MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 22Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 40.50,-102.24 Latitude: 40.50 Longitude: -102.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 1 950 618 2 900 1092 SFC 896 1131 22.4 19.1 82 3.2 20.1 145 15 304.9 307.9 297.0 351.9 15.73 4 850 1587 18.1 16.8 92 1.3 17.2 151 24 305.1 307.8 296.2 348.0 14.33 5 800 2106 15.5 14.2 92 1.3 14.7 172 27 307.7 310.1 295.8 346.5 12.86 6 750 2652 13.4 9.8 79 3.5 11.1 198 24 311.1 313.0 294.9 342.5 10.23 7 700 3232 11.8 -1.1 41 12.9 4.9 217 11 315.6 316.5 292.2 331.6 5.05 8 650 3846 6.9 -6.1 39 13.1 0.7 301 8 316.8 317.5 291.4 328.8 3.71 9 600 4497 0.8 -7.7 53 8.5 -3.1 300 16 317.0 317.7 291.3 328.6 3.57 10 550 5188 -5.2 -10.7 65 5.5 -7.5 291 25 317.9 318.5 291.2 328.0 3.08 11 500 5928 -10.8 -18.5 53 7.7 -13.3 286 33 319.9 320.2 290.5 325.9 1.78 12 450 6729 -16.1 -27.9 36 11.8 -18.8 276 33 323.0 323.2 290.6 326.0 0.86 13 400 7604 -22.2 -30.1 49 7.8 -23.8 278 32 326.1 326.2 291.4 328.9 0.78 14 350 8572 -29.1 -35.4 55 6.3 -30.0 275 25 329.5 329.6 292.1 331.5 0.54 15 300 9654 -37.5 -42.8 58 5.3 -38.0 276 24 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.6 0.29 16 250 10886 -46.0 -62.2 14 16.2 -46.6 257 28 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.04 17 200 12353 -50.4 -72.2 6 21.8 -50.8 268 46 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14205 -55.5 -82.7 2 27.2 -55.9 254 50 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.4 0.00 19 100 16737 -63.4 -86.8 3 23.4 -63.6 34 2 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.43 m Freezing level: 593.37 mb = 4588.65 m = 15054.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.07 mb = 3958.87 m = 12988.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.43 mb = 1542.06 m = 5059.18 ft T: 18.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.39 C/km ThetaE index: 26.05 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.03 mb = 2030.81 m = 6662.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.66 C = 76.39 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -7.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.66 C Showalter Index: -7.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.57 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.93 C Cross Totals Index: 27.64 C K Index: 32.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 548.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2047.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.06 mb = 1852.24 m = 6076.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.06 mb = 3858.29 m = 12658.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.06 mb = 12061.84 m = 39572.48 ft B at Equ Level: 2028.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.06 mb = 15647.82 m = 51337.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -41.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.5 neg: -58.4 tot: 160.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.79 Bulk Rich Number: 12.63 Bulk Shear: 162.06 m/s