MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F000.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: RUC analysis for 1500Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 41.27,-103.27 Latitude: 41.27 Longitude: -103.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 1 950 617 2 900 1086 SFC 870 1374 18.1 15.1 83 3.0 16.1 168 14 303.0 305.3 294.3 340.0 12.48 4 850 1575 15.4 13.9 91 1.5 14.4 166 20 302.3 304.4 293.6 337.2 11.80 5 800 2089 14.2 13.2 94 0.9 13.6 188 27 306.3 308.5 294.9 342.5 12.04 6 750 2635 14.4 6.3 58 8.1 9.5 203 24 312.2 313.7 293.6 337.0 8.00 7 700 3215 11.4 -1.3 41 12.7 4.6 232 16 315.1 316.1 292.0 330.9 4.97 8 650 3829 6.5 -2.5 52 9.0 1.8 263 13 316.3 317.3 292.3 332.0 4.90 9 600 4480 1.8 -6.9 53 8.7 -2.3 286 17 318.2 318.9 291.9 330.5 3.80 10 550 5174 -4.1 -14.3 45 10.1 -8.0 295 24 319.2 319.6 290.8 326.8 2.30 11 500 5915 -10.7 -19.9 47 9.2 -13.6 296 25 320.0 320.3 290.3 325.3 1.57 12 450 6715 -16.5 -27.3 39 10.7 -19.1 288 24 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.6 0.91 13 400 7589 -23.2 -39.6 21 16.4 -25.5 272 21 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.0 0.31 14 350 8551 -30.3 -38.9 43 8.6 -31.4 250 36 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.3 0.37 15 300 9627 -38.8 -43.8 59 5.0 -39.2 239 52 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.7 0.26 16 250 10853 -46.8 -55.8 35 9.0 -47.2 244 53 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.08 17 200 12325 -49.1 -73.4 4 24.3 -49.6 255 43 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 14178 -55.9 -82.9 2 27.0 -56.2 260 39 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16705 -63.7 -87.0 3 23.3 -63.8 318 7 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.76 m Freezing level: 584.99 mb = 4688.09 m = 15380.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.62 mb = 4113.84 m = 13496.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.25 % Est. max temperature: 28.53 C = 83.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.84 mb = 1748.13 m = 5735.27 ft T: 14.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.21 C/km ThetaE index: 11.51 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.75 mb = 3337.31 m = 10949.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.95 C = 85.91 F Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lifted Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.79 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.12 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 27.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1000.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 216.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.38 mb = 2137.93 m = 7014.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 580.38 mb = 4744.95 m = 15567.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.38 mb = 11112.00 m = 36456.25 ft B at Equ Level: 995.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.38 mb = 13747.01 m = 45101.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.7 neg: -5.1 tot: 166.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.05 Bulk Rich Number: 8.87 Bulk Shear: 112.75 m/s