MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F014.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F014.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 2Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 38.90,-102.24 Latitude: 38.90 Longitude: -102.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 1 950 606 2 900 1085 SFC 882 1259 23.3 13.8 55 9.5 17.0 132 11 307.3 309.4 294.7 341.4 11.32 4 850 1586 22.1 13.5 58 8.7 16.3 143 24 309.3 311.5 295.3 344.2 11.48 5 800 2109 17.6 12.0 70 5.5 13.9 160 23 309.9 312.0 295.2 343.8 11.11 6 750 2657 13.5 10.1 80 3.4 11.3 190 20 311.2 313.2 295.1 343.2 10.41 7 700 3236 10.3 6.2 76 4.1 7.8 231 18 313.9 315.5 294.4 340.5 8.54 8 650 3850 7.4 -2.6 49 10.0 2.2 284 13 317.3 318.2 292.5 332.9 4.85 9 600 4504 2.7 -7.8 46 10.5 -2.1 328 14 319.2 319.9 291.9 330.8 3.54 10 550 5200 -3.5 -13.4 46 10.0 -7.4 335 17 320.0 320.5 291.2 328.2 2.47 11 500 5943 -10.1 -17.0 57 6.9 -12.4 324 17 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.6 2.02 12 450 6745 -16.2 -23.4 54 7.2 -18.1 311 17 322.8 323.1 290.9 327.3 1.29 13 400 7620 -22.2 -28.8 55 6.6 -23.5 305 26 326.2 326.4 291.5 329.4 0.89 14 350 8587 -29.7 -36.0 54 6.3 -30.6 290 32 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.6 0.51 15 300 9666 -37.8 -49.4 29 11.6 -38.6 287 40 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.14 16 250 10908 -42.3 -65.7 6 23.4 -43.1 287 52 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 17 200 12395 -48.7 -72.9 4 24.2 -49.3 276 54 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 18 150 14241 -58.8 -83.3 3 24.5 -59.0 284 47 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16732 -64.9 -87.1 3 22.2 -65.1 284 6 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.48 m Freezing level: 578.26 mb = 4806.24 m = 15768.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.77 mb = 4173.31 m = 13691.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.06 % Est. max temperature: 27.99 C = 82.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.93 mb = 2467.72 m = 8096.10 ft T: 14.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 16.96 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.44 mb = 3254.54 m = 10677.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.68 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 41.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1155.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.27 mb = 2710.56 m = 8892.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.27 mb = 4634.37 m = 15204.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.27 mb = 10900.46 m = 35762.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1149.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.27 mb = 14229.55 m = 46684.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.5 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 310.5 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 276.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 275.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.87 Bulk Rich Number: 7.12 Bulk Shear: 162.29 m/s