MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508012100F027.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508012100F027.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: 27 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.45,-102.67 Latitude: 37.45 Longitude: -102.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 543 2 900 1029 SFC 867 1365 26.3 18.8 64 7.5 20.9 203 11 312.0 315.0 298.9 361.2 16.01 4 850 1537 26.2 15.3 51 10.9 18.6 198 17 313.6 316.1 297.4 353.7 12.98 5 800 2069 23.1 11.0 46 12.1 15.1 192 20 315.8 317.8 296.3 348.2 10.37 6 750 2628 18.5 8.1 51 10.4 11.9 192 16 316.6 318.4 295.6 345.1 9.06 7 700 3214 13.6 4.6 54 9.0 8.2 208 9 317.6 319.0 294.7 341.6 7.60 8 650 3833 8.5 0.8 58 7.8 4.2 279 8 318.6 319.8 294.0 338.6 6.24 9 600 4488 3.0 -3.4 63 6.3 -0.3 301 16 319.6 320.5 293.2 335.6 4.98 10 550 5186 -2.7 -7.4 70 4.6 -4.8 300 22 320.9 321.6 292.8 334.0 4.00 11 500 5933 -8.6 -11.5 79 3.0 -9.8 295 26 322.6 323.2 292.6 333.1 3.16 12 450 6741 -14.3 -17.3 78 3.0 -15.3 292 31 325.3 325.7 292.4 332.8 2.19 13 400 7623 -20.2 -25.5 63 5.2 -21.5 293 38 328.7 329.0 292.5 333.0 1.21 14 350 8598 -27.6 -39.1 32 11.5 -29.2 290 47 331.6 331.7 292.5 333.0 0.37 15 300 9685 -36.4 -48.5 28 12.1 -37.3 284 52 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.16 16 250 10924 -44.8 -59.6 17 14.9 -45.3 291 59 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.05 17 200 12397 -50.2 -74.0 4 23.8 -50.6 281 59 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14233 -60.0 -81.2 5 21.2 -60.2 288 36 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16704 -65.3 -86.6 4 21.3 -65.5 259 8 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.10 m Freezing level: 573.94 mb = 4851.86 m = 15917.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.07 mb = 4446.37 m = 14587.65 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.55 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.36 mb = 2317.49 m = 7603.21 ft T: 21.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 28.39 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.94 mb = 3693.82 m = 12118.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.47 C = 90.45 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -5.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.41 C Showalter Index: -6.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.64 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.88 C K Index: 41.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 585.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1860.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 693.29 mb = 3294.62 m = 10809.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.29 mb = 4111.08 m = 13487.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.29 mb = 12129.19 m = 39793.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1852.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.29 mb = 16217.98 m = 53207.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.4 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 305.4 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.5 neg: -28.7 tot: -2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 26.07 Bulk Shear: 71.36 m/s