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: 39.81,-103.19 Latitude: 39.81 Longitude: -103.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 1 950 579 2 900 1064 SFC 861 1453 28.3 14.1 42 14.1 18.5 169 14 314.5 316.8 296.9 351.3 11.84 4 850 1570 25.6 12.8 45 12.8 17.0 169 16 313.0 315.1 296.0 347.0 11.01 5 800 2099 20.2 11.7 58 8.5 14.6 175 16 312.7 314.8 295.8 346.2 10.87 6 750 2652 15.7 8.6 63 7.1 11.2 187 14 313.6 315.4 295.0 342.9 9.42 7 700 3234 12.9 0.3 42 12.6 5.9 260 6 316.8 317.8 292.9 334.5 5.57 8 650 3853 9.0 -7.0 31 16.0 1.3 327 11 319.1 319.8 291.9 330.5 3.47 9 600 4508 3.3 -13.5 28 16.8 -3.5 326 17 320.0 320.4 291.0 327.5 2.25 10 550 5204 -3.1 -16.0 36 12.9 -7.9 317 20 320.4 320.7 290.9 327.1 1.99 11 500 5949 -9.8 -20.1 43 10.3 -13.0 304 20 321.1 321.4 290.7 326.4 1.56 12 450 6750 -16.5 -24.1 52 7.6 -18.4 285 18 322.5 322.7 290.7 326.7 1.21 13 400 7623 -23.5 -33.4 40 9.9 -25.2 271 19 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.5 0.57 14 350 8584 -31.1 -43.8 28 12.6 -32.4 274 26 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.6 0.23 15 300 9657 -38.5 -57.5 12 19.0 -39.5 272 37 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.3 0.05 16 250 10891 -44.3 -64.7 9 20.4 -44.9 273 47 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.03 17 200 12374 -48.3 -73.6 4 25.3 -48.8 274 49 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.01 18 150 14233 -56.4 -82.8 2 26.3 -56.8 264 38 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16737 -64.3 -86.8 3 22.5 -64.5 312 3 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.21 m Freezing level: 574.27 mb = 4866.29 m = 15965.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.38 mb = 4025.98 m = 13208.44 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.03 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 700.80 mb = 3224.75 m = 10579.76 ft T: 12.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.36 C/km ThetaE index: 24.90 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.65 mb = 3932.98 m = 12903.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.74 C = 90.94 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: -5.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.39 C Showalter Index: -5.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.05 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.42 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 35.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 500.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1671.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.14 mb = 3232.72 m = 10605.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.14 mb = 4572.93 m = 15002.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.14 mb = 11587.24 m = 38015.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1651.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.14 mb = 14877.41 m = 48809.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.9 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 316.9 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -167.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.8 neg: -9.6 tot: 44.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 17.79 Bulk Shear: 93.99 m/s