MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F002.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F002.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: 2 hour RUC valid 20Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 40.04,-102.61 Latitude: 40.04 Longitude: -102.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 1 950 603 2 900 1081 SFC 884 1235 24.6 18.7 70 5.9 20.4 166 13 308.4 311.3 297.8 355.5 15.56 4 850 1580 20.4 16.8 79 3.7 17.9 166 19 307.6 310.2 296.8 350.7 14.28 5 800 2101 16.2 14.2 88 2.0 14.9 179 22 308.5 310.9 296.1 347.4 12.85 6 750 2648 12.5 10.4 86 2.2 11.2 191 25 310.2 312.2 294.9 342.6 10.59 7 700 3224 9.4 4.6 72 4.8 6.6 193 20 312.9 314.3 293.4 336.6 7.62 8 650 3836 6.5 -1.8 55 8.3 2.1 200 9 316.3 317.3 292.4 332.8 5.16 9 600 4488 2.0 -6.5 53 8.5 -2.0 272 8 318.5 319.2 292.0 331.2 3.93 10 550 5184 -3.5 -9.9 61 6.4 -6.2 287 16 319.9 320.6 291.9 330.7 3.27 11 500 5927 -10.3 -13.2 79 2.9 -11.3 287 21 320.5 321.1 291.6 329.7 2.77 12 450 6728 -16.3 -22.1 61 5.9 -17.9 273 24 322.8 323.0 291.0 327.7 1.44 13 400 7603 -22.9 -33.0 39 10.2 -24.7 264 27 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.4 0.59 14 350 8566 -30.9 -41.1 36 10.2 -32.0 265 29 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.2 0.30 15 300 9640 -37.9 -58.2 10 20.3 -38.9 257 35 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.05 16 250 10880 -43.7 -66.5 6 22.8 -44.4 253 39 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.02 17 200 12357 -49.8 -72.9 5 23.1 -50.3 266 51 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 14212 -56.3 -82.9 2 26.5 -56.6 252 43 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16724 -63.2 -86.9 3 23.7 -63.4 3 1 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.36 m Freezing level: 581.69 mb = 4742.70 m = 15559.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.04 mb = 4167.98 m = 13674.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.87 % Est. max temperature: 27.13 C = 80.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.69 mb = 1976.06 m = 6483.05 ft T: 17.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 28.13 C Layer 850.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.01 mb = 2282.67 m = 7489.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.21 C = 77.39 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -7.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: -7.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.76 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.72 C Cross Totals Index: 27.04 C K Index: 42.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 567.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2214.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.40 mb = 2170.99 m = 7122.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.40 mb = 2442.28 m = 8012.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.40 mb = 12084.90 m = 39648.13 ft B at Equ Level: 2193.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.40 mb = 15677.46 m = 51434.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.3 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 266.3 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -12.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.0 neg: -47.2 tot: 44.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.27 Bulk Rich Number: 40.58 Bulk Shear: 54.57 m/s