MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F007.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508011800F007.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: 7 hour RUC valid 1Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.61,-103.67 Latitude: 40.61 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 1 950 569 2 900 1054 SFC 866 1398 27.6 14.6 45 12.9 18.7 135 14 313.4 315.7 296.8 351.0 12.18 4 850 1560 25.9 13.7 47 12.2 17.5 150 15 313.3 315.5 296.5 349.2 11.64 5 800 2090 21.0 12.3 57 8.8 15.2 161 18 313.6 315.7 296.3 348.5 11.29 6 750 2644 16.5 10.1 66 6.5 12.3 180 17 314.5 316.5 295.9 346.8 10.38 7 700 3228 12.0 6.8 70 5.3 8.8 200 16 315.8 317.5 295.2 343.7 8.88 8 650 3843 7.1 2.5 72 4.6 4.4 219 12 317.0 318.3 294.1 339.3 7.05 9 600 4495 1.4 -1.4 81 2.8 -0.0 247 10 317.8 318.9 293.4 336.2 5.77 10 550 5189 -4.5 -6.5 86 2.0 -5.4 265 14 318.7 319.5 292.4 332.6 4.28 11 500 5931 -10.5 -12.2 87 1.7 -11.2 271 18 320.2 320.8 291.7 330.2 3.00 12 450 6732 -16.5 -20.1 73 3.6 -17.6 276 18 322.5 322.9 291.3 328.4 1.72 13 400 7606 -23.2 -28.2 64 4.9 -24.2 279 20 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.1 0.94 14 350 8569 -30.7 -35.3 64 4.6 -31.4 280 29 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.3 0.54 15 300 9643 -39.2 -46.1 48 6.9 -39.7 276 38 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.9 0.20 16 250 10872 -45.5 -57.8 24 12.3 -46.0 288 43 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.06 17 200 12349 -48.9 -72.1 5 23.3 -49.4 282 38 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 18 150 14207 -55.9 -82.0 2 26.2 -56.2 267 41 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16738 -63.1 -86.9 3 23.8 -63.3 14 2 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.27 m Freezing level: 587.91 mb = 4662.89 m = 15298.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.44 mb = 4489.22 m = 14728.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.14 % Est. max temperature: 29.52 C = 85.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.59 mb = 3029.43 m = 9938.95 ft T: 13.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.34 C/km ThetaE index: 22.92 C Layer 850.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.44 mb = 3499.78 m = 11482.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.42 C = 86.76 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -7.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: -7.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.55 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.40 C Cross Totals Index: 24.15 C K Index: 44.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 575.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2190.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.57 mb = 3184.51 m = 10447.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.57 mb = 3861.43 m = 12668.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.57 mb = 11761.22 m = 38586.23 ft B at Equ Level: 2184.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.57 mb = 15674.80 m = 51425.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.9 neg: -1.8 tot: 92.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.28 Bulk Rich Number: 37.24 Bulk Shear: 58.83 m/s