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: 40.91,-102.85 Latitude: 40.91 Longitude: -102.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 1 950 582 2 900 1062 SFC 885 1211 26.3 17.6 59 8.7 20.1 149 18 310.1 312.8 297.5 354.1 14.43 4 850 1563 21.7 15.7 69 6.0 17.5 154 24 308.8 311.4 296.5 349.3 13.33 5 800 2085 17.4 13.5 78 3.8 14.8 168 23 309.6 312.0 296.0 347.0 12.26 6 750 2635 15.8 5.7 51 10.0 9.7 199 15 313.7 315.2 293.7 337.7 7.69 7 700 3220 14.2 -4.7 27 18.9 4.5 284 12 318.2 318.9 291.9 330.7 3.85 8 650 3839 9.2 -10.6 24 19.7 0.4 296 18 319.3 319.8 291.2 328.0 2.63 9 600 4493 3.0 -13.8 28 16.8 -3.8 305 19 319.6 320.0 290.8 326.9 2.19 10 550 5190 -3.6 -16.8 35 13.2 -8.3 306 22 319.8 320.2 290.6 326.1 1.87 11 500 5932 -10.1 -23.3 33 13.1 -13.9 299 24 320.7 320.9 290.2 324.7 1.17 12 450 6732 -16.8 -32.3 25 15.5 -19.9 286 26 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.1 0.56 13 400 7603 -24.0 -41.1 19 17.0 -26.3 279 29 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.7 0.26 14 350 8562 -31.5 -53.4 10 21.9 -33.0 277 34 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.6 0.08 15 300 9632 -40.2 -55.3 18 15.1 -40.9 274 37 328.7 328.7 291.4 329.0 0.07 16 250 10857 -45.6 -65.5 9 19.9 -46.2 281 43 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.02 17 200 12335 -48.9 -73.0 4 24.1 -49.4 275 33 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 14193 -55.4 -82.1 2 26.7 -55.8 253 41 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16723 -64.0 -87.0 3 23.0 -64.1 259 1 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.63 m Freezing level: 577.28 mb = 4809.72 m = 15779.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.54 mb = 3894.99 m = 12778.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.43 mb = 2307.34 m = 7569.91 ft T: 16.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.97 C/km ThetaE index: 29.95 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.29 mb = 3519.74 m = 11547.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.64 C = 94.36 F Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lifted Index: -6.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.90 C Showalter Index: -6.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.67 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.81 C Cross Totals Index: 25.86 C K Index: 28.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 529.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2246.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 172.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.95 mb = 2444.77 m = 8020.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.95 mb = 4332.02 m = 14212.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.95 mb = 11950.51 m = 39207.23 ft B at Equ Level: 2221.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.95 mb = 16018.56 m = 52553.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.0 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 307.0 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.7 neg: -2.0 tot: 171.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.32 Bulk Rich Number: 11.94 Bulk Shear: 188.08 m/s