MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020900F036.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508020900F036.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: 36 hour RUC valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.88,-102.93 Latitude: 37.88 Longitude: -102.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 1 950 505 2 900 994 SFC 874 1253 32.9 14.8 34 18.1 20.2 87 6 318.0 320.4 298.0 356.4 12.19 4 850 1506 28.6 12.7 38 15.9 17.8 75 5 316.1 318.2 296.7 350.2 10.91 5 800 2040 23.5 10.2 43 13.3 14.8 23 3 316.2 318.1 296.0 347.0 9.84 6 750 2598 18.8 6.2 44 12.6 11.0 310 7 317.0 318.5 294.8 342.1 7.95 7 700 3185 13.7 1.7 44 11.9 6.8 298 12 317.6 318.8 293.7 337.4 6.20 8 650 3803 8.2 -4.0 42 12.2 2.0 295 16 318.2 319.0 292.3 332.3 4.36 9 600 4456 2.2 -8.2 46 10.4 -2.6 297 19 318.6 319.3 291.6 329.8 3.43 10 550 5151 -4.2 -12.3 53 8.1 -7.4 300 24 319.1 319.6 291.2 328.0 2.71 11 500 5892 -10.6 -20.1 45 9.5 -13.5 301 31 320.2 320.5 290.4 325.4 1.55 12 450 6691 -17.0 -28.9 35 11.9 -19.6 299 33 321.8 322.0 290.2 324.6 0.78 13 400 7564 -22.9 -45.7 11 22.8 -25.6 309 38 325.2 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.16 14 350 8529 -29.8 -50.7 11 20.9 -31.6 318 48 328.6 328.6 291.4 329.0 0.10 15 300 9610 -36.4 -58.0 9 21.6 -37.6 324 68 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.05 16 250 10854 -43.6 -63.7 9 20.1 -44.3 330 83 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.03 17 200 12324 -51.5 -71.8 7 20.3 -51.9 326 75 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14168 -57.1 -82.2 3 25.1 -57.3 309 37 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16672 -65.1 -86.2 4 21.1 -65.3 349 7 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.40 m Freezing level: 583.08 mb = 4691.11 m = 15390.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.35 mb = 4079.32 m = 13383.45 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.76 % Est. max temperature: 32.22 C = 90.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 672.87 mb = 3514.58 m = 11530.63 ft T: 10.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.94 C/km ThetaE index: 31.79 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.46 mb = 3834.95 m = 12581.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.09 C = 91.57 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -7.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -7.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 39.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.24 C K Index: 39.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 459.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1948.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 663.47 mb = 3631.99 m = 11915.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.47 mb = 4077.85 m = 13378.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.47 mb = 12050.78 m = 39536.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1938.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.47 mb = 15625.73 m = 51264.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.3 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 331.3 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.9 neg: -0.6 tot: 41.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 28.55 Bulk Shear: 68.26 m/s