MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 23Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 39.79,-103.99 Latitude: 39.79 Longitude: -103.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 545 2 900 1035 SFC 852 1530 31.3 7.3 22 23.9 16.0 167 11 318.7 320.2 295.0 342.8 7.58 4 850 1547 30.0 6.7 23 23.3 15.3 171 11 317.6 319.0 294.4 340.6 7.25 5 800 2082 24.7 5.5 29 19.2 12.9 177 12 317.5 318.8 294.3 340.0 7.09 6 750 2641 19.3 3.7 36 15.6 10.0 187 11 317.5 318.8 294.0 338.8 6.69 7 700 3228 14.1 0.2 39 13.8 6.3 218 8 318.1 319.1 293.3 335.8 5.56 8 650 3847 8.6 -4.4 40 13.0 2.1 271 8 318.7 319.6 292.4 332.6 4.26 9 600 4502 2.8 -8.5 43 11.3 -2.4 300 11 319.3 320.0 291.8 330.3 3.35 10 550 5197 -3.7 -11.4 55 7.8 -6.8 306 14 319.7 320.3 291.5 329.3 2.90 11 500 5941 -10.0 -14.5 70 4.5 -11.7 296 15 320.8 321.3 291.5 329.1 2.48 12 450 6743 -16.3 -18.6 83 2.2 -17.0 282 20 322.7 323.1 291.6 329.4 1.97 13 400 7617 -23.2 -25.5 82 2.3 -23.7 272 25 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.1 1.21 14 350 8579 -31.0 -36.8 57 5.8 -31.7 271 27 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.7 0.47 15 300 9651 -39.6 -54.4 19 14.8 -40.4 279 36 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.8 0.08 16 250 10879 -45.0 -64.2 10 19.2 -45.6 283 52 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.03 17 200 12362 -47.9 -72.9 4 25.0 -48.5 277 51 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 18 150 14222 -56.6 -83.2 2 26.6 -56.9 274 41 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16728 -64.4 -87.1 3 22.6 -64.6 219 3 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.40 m Freezing level: 578.55 mb = 4799.96 m = 15747.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.75 mb = 4144.88 m = 13598.51 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.57 % Est. max temperature: 30.61 C = 87.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 600.64 mb = 4492.89 m = 14740.29 ft T: 2.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.88 C/km ThetaE index: 13.73 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 585.64 mb = 4695.22 m = 15404.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.95 C = 89.51 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Showalter Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.76 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 40.04 C Cross Totals Index: 16.72 C K Index: 32.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 943.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 600.83 mb = 4490.42 m = 14732.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 565.83 mb = 4970.38 m = 16306.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.83 mb = 10991.11 m = 36059.63 ft B at Equ Level: 930.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.83 mb = 13194.66 m = 43289.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.4 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 301.4 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 31.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 19.63 Bulk Shear: 48.05 m/s