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: 39.50,-103.30 Latitude: 39.50 Longitude: -103.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 1 950 584 2 900 1067 SFC 851 1557 24.5 12.7 48 11.8 16.6 164 10 311.7 313.7 295.6 345.2 10.89 4 850 1572 25.2 13.0 47 12.2 17.0 161 12 312.5 314.6 295.9 346.8 11.13 5 800 2101 20.7 11.6 56 9.1 14.7 177 18 313.2 315.3 295.9 346.6 10.81 6 750 2655 15.8 10.3 69 5.6 12.2 197 17 313.8 315.8 295.8 346.4 10.52 7 700 3237 11.2 8.4 83 2.8 9.4 226 16 314.9 316.8 295.7 345.8 9.92 8 650 3852 6.5 4.1 84 2.5 5.1 262 14 316.3 317.9 294.6 341.2 7.91 9 600 4504 1.6 -3.7 68 5.3 -1.0 287 10 318.0 318.9 292.7 333.6 4.86 10 550 5197 -4.1 -10.4 62 6.2 -6.7 331 6 319.2 319.8 291.6 329.6 3.16 11 500 5941 -10.2 -13.7 75 3.5 -11.5 305 9 320.6 321.1 291.6 329.4 2.65 12 450 6742 -16.0 -18.0 85 2.0 -16.6 283 20 323.1 323.5 291.7 330.1 2.06 13 400 7618 -22.8 -26.3 73 3.5 -23.6 280 24 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.3 1.11 14 350 8581 -30.6 -35.1 65 4.4 -31.3 278 25 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.5 0.55 15 300 9656 -38.6 -49.0 32 10.5 -39.3 287 38 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.15 16 250 10892 -43.2 -64.8 8 21.6 -44.0 286 56 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.03 17 200 12378 -48.5 -73.0 4 24.5 -49.1 281 54 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 18 150 14232 -57.2 -84.3 2 27.1 -57.5 289 42 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16737 -64.3 -86.9 3 22.6 -64.5 308 3 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.05 m Freezing level: 586.04 mb = 4697.27 m = 15410.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.49 mb = 4389.17 m = 14399.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.43 % Est. max temperature: 27.54 C = 81.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 715.58 mb = 3051.35 m = 10010.87 ft T: 12.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 17.38 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.73 mb = 3505.23 m = 11499.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.19 C = 82.74 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -6.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: -6.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.35 C Cross Totals Index: 23.18 C K Index: 45.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1702.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.16 mb = 3235.17 m = 10613.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.16 mb = 3786.23 m = 12421.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.16 mb = 11299.69 m = 37072.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1699.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.16 mb = 14875.45 m = 48803.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -52.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 111.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 32.13 Bulk Shear: 52.98 m/s