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: 40.68,-103.14 Latitude: 40.68 Longitude: -103.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 585 2 900 1066 SFC 883 1234 26.3 16.9 56 9.5 19.6 137 16 310.3 312.9 297.1 352.5 13.81 4 850 1568 22.7 16.0 66 6.6 18.1 144 24 309.9 312.5 296.9 351.4 13.61 5 800 2093 18.4 14.2 77 4.2 15.5 159 25 310.8 313.2 296.7 350.1 12.87 6 750 2645 15.5 10.5 72 5.0 12.2 190 20 313.4 315.4 295.8 346.5 10.70 7 700 3227 12.1 5.6 64 6.5 8.1 226 14 315.8 317.4 294.7 341.5 8.17 8 650 3843 7.5 -0.8 56 8.2 3.0 277 8 317.4 318.5 293.1 335.2 5.57 9 600 4495 1.8 -5.6 58 7.4 -1.7 307 10 318.2 319.0 292.2 331.8 4.21 10 550 5190 -4.5 -8.2 75 3.7 -6.1 294 16 318.8 319.5 292.0 331.0 3.76 11 500 5931 -10.6 -13.7 78 3.2 -11.8 285 22 320.1 320.7 291.4 329.0 2.65 12 450 6732 -16.5 -20.8 69 4.3 -17.7 286 23 322.5 322.9 291.2 328.1 1.62 13 400 7606 -23.1 -29.5 56 6.4 -24.4 289 24 325.0 325.2 291.2 328.0 0.83 14 350 8569 -30.6 -40.7 37 10.1 -31.8 281 33 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.31 15 300 9643 -39.0 -49.6 32 10.7 -39.7 279 38 330.4 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.14 16 250 10870 -46.7 -59.9 21 13.2 -47.1 290 40 336.6 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.05 17 200 12339 -49.6 -71.8 6 22.2 -50.1 278 39 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14198 -54.8 -82.4 2 27.6 -55.2 262 44 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16736 -63.5 -86.8 3 23.3 -63.7 63 2 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.19 m Freezing level: 585.66 mb = 4694.61 m = 15402.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.31 mb = 4250.59 m = 13945.34 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.00 mb = 2430.72 m = 7974.70 ft T: 16.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.37 C/km ThetaE index: 24.50 C Layer 850.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.01 mb = 3083.45 m = 10116.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.07 C = 87.92 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -7.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: -8.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.85 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.24 C Cross Totals Index: 26.61 C K Index: 42.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 582.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2547.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.08 mb = 2519.24 m = 8265.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.08 mb = 3766.03 m = 12355.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.08 mb = 12142.27 m = 39836.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2532.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.08 mb = 16367.05 m = 53697.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.9 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 282.9 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -42.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.4 neg: -12.9 tot: 168.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.89 Bulk Rich Number: 18.92 Bulk Shear: 134.63 m/s