MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F006.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F006.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: 6 hour RUC valid 0Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.59,-103.72 Latitude: 40.59 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 120 1 950 556 2 900 1043 SFC 864 1411 29.2 13.5 38 15.6 18.5 142 15 315.3 317.5 296.8 350.7 11.36 4 850 1552 27.2 12.4 40 14.9 17.2 146 19 314.7 316.7 296.2 347.9 10.68 5 800 2083 22.1 11.3 50 10.8 15.0 152 19 314.7 316.7 296.1 347.6 10.59 6 750 2639 17.1 9.4 60 7.7 12.1 168 17 315.1 317.0 295.7 346.1 9.92 7 700 3223 12.4 5.8 64 6.6 8.3 192 14 316.2 317.8 294.8 342.2 8.29 8 650 3840 7.7 0.5 60 7.2 3.7 239 9 317.6 318.8 293.6 337.1 6.11 9 600 4493 2.1 -3.9 64 6.0 -0.9 284 12 318.5 319.5 292.7 333.9 4.76 10 550 5188 -4.1 -8.6 70 4.6 -6.1 288 19 319.3 320.0 292.0 331.1 3.62 11 500 5931 -10.4 -14.2 74 3.8 -11.8 285 22 320.3 320.8 291.4 328.8 2.54 12 450 6731 -16.8 -20.0 76 3.2 -17.8 285 24 322.1 322.4 291.2 328.0 1.73 13 400 7604 -23.6 -28.5 64 5.0 -24.6 286 25 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.6 0.91 14 350 8565 -31.1 -41.0 37 9.9 -32.2 280 32 326.8 326.8 291.1 327.9 0.30 15 300 9637 -39.5 -50.4 31 10.8 -40.2 269 41 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.2 0.13 16 250 10865 -45.4 -64.3 10 18.9 -46.0 281 49 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.03 17 200 12346 -48.0 -73.1 4 25.1 -48.6 282 40 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.01 18 150 14206 -56.0 -81.9 3 25.9 -56.3 265 36 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16730 -63.6 -86.8 3 23.2 -63.8 353 3 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.87 m Freezing level: 582.96 mb = 4729.84 m = 15517.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.98 mb = 4358.46 m = 14299.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.39 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 687.56 mb = 3372.44 m = 11064.30 ft T: 11.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 23.09 C Layer 850.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.42 mb = 3745.48 m = 12288.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.21 C = 88.18 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -6.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -6.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.46 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.66 C Cross Totals Index: 22.79 C K Index: 43.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 544.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2044.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.20 mb = 3449.84 m = 11318.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.20 mb = 4015.09 m = 13172.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.20 mb = 11828.98 m = 38808.51 ft B at Equ Level: 2015.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.20 mb = 15281.94 m = 50137.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.4 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 285.4 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.5 neg: -4.4 tot: 86.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 17.79 Bulk Shear: 114.97 m/s