MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F018.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: 18 hour RUC valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.72,-102.69 Latitude: 37.72 Longitude: -102.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 572 2 900 1047 SFC 872 1326 20.0 18.4 91 1.5 18.9 144 18 304.9 307.8 296.9 351.2 15.51 4 850 1543 20.3 17.0 81 3.3 18.1 145 26 307.5 310.2 296.9 351.3 14.53 5 800 2069 20.7 13.5 63 7.2 15.8 180 19 313.2 315.5 296.8 351.1 12.26 6 750 2625 17.9 7.8 51 10.1 11.5 227 14 316.0 317.7 295.3 343.9 8.88 7 700 3210 13.3 3.1 50 10.2 7.3 269 16 317.2 318.5 294.0 338.9 6.84 8 650 3828 8.1 -0.1 56 8.2 3.6 281 21 318.1 319.3 293.5 336.8 5.85 9 600 4482 2.6 -3.6 64 6.1 -0.5 285 27 319.1 320.1 293.0 334.9 4.91 10 550 5179 -3.1 -8.0 69 4.9 -5.3 288 32 320.4 321.1 292.5 332.9 3.80 11 500 5925 -9.0 -12.7 75 3.7 -10.4 285 34 322.1 322.7 292.2 331.8 2.89 12 450 6731 -14.9 -17.8 78 3.0 -15.8 280 32 324.6 325.0 292.2 331.7 2.09 13 400 7612 -20.8 -26.4 61 5.6 -22.1 274 25 328.0 328.2 292.2 331.9 1.11 14 350 8584 -28.1 -48.9 12 20.8 -30.1 291 37 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.13 15 300 9669 -36.8 -51.7 20 14.8 -37.8 291 52 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.11 16 250 10907 -44.7 -62.6 12 17.9 -45.3 290 51 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.03 17 200 12381 -50.0 -72.1 6 22.1 -50.5 279 49 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14221 -59.4 -81.3 4 21.9 -59.6 280 39 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16701 -64.7 -86.2 4 21.5 -64.9 327 4 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.85 m Freezing level: 577.35 mb = 4797.81 m = 15740.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.19 mb = 4398.16 m = 14429.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.17 % Est. max temperature: 31.33 C = 88.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.42 mb = 1518.53 m = 4981.98 ft T: 20.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.19 C/km ThetaE index: 19.58 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.55 mb = 3335.48 m = 10943.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.00 C = 89.61 F Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lifted Index: -6.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.54 C Showalter Index: -6.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.29 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.30 C Cross Totals Index: 26.00 C K Index: 36.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 522.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1971.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 168.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.36 mb = 2540.48 m = 8334.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.36 mb = 3924.64 m = 12875.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.36 mb = 11984.83 m = 39319.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1971.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.36 mb = 15988.37 m = 52454.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.4 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 301.4 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 216.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.44 Bulk Rich Number: 8.22 Bulk Shear: 239.89 m/s