MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011200F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 3Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 41.11,-102.77 Latitude: 41.11 Longitude: -102.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 1 950 613 2 900 1086 SFC 884 1240 19.9 17.4 86 2.4 18.2 146 14 303.5 306.2 295.7 346.0 14.32 4 850 1579 17.6 16.6 94 1.0 16.9 155 31 304.6 307.2 295.9 346.7 14.12 5 800 2098 16.6 14.0 84 2.7 14.8 188 30 308.9 311.3 296.0 347.3 12.65 6 750 2648 16.0 7.6 57 8.4 10.8 227 25 314.0 315.7 294.7 341.4 8.80 7 700 3231 12.3 0.5 44 11.8 5.8 253 17 316.1 317.2 292.9 334.2 5.68 8 650 3847 7.2 -2.7 49 10.0 2.1 274 14 317.1 318.1 292.4 332.6 4.81 9 600 4498 1.4 -5.0 62 6.5 -1.7 289 12 317.8 318.6 292.2 331.9 4.38 10 550 5192 -4.8 -7.5 81 2.8 -6.0 300 12 318.4 319.2 292.0 331.2 3.94 11 500 5932 -11.0 -11.6 95 0.6 -11.2 309 15 319.6 320.2 291.7 330.0 3.14 12 450 6731 -17.4 -19.1 87 1.7 -17.9 306 19 321.4 321.7 291.1 327.7 1.88 13 400 7603 -23.1 -32.1 43 9.0 -24.8 285 24 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.3 0.64 14 350 8565 -30.7 -37.4 52 6.6 -31.6 278 35 327.3 327.4 291.4 328.9 0.44 15 300 9638 -39.7 -48.3 39 8.7 -40.2 276 41 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.16 16 250 10862 -47.2 -61.8 17 14.6 -47.6 298 34 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.04 17 200 12326 -49.5 -73.1 5 23.7 -50.0 270 42 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.4 0.01 18 150 14191 -55.0 -82.0 2 27.0 -55.4 286 35 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16733 -63.0 -87.0 3 24.0 -63.1 299 6 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.85 m Freezing level: 588.50 mb = 4657.63 m = 15280.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.82 mb = 4194.34 m = 13760.79 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.62 C = 87.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.20 mb = 1546.73 m = 5074.52 ft T: 17.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.64 C/km ThetaE index: 20.03 C Layer 750.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.18 mb = 3121.12 m = 10239.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.66 C = 88.98 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: -6.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.64 C Showalter Index: -6.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.59 C Cross Totals Index: 27.60 C K Index: 33.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 498.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2073.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.84 mb = 2014.27 m = 6608.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.84 mb = 4064.40 m = 13334.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.84 mb = 11917.75 m = 39099.74 ft B at Equ Level: 2046.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.84 mb = 15443.37 m = 50666.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.8 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 287.8 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 354.2 neg: -1.8 tot: 352.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.58 Bulk Rich Number: 13.39 Bulk Shear: 154.91 m/s