MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F011.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F011.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: 11 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 40.25,-103.72 Latitude: 40.25 Longitude: -103.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 532 2 900 1022 SFC 870 1326 32.6 6.1 19 26.5 16.0 150 4 318.2 319.5 294.3 339.9 6.82 4 850 1533 29.8 5.7 22 24.2 14.9 237 2 317.4 318.7 294.0 338.9 6.76 5 800 2068 24.7 4.6 27 20.1 12.4 238 3 317.4 318.7 294.0 338.6 6.65 6 750 2627 19.4 2.5 33 16.9 9.5 248 4 317.6 318.8 293.6 337.2 6.13 7 700 3214 13.9 0.3 39 13.6 6.3 260 6 317.9 318.9 293.3 335.7 5.58 8 650 3831 7.8 -1.4 52 9.2 2.9 266 7 317.8 318.9 293.0 334.9 5.33 9 600 4483 1.3 -2.7 75 3.9 -0.7 268 7 317.6 318.6 292.9 334.3 5.24 10 550 5176 -4.7 -5.5 94 0.8 -5.1 266 8 318.5 319.4 292.6 333.4 4.61 11 500 5919 -10.3 -10.7 97 0.4 -10.5 263 10 320.5 321.1 292.2 331.6 3.38 12 450 6720 -16.4 -17.0 95 0.6 -16.6 261 16 322.6 323.1 291.7 330.2 2.24 13 400 7595 -23.0 -24.1 90 1.1 -23.2 263 28 325.1 325.4 291.7 329.9 1.36 14 350 8558 -30.8 -34.2 72 3.4 -31.3 267 38 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.4 0.61 15 300 9631 -39.6 -47.9 41 8.3 -40.2 275 41 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.17 16 250 10854 -47.7 -60.5 22 12.8 -48.1 271 63 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.04 17 200 12326 -46.8 -74.8 3 28.1 -47.4 272 66 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 18 150 14207 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.3 300 32 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16725 -63.4 -87.5 2 24.1 -63.6 323 3 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.37 m Freezing level: 589.52 mb = 4628.23 m = 15184.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.21 mb = 4345.62 m = 14257.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.50 % Est. max temperature: 32.22 C = 90.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 591.32 mb = 4599.09 m = 15088.68 ft T: 0.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.94 C/km ThetaE index: 10.50 C Layer 850.0- 300.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 592.29 mb = 4586.09 m = 15046.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.15 C = 89.87 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.15 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 40.15 C Cross Totals Index: 16.00 C K Index: 32.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 904.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 593.78 mb = 4566.08 m = 14980.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 588.78 mb = 4633.44 m = 15201.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.78 mb = 11157.33 m = 36604.98 ft B at Equ Level: 888.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.78 mb = 13059.60 m = 42845.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.0 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 291.0 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: -0.2 tot: 7.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 144.40 Bulk Shear: 6.26 m/s