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: 40.36,-103.25 Latitude: 40.36 Longitude: -103.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 540 2 900 1028 SFC 871 1317 30.9 13.0 34 17.9 18.7 147 12 316.2 318.3 296.7 350.2 10.86 4 850 1538 27.7 11.6 37 16.0 17.0 155 11 315.1 317.1 295.9 346.8 10.16 5 800 2070 22.6 9.8 44 12.9 14.3 162 11 315.3 317.1 295.5 345.0 9.52 6 750 2627 18.6 3.6 37 15.1 9.7 190 8 316.8 318.1 293.7 337.7 6.60 7 700 3213 13.9 -2.3 32 16.3 5.3 234 8 317.9 318.8 292.4 332.7 4.60 8 650 3831 8.1 -5.6 37 13.7 1.4 260 11 318.2 318.9 291.9 330.8 3.88 9 600 4483 1.6 -7.3 52 8.9 -2.6 276 12 317.9 318.6 291.7 329.9 3.68 10 550 5177 -4.7 -10.5 64 5.8 -7.1 283 12 318.5 319.1 291.4 328.8 3.13 11 500 5918 -11.1 -14.2 78 3.1 -12.2 284 12 319.5 320.0 291.2 328.0 2.55 12 450 6717 -16.9 -17.9 92 1.0 -17.2 274 21 322.0 322.4 291.5 329.1 2.09 13 400 7591 -22.8 -24.9 83 2.2 -23.3 272 30 325.4 325.6 291.6 329.8 1.26 14 350 8555 -30.7 -34.2 71 3.5 -31.2 269 39 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.6 0.60 15 300 9628 -39.6 -46.2 50 6.6 -40.1 276 43 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.20 16 250 10853 -47.0 -61.1 18 14.2 -47.4 273 63 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.04 17 200 12329 -46.7 -75.2 2 28.5 -47.4 277 62 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 18 150 14205 -55.5 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.8 296 32 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16725 -63.3 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.5 324 6 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.35 m Freezing level: 587.47 mb = 4657.20 m = 15279.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.34 mb = 4055.82 m = 13306.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.18 % Est. max temperature: 32.02 C = 89.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 671.77 mb = 3556.77 m = 11669.06 ft T: 10.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.24 C/km ThetaE index: 22.22 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.70 mb = 3987.16 m = 13081.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.69 C = 90.84 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -6.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.21 C Showalter Index: -6.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.43 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.74 C Cross Totals Index: 22.69 C K Index: 34.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 422.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1823.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 661.19 mb = 3689.16 m = 12103.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.19 mb = 4266.61 m = 13997.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.19 mb = 11514.95 m = 37778.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1810.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.19 mb = 14804.94 m = 48572.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.1 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 288.1 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 43.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 37.04 Bulk Shear: 49.22 m/s