3 325.2 0.90 13 400 7605 -23.5 -41.2 18 17.7 -25.8 285 29 324.4 324.5 290.4 325.4 0.26 14 350 8567 -30.7 -53.3 9 22.6 -32.4 290 31 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.6 0.08 15 300 9641 -39.2 -56.3 15 17.2 -40.0 285 31 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.06 16 250 10869 -45.7 -64.8 10 19.1 -46.3 284 33 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.03 17 200 12339 -50.4 -71.9 6 21.5 -50.8 272 39 352.9 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14193 -54.5 -82.7 2 28.2 -54.9 263 47 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16728 -64.1 -86.9 3 22.8 -64.3 204 2 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.07 m Freezing level: 578.53 mb = 4793.72 m = 15727.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.83 mb = 4008.08 m = 13149.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.07 % Est. max temperature: 31.36 C = 88.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.42 mb = 1628.39 m = 5342.43 ft T: 17.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.82 C/km ThetaE index: 25.39 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.85 mb = 3296.70 m = 10815.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.36 C = 93.84 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: -6.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.82 C Showalter Index: -6.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.49 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.46 C Cross Totals Index: 27.03 C K Index: 28.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 495.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1983.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 183.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.84 mb = 1933.24 m = 6342.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.84 mb = 4229.08 m = 13874.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.84 mb = 11716.12 m = 38438.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1982.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.84 mb = 15596.37 m = 51168.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.3 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 310.3 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.1 neg: -10.7 tot: 203.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.63 Bulk Rich Number: 10.07 Bulk Shear: 196.99 m/s