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: 41.18,-103.7 Latitude: 41.18 Longitude: -103.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 1 950 574 2 900 1058 SFC 858 1485 27.0 16.3 52 10.7 19.5 158 15 313.7 316.3 297.9 356.1 13.71 4 850 1563 24.8 14.8 53 10.1 17.9 157 16 312.2 314.6 296.8 350.7 12.52 5 800 2090 19.6 13.5 68 6.1 15.4 163 17 312.0 314.3 296.5 349.6 12.25 6 750 2643 15.5 9.5 67 6.0 11.6 177 13 313.4 315.3 295.3 344.3 9.97 7 700 3226 13.0 0.5 42 12.5 6.1 281 6 316.9 318.0 293.0 334.9 5.68 8 650 3843 8.2 -5.1 39 13.3 1.6 306 13 318.2 319.0 292.1 331.3 4.03 9 600 4496 2.2 -7.3 49 9.5 -2.3 296 15 318.6 319.3 291.9 330.6 3.67 10 550 5190 -4.3 -9.6 67 5.3 -6.5 285 18 319.0 319.6 291.7 330.0 3.36 11 500 5933 -10.7 -14.4 74 3.7 -12.1 279 22 320.0 320.5 291.2 328.4 2.50 12 450 6732 -16.8 -22.6 61 5.8 -18.4 279 26 322.1 322.4 290.8 326.9 1.38 13 400 7604 -23.9 -30.9 52 7.0 -25.2 276 29 323.9 324.1 290.7 326.5 0.73 14 350 8563 -31.7 -43.6 30 11.9 -32.9 275 33 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.8 0.23 15 300 9632 -40.2 -54.7 20 14.5 -40.9 273 39 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.08 16 250 10857 -45.6 -65.7 9 20.1 -46.2 274 44 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.02 17 200 12337 -48.5 -73.4 4 24.9 -49.1 284 31 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.01 18 150 14199 -54.5 -82.2 2 27.7 -54.9 247 35 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16740 -62.7 -86.8 3 24.1 -62.9 296 5 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.56 m Freezing level: 583.32 mb = 4727.60 m = 15510.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.29 mb = 4107.15 m = 13474.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.57 C = 85.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.17 mb = 2834.54 m = 9299.56 ft T: 14.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.74 C/km ThetaE index: 29.53 C Layer 850.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.83 mb = 3543.04 m = 11624.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -7.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.62 C Showalter Index: -7.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.52 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 37.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 601.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2342.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.61 mb = 2945.43 m = 9663.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.61 mb = 4115.99 m = 13503.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.61 mb = 11746.92 m = 38539.30 ft B at Equ Level: 2337.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.61 mb = 15670.57 m = 51412.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.9 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 300.9 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.9 neg: -10.3 tot: 44.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 22.48 Bulk Shear: 104.23 m/s