MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F031.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F031.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: 31 hour RUC valid 10Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.11,-98.42 Latitude: 39.11 Longitude: -98.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 SFC 963 478 19.0 16.6 86 2.4 17.4 150 5 295.4 297.6 292.0 331.1 12.45 2 950 597 19.7 16.0 79 3.7 17.2 163 16 297.2 299.4 292.3 332.3 12.14 3 900 1063 17.9 14.9 82 3.0 16.0 184 26 300.0 302.2 293.0 334.9 11.92 4 850 1552 17.5 13.2 76 4.3 14.7 211 20 304.5 306.6 293.9 338.1 11.26 5 800 2071 16.3 13.0 81 3.3 14.1 243 17 308.5 310.8 295.4 344.5 11.87 6 750 2619 13.7 10.5 81 3.2 11.6 266 12 311.4 313.4 295.3 344.2 10.68 7 700 3197 9.6 3.3 65 6.3 6.0 287 9 313.1 314.4 293.0 334.8 6.95 8 650 3806 3.6 -2.1 66 5.7 0.7 312 10 313.1 314.0 291.5 329.0 5.05 9 600 4449 -2.3 -4.7 83 2.4 -3.4 310 13 313.5 314.3 291.0 327.7 4.48 10 550 5134 -6.8 -8.3 90 1.4 -7.4 305 18 316.0 316.7 291.2 328.0 3.73 11 500 5872 -11.3 -13.0 87 1.7 -11.9 309 21 319.3 319.9 291.3 328.6 2.82 12 450 6673 -16.4 -19.2 79 2.7 -17.3 310 26 322.6 322.9 291.4 328.9 1.87 13 400 7548 -22.2 -25.3 76 3.1 -22.9 296 30 326.2 326.4 291.9 330.5 1.22 14 350 8515 -29.6 -32.9 73 3.3 -30.2 281 25 328.8 329.0 292.1 331.3 0.68 15 300 9593 -38.4 -41.7 71 3.4 -38.7 288 21 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.33 16 250 10817 -48.8 -51.6 73 2.8 -49.0 278 28 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.13 17 200 12264 -49.8 -71.5 6 21.7 -50.3 269 51 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 14140 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.7 302 27 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16660 -64.9 -82.4 7 17.5 -65.1 322 16 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.50 m Freezing level: 619.42 mb = 4199.10 m = 13776.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.31 mb = 3913.94 m = 12840.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.03 % Est. max temperature: 31.00 C = 87.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.29 mb = 787.05 m = 2582.14 ft T: 18.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 16.85 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.22 mb = 2911.98 m = 9553.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.77 C = 96.39 F Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.76 C Showalter Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 35.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 383.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 353.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.41 mb = 1378.52 m = 4522.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.41 mb = 4154.26 m = 13629.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.41 mb = 10753.04 m = 35278.58 ft B at Equ Level: 381.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.41 mb = 12186.33 m = 39980.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.7 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 304.7 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 203.6 neg: -7.8 tot: 195.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 4.11 Bulk Shear: 93.32 m/s