MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F031.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F031.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: 31 hour RUC valid 22Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.72,-101.83 Latitude: 36.72 Longitude: -101.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 533 2 900 1015 SFC 896 1052 29.1 20.9 61 8.2 23.0 93 18 311.9 315.2 299.8 366.1 17.63 4 850 1519 22.5 18.5 78 4.0 19.6 94 18 309.7 312.7 298.4 358.2 15.94 5 800 2045 19.1 16.2 84 2.8 17.1 105 10 311.5 314.3 298.0 356.5 14.68 6 750 2599 16.6 11.3 71 5.3 13.1 235 4 314.6 316.8 296.6 349.8 11.31 7 700 3184 13.5 1.6 44 11.9 6.7 280 13 317.5 318.7 293.6 337.0 6.14 8 650 3802 8.9 -8.8 28 17.7 0.7 294 21 319.0 319.6 291.4 329.0 3.02 9 600 4457 3.0 -11.5 34 14.5 -3.2 299 27 319.5 320.1 291.2 328.3 2.63 10 550 5153 -3.4 -15.7 38 12.3 -7.9 300 30 320.0 320.4 290.8 326.9 2.04 11 500 5896 -9.8 -23.0 33 13.2 -13.6 302 33 321.1 321.3 290.3 325.2 1.20 12 450 6699 -15.5 -35.3 17 19.8 -19.3 308 37 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.3 0.42 13 400 7577 -21.1 -46.0 9 24.8 -24.2 320 39 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.1 0.16 14 350 8549 -28.2 -48.9 12 20.7 -30.2 326 43 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.3 0.13 15 300 9637 -35.5 -57.4 9 21.9 -36.8 331 56 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.05 16 250 10884 -43.1 -64.3 8 21.3 -43.9 334 75 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 17 200 12354 -52.5 -70.7 9 18.2 -52.8 329 72 349.6 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14183 -58.4 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.7 308 41 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16673 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 10 8 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.18 m Freezing level: 576.88 mb = 4779.02 m = 15679.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.79 mb = 3918.98 m = 12857.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.93 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.96 mb = 2088.25 m = 6851.14 ft T: 18.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.61 C/km ThetaE index: 40.88 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.48 mb = 2638.61 m = 8656.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.99 C = 89.57 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -10.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Showalter Index: -9.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.61 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.32 C Cross Totals Index: 28.29 C K Index: 38.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 523.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3341.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.40 mb = 2148.34 m = 7048.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.40 mb = 3359.72 m = 11022.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.40 mb = 13561.24 m = 44491.72 ft B at Equ Level: 3305.57 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.4 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 333.4 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 218.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.51 Bulk Rich Number: 16.01 Bulk Shear: 208.72 m/s