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: 40.27,-103.86 Latitude: 40.27 Longitude: -103.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 565 2 900 1051 SFC 870 1353 30.3 12.6 34 17.7 18.3 151 11 315.8 317.8 296.4 348.8 10.57 4 850 1558 26.3 10.9 38 15.4 16.2 152 13 313.7 315.6 295.2 343.7 9.66 5 800 2087 20.9 9.8 49 11.1 13.7 157 13 313.4 315.2 295.0 343.0 9.53 6 750 2640 15.8 7.8 59 8.0 10.8 165 11 313.7 315.4 294.7 341.4 8.89 7 700 3222 11.5 4.0 60 7.5 7.1 199 3 315.2 316.6 293.9 338.3 7.32 8 650 3838 7.9 -1.6 51 9.5 2.8 326 8 317.9 318.9 293.0 334.7 5.25 9 600 4492 2.7 -7.1 49 9.8 -1.9 313 13 319.3 320.0 292.1 331.5 3.75 10 550 5188 -3.3 -12.8 48 9.5 -7.1 301 17 320.2 320.7 291.4 328.8 2.61 11 500 5933 -9.9 -18.2 51 8.3 -12.6 289 19 321.0 321.3 290.9 327.2 1.82 12 450 6733 -16.9 -25.9 45 9.0 -19.0 281 20 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.6 1.03 13 400 7604 -24.1 -35.8 33 11.7 -25.9 275 20 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.3 0.45 14 350 8562 -31.9 -38.4 53 6.5 -32.7 272 28 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.1 0.39 15 300 9631 -40.1 -60.2 10 20.1 -40.9 261 33 328.8 328.9 291.5 329.0 0.04 16 250 10858 -45.7 -64.0 11 18.3 -46.3 268 43 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.03 17 200 12337 -47.9 -74.8 3 26.9 -48.5 271 50 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 18 150 14207 -54.7 -82.4 2 27.7 -55.1 250 33 375.8 375.8 301.5 375.8 0.00 19 100 16725 -63.4 -86.7 3 23.3 -63.6 18 3 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.22 m Freezing level: 577.44 mb = 4805.98 m = 15767.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.79 mb = 4226.70 m = 13866.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.65 % Est. max temperature: 29.18 C = 84.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 671.95 mb = 3561.84 m = 11685.67 ft T: 9.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.89 C/km ThetaE index: 23.54 C Layer 850.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 636.43 mb = 4010.34 m = 13157.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.67 C = 90.81 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: -4.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: -4.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.75 C K Index: 39.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1548.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 676.39 mb = 3507.15 m = 11506.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.39 mb = 4607.46 m = 15116.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.39 mb = 11370.63 m = 37304.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1533.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.39 mb = 14574.47 m = 47815.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.2 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 308.2 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -139.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.8 neg: -11.7 tot: 15.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 21.60 Bulk Shear: 71.66 m/s