MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F048.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020300F048.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: 48 hour RUC valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.29,-104.55 Latitude: 38.29 Longitude: -104.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 1 950 524 2 900 1007 SFC 852 1488 24.1 18.0 69 6.0 19.8 100 15 311.1 314.1 298.4 358.5 15.47 4 850 1511 23.8 18.1 70 5.7 19.8 101 15 311.1 314.1 298.5 358.9 15.59 5 800 2039 19.9 16.1 79 3.8 17.2 110 28 312.3 315.1 298.1 357.0 14.53 6 750 2596 19.8 4.3 36 15.5 10.4 90 15 318.1 319.5 294.4 340.2 6.96 7 700 3186 15.8 -3.4 27 19.2 5.7 27 10 320.0 320.9 292.7 333.9 4.27 8 650 3808 10.4 -7.2 28 17.6 1.9 350 10 320.7 321.4 292.3 332.0 3.43 9 600 4467 4.4 -9.6 35 14.0 -1.9 321 14 321.2 321.8 292.1 331.4 3.07 10 550 5166 -2.0 -12.8 44 10.7 -6.4 307 21 321.7 322.2 291.8 330.4 2.60 11 500 5914 -8.9 -17.1 52 8.2 -11.8 299 26 322.1 322.5 291.4 328.9 2.00 12 450 6717 -16.0 -23.2 54 7.2 -17.9 292 32 323.1 323.4 291.0 327.7 1.31 13 400 7595 -20.9 -43.4 11 22.5 -23.9 311 39 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.6 0.21 14 350 8571 -26.3 -48.8 10 22.6 -28.6 333 48 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.13 15 300 9663 -35.5 -53.4 14 17.9 -36.7 331 65 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.09 16 250 10908 -43.6 -61.7 12 18.1 -44.3 326 65 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.04 17 200 12377 -52.6 -68.3 13 15.8 -52.9 319 53 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14193 -60.8 -81.1 5 20.3 -61.0 331 35 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16677 -66.0 -82.8 8 16.8 -66.1 317 4 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.82 m Freezing level: 565.87 mb = 4944.10 m = 16220.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.13 mb = 4129.31 m = 13547.45 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.34 % Est. max temperature: 32.48 C = 90.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.30 mb = 2254.40 m = 7396.24 ft T: 19.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.08 C/km ThetaE index: 31.19 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.28 mb = 3689.31 m = 12103.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.12 C = 91.62 F Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lifted Index: -7.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.27 C Showalter Index: -8.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.84 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.78 C Cross Totals Index: 27.06 C K Index: 31.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 491.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2256.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 198.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.46 mb = 2857.26 m = 9374.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.46 mb = 4297.76 m = 14100.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.46 mb = 12956.53 m = 42507.79 ft B at Equ Level: 2242.21 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.9 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 347.9 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 6.7 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.0 neg: -46.5 tot: -19.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 10.63 Bulk Shear: 212.33 m/s