MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F030.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F030.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: 30 hour RUC valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.52,-102.48 Latitude: 37.52 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 74 1 950 526 2 900 1009 SFC 873 1278 27.7 19.9 63 7.8 21.9 94 10 312.7 315.9 299.7 365.0 16.95 4 850 1514 23.5 18.0 71 5.5 19.6 87 10 310.8 313.7 298.3 358.1 15.46 5 800 2041 19.5 15.5 78 4.0 16.7 65 5 312.0 314.6 297.7 355.0 14.00 6 750 2596 17.6 8.2 54 9.4 11.6 311 9 315.7 317.5 295.4 344.4 9.15 7 700 3182 14.0 -2.3 32 16.3 5.3 299 15 317.9 318.8 292.4 332.8 4.61 8 650 3800 8.6 -8.8 28 17.4 0.6 296 19 318.7 319.3 291.3 328.6 3.03 9 600 4454 2.8 -13.6 29 16.4 -3.8 294 23 319.4 319.8 290.8 326.8 2.22 10 550 5150 -3.5 -18.4 30 14.9 -8.7 295 26 319.9 320.2 290.4 325.4 1.63 11 500 5893 -10.1 -25.1 28 15.0 -14.1 297 30 320.8 321.0 290.0 324.2 0.99 12 450 6694 -16.1 -35.8 17 19.7 -19.7 302 35 323.0 323.1 290.1 324.5 0.40 13 400 7570 -21.8 -47.0 8 25.2 -24.8 315 39 326.6 326.7 290.9 327.2 0.14 14 350 8538 -29.0 -51.2 10 22.2 -31.0 324 45 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.0 0.10 15 300 9622 -36.2 -58.3 8 22.1 -37.4 328 59 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.05 16 250 10868 -43.3 -64.5 8 21.2 -44.0 331 78 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.8 0.03 17 200 12339 -52.0 -71.3 8 19.4 -52.4 328 73 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14173 -58.2 -81.4 4 23.2 -58.5 313 38 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16674 -65.0 -85.6 4 20.6 -65.2 8 5 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.05 m Freezing level: 577.80 mb = 4763.15 m = 15626.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.20 mb = 3886.32 m = 12750.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.96 % Est. max temperature: 31.69 C = 89.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.63 mb = 2262.84 m = 7423.94 ft T: 18.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.87 C/km ThetaE index: 40.74 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.80 mb = 3184.36 m = 10447.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.70 C = 90.85 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: -9.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.70 C Showalter Index: -9.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.69 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.62 C Cross Totals Index: 28.07 C K Index: 35.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 519.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2932.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.24 mb = 2479.39 m = 8134.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.24 mb = 3607.02 m = 11833.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.24 mb = 13181.53 m = 43245.95 ft B at Equ Level: 2899.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.5 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 331.5 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.9 neg: -10.5 tot: 43.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 24.80 Bulk Shear: 118.24 m/s