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: 40.54,-102.77 Latitude: 40.54 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 142 1 950 598 2 900 1078 SFC 880 1279 26.0 17.0 58 9.0 19.7 153 16 310.3 313.0 297.3 353.1 14.03 4 850 1579 21.7 15.2 66 6.5 17.2 159 20 308.9 311.3 296.2 347.9 12.87 5 800 2102 17.1 13.2 78 3.9 14.5 175 20 309.4 311.7 295.7 346.0 12.02 6 750 2650 13.7 9.1 74 4.6 10.8 196 18 311.5 313.3 294.7 341.4 9.73 7 700 3231 13.4 -2.9 32 16.2 4.9 257 12 317.3 318.1 292.2 331.5 4.43 8 650 3849 8.8 -7.0 32 15.8 1.2 294 16 318.9 319.6 291.8 330.3 3.48 9 600 4504 3.0 -13.5 28 16.5 -3.7 307 21 319.6 320.1 290.9 327.1 2.25 10 550 5200 -3.7 -18.0 32 14.3 -8.7 314 23 319.7 320.0 290.4 325.4 1.69 11 500 5942 -10.3 -25.3 28 15.0 -14.3 304 24 320.5 320.7 289.9 323.9 0.98 12 450 6743 -16.8 -34.4 20 17.7 -20.1 283 25 322.2 322.2 289.9 323.8 0.46 13 400 7614 -23.8 -41.8 17 18.0 -26.1 280 26 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.0 0.24 14 350 8574 -30.9 -51.7 11 20.8 -32.6 277 32 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.09 15 300 9647 -39.5 -55.6 16 16.1 -40.3 270 37 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.07 16 250 10874 -45.5 -64.7 10 19.3 -46.0 270 44 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.03 17 200 12356 -48.3 -73.5 4 25.2 -48.8 273 42 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 18 150 14214 -55.8 -82.4 2 26.5 -56.2 254 40 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16737 -63.7 -86.7 3 23.0 -63.8 32 2 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.07 m Freezing level: 577.40 mb = 4818.79 m = 15809.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.75 mb = 4005.12 m = 13140.00 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.87 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 771.69 mb = 2407.70 m = 7899.20 ft T: 15.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.73 C/km ThetaE index: 29.30 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.15 mb = 3508.17 m = 11509.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.41 C = 92.14 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: -6.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.44 C Showalter Index: -6.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.50 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.02 C Cross Totals Index: 25.49 C K Index: 30.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 511.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1990.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.93 mb = 2515.82 m = 8253.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 606.93 mb = 4410.27 m = 14469.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.93 mb = 11816.24 m = 38766.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1964.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.93 mb = 15253.41 m = 50043.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.9 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 307.9 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 162.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.84 Bulk Rich Number: 13.45 Bulk Shear: 148.00 m/s