MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011500F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 3Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.8,-103.56 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -103.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 1 950 594 2 900 1072 SFC 871 1354 20.9 16.8 77 4.1 18.1 116 10 305.9 308.5 296.1 347.6 13.93 4 850 1572 22.2 14.9 63 7.3 17.2 137 21 309.4 311.8 296.1 347.8 12.63 5 800 2098 20.2 11.8 58 8.5 14.6 169 22 312.7 314.8 295.8 346.5 10.93 6 750 2652 16.5 7.5 55 9.0 10.9 200 18 314.5 316.2 294.7 341.7 8.72 7 700 3235 11.8 2.1 51 9.7 6.3 232 16 315.5 316.8 293.2 335.7 6.38 8 650 3849 6.5 -2.3 53 8.8 1.9 265 19 316.3 317.3 292.3 332.1 4.97 9 600 4499 1.1 -5.7 60 6.8 -2.1 287 20 317.4 318.2 291.9 330.8 4.16 10 550 5193 -4.4 -9.2 69 4.8 -6.4 295 18 318.9 319.6 291.8 330.3 3.47 11 500 5935 -10.3 -13.5 77 3.2 -11.5 296 18 320.5 321.0 291.6 329.5 2.71 12 450 6737 -16.5 -19.3 79 2.8 -17.4 290 21 322.5 322.8 291.3 328.7 1.84 13 400 7611 -23.0 -26.2 75 3.2 -23.7 276 26 325.1 325.4 291.5 329.1 1.13 14 350 8574 -30.5 -34.1 71 3.6 -31.0 267 29 327.6 327.7 291.7 329.8 0.61 15 300 9646 -39.9 -44.1 64 4.2 -40.3 269 30 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.25 16 250 10868 -46.2 -63.7 12 17.4 -46.7 288 46 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.03 17 200 12337 -49.9 -72.4 5 22.6 -50.3 281 40 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 18 150 14202 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 278 41 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16739 -63.5 -87.0 3 23.5 -63.7 328 4 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.77 m Freezing level: 589.83 mb = 4640.49 m = 15224.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.57 mb = 4147.52 m = 13607.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.95 mb = 1884.42 m = 6182.41 ft T: 21.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.17 C/km ThetaE index: 19.07 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.82 mb = 3392.53 m = 11130.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.40 C = 86.72 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: -6.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: -6.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.64 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.48 C Cross Totals Index: 25.17 C K Index: 37.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 482.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1980.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.85 mb = 2847.52 m = 9342.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.85 mb = 3876.14 m = 12716.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.85 mb = 11774.28 m = 38629.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1966.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.85 mb = 15201.71 m = 49873.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.5 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 292.5 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 282.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 282.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.08 Bulk Rich Number: 13.51 Bulk Shear: 146.51 m/s