MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.54,-101.89 Latitude: 39.54 Longitude: -101.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 555 2 900 1039 SFC 891 1131 29.5 16.9 47 12.6 20.5 170 15 312.8 315.4 297.7 355.0 13.70 4 850 1545 24.1 15.1 57 9.0 17.9 174 19 311.4 313.8 296.8 350.6 12.80 5 800 2071 19.3 13.2 68 6.2 15.2 178 20 311.7 314.0 296.3 348.6 11.99 6 750 2624 17.0 4.3 43 12.7 9.5 204 16 315.1 316.4 293.6 337.0 6.98 7 700 3209 14.2 -6.2 24 20.4 4.1 244 15 318.2 318.8 291.5 329.3 3.43 8 650 3828 9.0 -11.4 22 20.4 0.0 280 14 319.1 319.6 290.9 327.3 2.46 9 600 4483 3.2 -14.7 26 17.9 -3.9 307 14 319.8 320.2 290.7 326.7 2.04 10 550 5179 -3.3 -14.5 41 11.3 -7.5 313 18 320.2 320.7 291.1 327.8 2.26 11 500 5923 -10.1 -15.8 63 5.8 -12.1 311 23 320.8 321.2 291.2 328.2 2.23 12 450 6724 -16.8 -20.5 73 3.7 -17.9 306 29 322.1 322.4 291.0 327.7 1.66 13 400 7598 -22.3 -29.6 51 7.3 -23.8 294 37 326.0 326.2 291.4 329.0 0.82 14 350 8564 -29.8 -38.3 44 8.5 -30.9 295 44 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.0 0.40 15 300 9642 -38.2 -52.0 22 13.8 -39.0 297 58 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 16 250 10878 -44.3 -64.8 9 20.4 -45.0 292 63 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.03 17 200 12353 -50.0 -71.8 6 21.7 -50.5 280 55 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14206 -56.3 -83.4 2 27.1 -56.6 291 31 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16717 -63.5 -77.9 13 14.3 -63.7 222 2 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.54 m Freezing level: 575.23 mb = 4827.79 m = 15839.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.75 mb = 3830.80 m = 12568.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.82 % Est. max temperature: 32.20 C = 89.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.55 mb = 2720.18 m = 8924.36 ft T: 16.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.93 C/km ThetaE index: 28.38 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.27 mb = 3546.63 m = 11635.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.17 C = 95.31 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: -7.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.42 C Showalter Index: -7.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.15 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 28.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 448.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2199.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.37 mb = 2756.60 m = 9043.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.37 mb = 4169.94 m = 13680.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.37 mb = 12242.41 m = 40164.90 ft B at Equ Level: 2176.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.37 mb = 15939.64 m = 52294.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.4 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 308.4 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 119.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.48 Bulk Rich Number: 19.37 Bulk Shear: 113.56 m/s