MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F010.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F010.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: 10 hour RUC valid 1Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.59,-102.45 Latitude: 40.59 Longitude: -102.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 1 950 598 2 900 1074 SFC 889 1185 22.7 17.3 72 5.4 19.0 140 17 306.1 308.7 296.3 348.5 14.16 4 850 1572 19.5 16.2 81 3.3 17.2 149 26 306.6 309.1 296.1 347.8 13.72 5 800 2092 16.4 13.8 85 2.5 14.7 173 26 308.6 311.0 295.8 346.6 12.53 6 750 2640 14.4 8.8 69 5.6 10.9 205 22 312.2 314.0 294.7 341.5 9.50 7 700 3222 13.4 -2.8 32 16.2 4.9 271 10 317.3 318.1 292.2 331.5 4.43 8 650 3840 8.9 -9.9 25 18.9 0.4 314 14 319.1 319.6 291.2 328.2 2.77 9 600 4495 2.9 -13.2 29 16.2 -3.7 318 16 319.5 320.0 290.9 327.2 2.30 10 550 5191 -3.6 -14.6 42 11.0 -7.8 314 18 319.8 320.2 290.9 327.3 2.24 11 500 5933 -10.3 -18.0 53 7.7 -12.9 303 21 320.4 320.8 290.7 326.7 1.85 12 450 6734 -16.4 -26.2 42 9.8 -18.7 291 24 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.2 1.00 13 400 7608 -23.2 -32.3 43 9.1 -24.9 290 29 324.8 324.9 290.9 327.1 0.63 14 350 8569 -31.0 -47.4 19 16.4 -32.4 285 33 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.15 15 300 9640 -40.1 -53.7 22 13.6 -40.9 285 37 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.09 16 250 10864 -46.3 -64.4 11 18.1 -46.9 290 43 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.3 0.03 17 200 12335 -49.3 -72.8 5 23.5 -49.8 274 41 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.7 0.01 18 150 14194 -55.1 -82.3 2 27.2 -55.5 265 47 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.2 0.00 19 100 16730 -64.0 -86.8 3 22.8 -64.2 169 3 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.02 m Freezing level: 577.58 mb = 4807.15 m = 15771.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.76 mb = 3906.49 m = 12816.43 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.19 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.94 mb = 1870.14 m = 6135.55 ft T: 17.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.75 C/km ThetaE index: 21.32 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.75 mb = 3345.46 m = 10975.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.96 C = 93.12 F Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lifted Index: -6.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.50 C Showalter Index: -6.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.84 C Cross Totals Index: 26.50 C K Index: 29.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 493.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2037.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 162.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.87 mb = 2135.83 m = 7007.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.87 mb = 4348.14 m = 14265.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.87 mb = 11680.53 m = 38321.47 ft B at Equ Level: 2035.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.87 mb = 15544.67 m = 50998.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.9 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 304.9 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.9 neg: -11.2 tot: 263.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.50 Bulk Rich Number: 10.76 Bulk Shear: 189.39 m/s