MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.42,-102.88 Latitude: 38.42 Longitude: -102.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 532 2 900 1020 SFC 874 1284 30.1 14.5 39 15.6 19.2 128 14 315.1 317.4 297.1 352.3 11.93 4 850 1530 27.3 13.6 43 13.7 17.9 131 17 314.7 316.9 296.8 350.7 11.56 5 800 2062 22.3 11.8 51 10.5 15.3 136 17 314.9 317.0 296.4 348.9 10.92 6 750 2620 19.4 3.4 35 16.0 9.9 162 7 317.6 318.9 293.9 338.4 6.53 7 700 3208 15.1 -4.8 25 19.9 4.9 266 6 319.2 320.0 292.2 331.7 3.82 8 650 3829 9.4 -4.9 36 14.3 2.2 269 12 319.6 320.4 292.5 332.9 4.09 9 600 4485 3.5 -5.0 54 8.4 -0.7 263 19 320.1 321.0 292.9 334.5 4.41 10 550 5184 -2.6 -7.3 70 4.7 -4.8 269 27 321.0 321.8 292.8 334.1 4.01 11 500 5930 -8.8 -12.3 76 3.4 -10.2 278 33 322.3 322.9 292.3 332.2 2.98 12 450 6736 -15.0 -18.3 76 3.3 -16.1 285 34 324.4 324.8 292.0 331.2 2.01 13 400 7615 -21.7 -27.4 60 5.7 -22.9 292 34 326.8 327.0 291.8 330.4 1.01 14 350 8584 -28.9 -44.7 20 15.8 -30.6 292 46 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.5 0.20 15 300 9666 -37.5 -49.2 28 11.7 -38.3 281 61 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.14 16 250 10901 -45.2 -63.8 11 18.6 -45.8 286 67 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.03 17 200 12376 -48.6 -74.0 4 25.4 -49.1 275 68 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.01 18 150 14233 -57.7 -82.3 3 24.6 -57.9 277 24 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16716 -65.1 -86.4 4 21.3 -65.3 327 4 401.9 401.9 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.80 m Freezing level: 571.60 mb = 4881.91 m = 16016.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.66 mb = 4313.82 m = 14152.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.42 % Est. max temperature: 33.26 C = 91.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.49 mb = 3250.32 m = 10663.65 ft T: 14.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.80 C/km ThetaE index: 20.61 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.09 mb = 3929.28 m = 12891.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.45 C = 94.01 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: -5.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.76 C Showalter Index: -6.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.50 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.39 C K Index: 29.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1804.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 163.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 683.65 mb = 3406.22 m = 11175.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 608.65 mb = 4367.70 m = 14329.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.65 mb = 11787.07 m = 38671.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1797.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.65 mb = 15668.94 m = 51406.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.9 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 297.9 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.9 neg: -5.7 tot: 70.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 11.31 Bulk Shear: 159.49 m/s