MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.92,-102.48 Latitude: 37.92 Longitude: -102.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 534 2 900 1023 SFC 885 1176 31.4 13.4 33 18.1 19.1 148 12 315.4 317.5 296.5 349.6 10.95 4 850 1534 27.8 11.9 37 15.9 17.2 150 16 315.3 317.3 296.1 347.7 10.37 5 800 2066 22.7 10.8 47 11.9 14.8 154 16 315.3 317.3 296.0 347.3 10.25 6 750 2624 18.0 7.7 51 10.3 11.5 166 13 316.1 317.8 295.2 343.8 8.81 7 700 3210 14.3 -0.1 37 14.3 6.3 248 6 318.3 319.3 293.2 335.7 5.44 8 650 3830 9.6 -6.0 33 15.6 1.9 288 15 319.8 320.6 292.3 332.1 3.76 9 600 4487 3.7 -7.6 43 11.3 -1.6 285 22 320.4 321.1 292.3 332.3 3.60 10 550 5186 -2.6 -9.2 61 6.5 -5.5 285 26 321.0 321.7 292.4 332.4 3.48 11 500 5932 -9.0 -13.5 70 4.4 -10.7 286 30 322.0 322.6 292.0 331.1 2.71 12 450 6737 -15.1 -18.8 74 3.7 -16.3 289 33 324.2 324.6 291.9 330.8 1.93 13 400 7616 -21.4 -29.0 50 7.6 -23.0 296 37 327.2 327.3 291.8 330.3 0.87 14 350 8587 -28.0 -43.9 20 15.9 -29.8 291 49 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.22 15 300 9674 -36.3 -49.5 24 13.2 -37.3 279 59 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.14 16 250 10915 -43.8 -64.8 8 20.9 -44.5 285 64 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.03 17 200 12395 -49.8 -73.7 4 23.9 -50.3 269 63 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 14238 -58.8 -81.2 4 22.5 -59.0 280 28 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16715 -66.3 -87.3 4 21.0 -66.4 340 2 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.58 m Freezing level: 570.59 mb = 4898.10 m = 16069.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.60 mb = 4183.55 m = 13725.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.72 C = 90.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 680.42 mb = 3447.38 m = 11310.16 ft T: 12.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.56 C/km ThetaE index: 17.49 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 631.84 mb = 4062.66 m = 13328.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.89 C = 96.61 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: -5.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.62 C Showalter Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.83 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.87 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 34.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 493.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1461.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.20 mb = 3536.59 m = 11602.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.20 mb = 4511.00 m = 14799.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.20 mb = 11817.19 m = 38769.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1445.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.20 mb = 15197.01 m = 49858.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.9 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 303.9 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.1 neg: -6.3 tot: 74.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 11.05 Bulk Shear: 132.28 m/s