MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 22Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.67,-102.82 Latitude: 38.67 Longitude: -102.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 1 950 588 2 900 1072 SFC 876 1312 28.9 14.9 42 14.0 19.2 151 16 313.7 316.1 297.0 351.7 12.26 4 850 1578 24.9 13.3 48 11.7 17.0 155 18 312.2 314.4 296.0 347.1 11.33 5 800 2105 19.7 12.2 62 7.5 14.7 161 18 312.2 314.3 295.9 346.7 11.22 6 750 2658 15.1 9.9 71 5.2 11.7 180 16 313.0 314.9 295.4 344.8 10.28 7 700 3239 11.2 4.9 65 6.4 7.5 218 13 314.9 316.4 294.1 339.3 7.78 8 650 3854 8.2 -5.7 37 13.9 1.4 289 14 318.2 319.0 291.9 330.7 3.85 9 600 4509 3.3 -10.2 37 13.5 -2.6 305 18 319.9 320.5 291.6 329.7 2.94 10 550 5207 -2.8 -13.4 44 10.7 -7.0 302 21 320.8 321.3 291.5 329.1 2.47 11 500 5953 -8.9 -21.5 35 12.6 -12.8 288 23 322.2 322.5 290.9 327.0 1.38 12 450 6758 -15.1 -29.5 28 14.5 -18.3 275 20 324.3 324.4 290.8 326.9 0.73 13 400 7635 -22.3 -30.7 46 8.5 -23.9 272 20 326.0 326.2 291.3 328.7 0.74 14 350 8600 -29.8 -45.4 20 15.6 -31.4 273 30 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.3 0.19 15 300 9683 -36.2 -59.5 7 23.3 -37.4 274 42 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.6 0.04 16 250 10928 -43.3 -62.9 10 19.6 -44.0 272 49 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.03 17 200 12406 -49.1 -74.0 4 24.9 -49.6 267 55 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 14253 -59.3 -82.3 4 23.1 -59.5 267 45 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16739 -66.2 -87.1 4 20.9 -66.3 44 0 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.11 m Freezing level: 572.72 mb = 4889.60 m = 16041.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.84 mb = 4073.10 m = 13363.02 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.28 % Est. max temperature: 29.09 C = 84.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 714.11 mb = 3070.47 m = 10073.59 ft T: 12.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 24.76 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.78 mb = 3531.11 m = 11584.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.59 C = 88.86 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -4.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.38 C Showalter Index: -4.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.96 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.81 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 40.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 474.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1487.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.42 mb = 3066.87 m = 10061.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.42 mb = 4381.52 m = 14374.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.42 mb = 11496.91 m = 37719.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1483.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.42 mb = 15158.06 m = 49730.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.3 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 295.3 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -174.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 107.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 12.85 Bulk Shear: 115.75 m/s