MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021200F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 8Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.88,-102.09 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -102.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 577 2 900 1051 SFC 890 1143 20.6 19.1 91 1.5 19.5 114 11 303.6 306.6 296.8 350.6 15.80 4 850 1546 19.6 16.7 84 2.8 17.6 145 21 306.7 309.3 296.5 349.5 14.25 5 800 2068 18.0 14.3 79 3.7 15.5 188 30 310.3 312.8 296.5 349.7 12.90 6 750 2621 16.3 10.9 71 5.4 12.7 215 27 314.2 316.3 296.3 348.4 11.00 7 700 3205 12.4 7.9 74 4.5 9.5 231 25 316.2 318.0 295.8 346.2 9.58 8 650 3822 8.3 3.8 73 4.5 5.6 256 23 318.4 319.9 295.0 343.0 7.76 9 600 4478 3.1 -4.1 59 7.2 -0.5 286 24 319.7 320.7 293.0 335.0 4.72 10 550 5176 -3.0 -11.0 54 8.0 -6.4 293 31 320.5 321.1 291.8 330.4 3.00 11 500 5920 -9.7 -15.1 65 5.3 -11.6 286 37 321.2 321.6 291.5 329.1 2.37 12 450 6724 -15.0 -21.6 57 6.6 -16.9 287 37 324.4 324.7 291.6 329.6 1.51 13 400 7607 -20.0 -24.7 66 4.8 -21.2 290 35 329.1 329.3 292.7 333.6 1.29 14 350 8583 -26.9 -38.9 31 12.1 -28.6 296 42 332.5 332.6 292.8 333.9 0.38 15 300 9674 -35.8 -43.8 44 8.0 -36.5 289 36 334.9 335.0 293.3 336.0 0.26 16 250 10915 -44.7 -58.9 19 14.2 -45.3 292 35 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 17 200 12383 -51.5 -71.0 8 19.6 -51.8 282 49 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14211 -60.5 -81.5 5 21.0 -60.6 291 49 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16683 -66.1 -86.7 4 20.6 -66.2 306 5 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.29 m Freezing level: 574.48 mb = 4834.16 m = 15859.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.13 mb = 4422.00 m = 14507.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.52 % Est. max temperature: 31.19 C = 88.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.23 mb = 1332.34 m = 4371.13 ft T: 20.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 20.58 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.92 mb = 2967.02 m = 9734.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.95 C = 89.51 F Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lifted Index: -6.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: -6.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.79 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.31 C Cross Totals Index: 26.47 C K Index: 41.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 518.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1764.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.18 mb = 2022.95 m = 6636.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.18 mb = 4089.08 m = 13415.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.18 mb = 12408.69 m = 40710.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1744.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.18 mb = 16147.88 m = 52977.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.3 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 292.3 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 463.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 463.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 154.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.79 Bulk Rich Number: 8.11 Bulk Shear: 217.66 m/s