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: 40.68,-100.86 Latitude: 40.68 Longitude: -100.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 584 SFC 915 912 24.9 18.7 68 6.2 20.5 145 15 305.7 308.5 296.8 350.6 14.99 3 900 1060 23.2 17.4 70 5.8 19.2 147 20 305.4 308.0 296.1 347.4 14.03 4 850 1556 18.8 15.8 83 2.9 16.8 159 22 305.8 308.3 295.8 346.1 13.44 5 800 2076 15.9 13.8 87 2.1 14.5 195 23 308.1 310.5 295.7 346.0 12.50 6 750 2624 15.5 5.5 51 10.0 9.5 236 17 313.4 314.8 293.6 336.9 7.55 7 700 3207 13.1 -7.9 22 21.0 3.1 308 14 317.0 317.6 290.8 326.8 3.01 8 650 3823 7.7 -13.4 21 21.1 -1.0 319 13 317.7 318.1 290.2 324.6 2.09 9 600 4475 2.0 -15.0 27 17.0 -4.6 314 19 318.4 318.8 290.3 325.0 1.99 10 550 5168 -4.4 -14.5 45 10.1 -8.2 308 23 318.8 319.3 290.6 326.3 2.25 11 500 5908 -11.0 -20.7 45 9.7 -13.9 306 26 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.7 1.47 12 450 6708 -17.0 -31.2 28 14.2 -19.9 306 36 321.8 322.0 290.0 324.1 0.63 13 400 7579 -23.4 -34.4 36 11.0 -25.3 301 43 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.4 0.52 14 350 8541 -30.5 -41.7 33 11.2 -31.7 304 43 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.7 0.28 15 300 9618 -38.3 -61.8 7 23.5 -39.3 298 40 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.5 0.03 16 250 10848 -46.3 -65.4 10 19.1 -46.8 288 48 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.02 17 200 12322 -48.5 -74.8 3 26.3 -49.1 276 55 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 18 150 14187 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.5 286 41 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16716 -64.0 -87.1 3 23.1 -64.2 323 13 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.09 m Freezing level: 584.64 mb = 4687.74 m = 15379.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.44 mb = 3665.16 m = 12024.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.33 % Est. max temperature: 30.80 C = 87.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.66 mb = 1702.15 m = 5584.43 ft T: 18.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.90 C/km ThetaE index: 26.01 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.71 mb = 3210.26 m = 10532.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.90 C = 96.62 F Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lifted Index: -6.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.33 C Showalter Index: -6.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.57 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.76 C Cross Totals Index: 26.81 C K Index: 24.63 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 503.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1925.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 168.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.84 mb = 1918.28 m = 6293.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.84 mb = 4079.42 m = 13383.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.84 mb = 11696.75 m = 38374.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1909.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.84 mb = 15086.84 m = 49496.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.3 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 318.3 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -6.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.0 neg: -4.9 tot: 269.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.29 Bulk Rich Number: 9.80 Bulk Shear: 196.58 m/s