MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F042.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F042.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: 42 hour RUC valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 40.50,-101.13 Latitude: 40.50 Longitude: -101.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 535 SFC 909 927 27.5 21.5 70 5.9 23.1 134 14 308.9 312.3 299.4 363.9 18.08 3 900 1016 26.3 19.7 67 6.6 21.5 137 15 308.6 311.7 298.2 357.8 16.23 4 850 1517 21.6 18.0 80 3.5 19.1 142 15 308.7 311.6 297.8 355.7 15.48 5 800 2041 17.9 14.5 80 3.5 15.5 158 10 310.3 312.7 296.7 350.1 13.05 6 750 2592 14.9 8.3 65 6.6 10.7 197 4 312.7 314.5 294.6 341.1 9.18 7 700 3172 11.0 1.6 52 9.4 5.7 307 9 314.6 315.8 292.8 334.0 6.13 8 650 3785 6.0 -2.9 53 8.9 1.5 311 14 315.8 316.7 292.0 331.0 4.76 9 600 4434 0.2 -5.7 64 5.9 -2.6 309 18 316.3 317.1 291.6 329.7 4.15 10 550 5124 -5.8 -9.4 76 3.6 -7.3 303 21 317.2 317.9 291.2 328.3 3.41 11 500 5861 -11.8 -14.6 80 2.8 -12.8 299 21 318.6 319.1 290.8 326.8 2.47 12 450 6660 -17.4 -26.0 47 8.5 -19.4 308 22 321.3 321.5 290.2 324.9 1.02 13 400 7530 -23.9 -35.0 35 11.0 -25.7 309 22 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.6 0.49 14 350 8489 -31.3 -40.6 39 9.3 -32.4 332 12 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.31 15 300 9562 -38.8 -46.7 43 7.9 -39.4 330 12 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.19 16 250 10790 -47.0 -62.0 16 15.0 -47.4 305 10 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.4 0.04 17 200 12251 -51.1 -71.0 8 20.0 -51.5 316 26 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14108 -54.1 -82.5 2 28.3 -54.5 301 26 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16657 -62.9 -85.9 3 23.0 -63.1 324 18 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.57 m Freezing level: 598.46 mb = 4455.57 m = 14617.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.90 mb = 4014.07 m = 13169.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.15 mb = 1680.11 m = 5512.11 ft T: 20.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.47 C/km ThetaE index: 38.98 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.37 mb = 2297.13 m = 7536.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.87 C = 85.77 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -10.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -10.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 63.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.36 C Cross Totals Index: 29.82 C K Index: 41.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 550.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3588.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.44 mb = 2004.25 m = 6575.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.44 mb = 2722.51 m = 8932.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.44 mb = 12635.07 m = 41453.13 ft B at Equ Level: 3570.88 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.1 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 328.1 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.3 neg: -0.0 tot: 79.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.54 Bulk Rich Number: 30.55 Bulk Shear: 117.48 m/s