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: 40.36,-103.72 Latitude: 40.36 Longitude: -103.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 1 950 570 2 900 1054 SFC 870 1351 29.4 13.7 38 15.7 18.7 151 13 314.8 317.0 296.7 350.3 11.39 4 850 1560 25.4 12.1 44 13.3 16.5 153 15 312.8 314.8 295.6 345.2 10.50 5 800 2088 20.1 11.0 56 9.1 14.1 160 15 312.6 314.5 295.4 344.4 10.33 6 750 2640 15.1 8.9 67 6.2 11.2 169 13 313.0 314.8 295.0 342.7 9.60 7 700 3221 11.3 4.5 63 6.8 7.3 195 5 315.0 316.4 294.0 338.7 7.57 8 650 3837 7.9 -1.8 50 9.7 2.8 321 7 317.9 318.9 292.9 334.5 5.17 9 600 4491 2.7 -8.3 44 11.0 -2.3 314 13 319.3 320.0 291.9 330.5 3.41 10 550 5187 -3.4 -13.6 45 10.2 -7.4 305 18 320.1 320.6 291.2 328.2 2.44 11 500 5931 -10.0 -18.6 49 8.6 -12.8 292 20 320.9 321.2 290.8 326.8 1.76 12 450 6732 -17.0 -26.0 45 9.1 -19.1 281 21 321.9 322.1 290.4 325.5 1.02 13 400 7603 -24.1 -37.4 28 13.3 -26.1 273 22 323.7 323.7 290.3 325.1 0.38 14 350 8561 -31.9 -39.0 49 7.2 -32.7 270 29 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.2 0.37 15 300 9630 -39.9 -60.7 9 20.7 -40.8 260 34 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.04 16 250 10857 -45.4 -64.1 11 18.6 -46.0 266 40 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.03 17 200 12338 -48.0 -74.5 3 26.5 -48.6 271 48 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 18 150 14206 -54.9 -82.4 2 27.5 -55.3 250 34 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16725 -63.2 -86.7 3 23.5 -63.3 6 4 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.63 m Freezing level: 577.50 mb = 4804.36 m = 15762.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.48 mb = 4190.60 m = 13748.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.85 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.98 mb = 3316.99 m = 10882.40 ft T: 10.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km ThetaE index: 25.18 C Layer 850.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.37 mb = 3819.75 m = 12531.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.33 C = 90.20 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.90 C Showalter Index: -5.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.50 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 40.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1726.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 697.01 mb = 3256.85 m = 10685.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.01 mb = 4463.75 m = 14644.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.01 mb = 11352.93 m = 37246.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1722.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.01 mb = 14999.71 m = 49211.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.6 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 305.6 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -112.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.6 neg: -13.5 tot: 21.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 20.41 Bulk Shear: 84.59 m/s