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: 40.96,-103.35 Latitude: 40.96 Longitude: -103.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 1 950 586 2 900 1066 SFC 868 1383 23.6 17.6 69 6.0 19.4 126 14 309.0 311.8 297.4 353.9 14.77 4 850 1568 22.3 16.8 71 5.6 18.4 137 19 309.6 312.2 297.3 353.0 14.26 5 800 2093 18.6 14.6 78 4.0 15.8 155 20 310.9 313.4 296.9 351.1 13.15 6 750 2645 15.5 10.5 72 5.0 12.2 185 15 313.4 315.4 295.8 346.4 10.66 7 700 3227 11.7 5.2 64 6.6 7.8 223 9 315.5 317.0 294.4 340.4 7.93 8 650 3842 6.9 -0.6 59 7.5 2.8 276 6 316.7 317.8 293.0 334.7 5.63 9 600 4493 1.2 -4.8 64 6.0 -1.7 278 10 317.5 318.4 292.2 331.9 4.47 10 550 5186 -4.6 -9.2 71 4.5 -6.6 278 18 318.6 319.3 291.7 329.9 3.48 11 500 5928 -10.3 -14.7 70 4.4 -11.9 280 23 320.4 320.9 291.3 328.6 2.45 12 450 6729 -16.4 -20.8 68 4.4 -17.6 283 23 322.7 323.0 291.2 328.2 1.62 13 400 7603 -23.3 -27.8 67 4.5 -24.2 286 24 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.1 0.97 14 350 8565 -30.8 -35.9 61 5.2 -31.5 281 34 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.1 0.51 15 300 9640 -38.7 -43.0 64 4.3 -39.0 282 36 330.9 330.9 292.3 332.0 0.29 16 250 10866 -47.9 -52.4 60 4.5 -48.1 288 36 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.12 17 200 12333 -49.6 -72.2 5 22.6 -50.1 273 34 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14195 -54.1 -82.3 2 28.3 -54.5 264 41 376.9 376.9 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16738 -63.1 -86.9 3 23.7 -63.3 340 1 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.49 m Freezing level: 589.66 mb = 4636.53 m = 15211.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.01 mb = 4239.49 m = 13908.93 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.05 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.96 mb = 2147.24 m = 7044.65 ft T: 18.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.17 C/km ThetaE index: 25.71 C Layer 850.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.34 mb = 2997.29 m = 9833.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.04 C = 84.27 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: -7.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: -8.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.77 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.68 C Cross Totals Index: 27.09 C K Index: 42.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 577.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2730.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.24 mb = 2517.91 m = 8260.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.24 mb = 3513.90 m = 11528.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.24 mb = 12130.74 m = 39798.53 ft B at Equ Level: 2722.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.24 mb = 16358.89 m = 53670.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.6 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 287.6 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.7 neg: -10.8 tot: 119.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.21 Bulk Rich Number: 23.06 Bulk Shear: 118.40 m/s