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: 41.25,-103.22 Latitude: 41.25 Longitude: -103.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 1 950 590 2 900 1070 SFC 871 1353 24.8 18.5 68 6.3 20.3 156 16 309.9 312.9 298.2 357.3 15.55 4 850 1571 21.7 16.6 73 5.2 18.1 160 20 308.9 311.5 297.0 351.6 14.08 5 800 2094 17.3 14.4 83 2.9 15.3 173 22 309.6 312.0 296.4 349.1 12.99 6 750 2643 14.2 9.4 73 4.8 11.2 194 19 312.0 313.9 295.0 342.6 9.93 7 700 3225 12.7 -0.2 41 12.8 5.6 258 8 316.5 317.5 292.7 333.7 5.40 8 650 3842 8.0 -5.4 38 13.4 1.4 307 14 318.0 318.7 291.9 330.7 3.93 9 600 4494 2.0 -9.7 41 11.7 -3.1 310 19 318.4 319.0 291.3 328.4 3.04 10 550 5188 -4.4 -13.8 48 9.5 -7.9 304 22 318.9 319.4 290.8 326.9 2.39 11 500 5929 -10.7 -19.3 49 8.6 -13.4 293 26 320.0 320.3 290.5 325.6 1.66 12 450 6728 -16.8 -29.2 33 12.4 -19.5 280 29 322.2 322.3 290.2 324.9 0.76 13 400 7601 -23.6 -39.9 21 16.3 -25.9 274 32 324.3 324.4 290.4 325.4 0.30 14 350 8562 -30.9 -48.9 16 17.9 -32.5 275 33 327.0 327.1 291.0 327.5 0.13 15 300 9635 -38.9 -55.3 16 16.4 -39.8 271 31 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.07 16 250 10865 -45.5 -64.5 10 18.9 -46.1 266 29 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.03 17 200 12336 -50.4 -71.9 6 21.6 -50.8 278 32 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14192 -54.1 -82.5 2 28.4 -54.5 251 44 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16737 -62.6 -87.0 2 24.5 -62.8 297 5 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.81 m Freezing level: 584.29 mb = 4712.00 m = 15459.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.85 mb = 4033.82 m = 13234.17 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.34 mb = 2154.47 m = 7068.40 ft T: 16.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.65 C/km ThetaE index: 32.46 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.94 mb = 3093.89 m = 10150.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.16 C = 86.29 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: -7.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.97 C Showalter Index: -8.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.72 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.44 C Cross Totals Index: 27.28 C K Index: 36.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 595.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2427.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.49 mb = 2402.75 m = 7882.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.49 mb = 3885.63 m = 12747.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.49 mb = 12125.69 m = 39781.96 ft B at Equ Level: 2415.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.49 mb = 15778.97 m = 51767.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.8 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 303.8 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -152.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.2 neg: -17.8 tot: 114.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.00 Bulk Rich Number: 16.02 Bulk Shear: 151.51 m/s