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: 38.67,-103.56 Latitude: 38.67 Longitude: -103.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 526 2 900 1015 SFC 851 1510 29.7 12.4 34 17.3 17.9 103 12 317.1 319.1 296.7 350.5 10.65 4 850 1525 28.6 12.0 36 16.6 17.4 103 13 316.2 318.2 296.4 348.8 10.43 5 800 2059 23.6 10.5 44 13.1 15.0 105 14 316.3 318.3 296.1 347.8 10.05 6 750 2619 19.4 5.1 39 14.3 10.7 106 8 317.6 319.0 294.6 340.9 7.37 7 700 3207 14.6 0.8 39 13.7 6.8 175 3 318.6 319.7 293.6 337.2 5.82 8 650 3827 9.0 -0.4 52 9.4 3.8 229 10 319.2 320.3 293.7 337.5 5.72 9 600 4483 3.1 -1.5 72 4.6 0.7 243 18 319.7 320.8 293.9 338.2 5.73 10 550 5181 -2.7 -4.9 85 2.2 -3.8 260 25 320.9 321.8 293.4 336.6 4.83 11 500 5929 -8.7 -10.6 86 1.9 -9.5 272 30 322.4 323.1 292.7 333.7 3.41 12 450 6735 -14.9 -18.1 76 3.2 -15.9 280 32 324.6 325.0 292.2 331.5 2.04 13 400 7614 -21.6 -26.3 66 4.7 -22.7 284 34 326.9 327.1 291.9 330.8 1.12 14 350 8582 -29.5 -36.8 49 7.3 -30.5 286 42 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.7 0.47 15 300 9661 -37.6 -53.2 18 15.6 -38.6 279 59 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.09 16 250 10896 -45.2 -61.9 14 16.8 -45.7 284 69 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 17 200 12370 -48.9 -73.6 4 24.7 -49.4 274 67 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 14228 -56.8 -83.0 2 26.2 -57.1 287 26 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16717 -65.0 -86.8 3 21.8 -65.2 261 2 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.08 m Freezing level: 573.24 mb = 4856.35 m = 15932.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.54 mb = 4583.13 m = 15036.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.39 % Est. max temperature: 31.11 C = 88.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 661.46 mb = 3680.44 m = 12074.78 ft T: 10.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.56 C/km ThetaE index: 13.30 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 624.51 mb = 4154.56 m = 13630.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.95 C = 89.51 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.82 C Showalter Index: -5.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 58.10 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.37 C Cross Totals Index: 20.73 C K Index: 35.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1472.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 99.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 649.07 mb = 3838.37 m = 12592.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.07 mb = 4427.39 m = 14525.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.07 mb = 11619.32 m = 38120.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1461.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.07 mb = 14917.12 m = 48940.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.5 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 293.5 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 99.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 10.73 Bulk Shear: 137.23 m/s