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: 38.53,-102.93 Latitude: 38.53 Longitude: -102.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 525 2 900 1010 SFC 868 1328 28.9 17.6 51 11.3 20.8 92 13 314.5 317.4 298.8 360.4 14.79 4 850 1517 25.2 16.0 57 9.2 18.8 93 14 312.6 315.2 297.6 354.5 13.60 5 800 2046 20.2 14.5 70 5.7 16.3 89 12 312.7 315.2 297.3 353.0 13.08 6 750 2600 16.3 9.8 65 6.6 12.1 45 7 314.3 316.2 295.7 345.9 10.17 7 700 3183 12.5 1.0 45 11.5 6.1 340 11 316.4 317.5 293.1 335.1 5.91 8 650 3799 7.4 -3.4 46 10.8 1.9 321 16 317.3 318.2 292.3 332.1 4.59 9 600 4451 1.5 -5.7 59 7.2 -2.0 310 20 317.8 318.6 292.0 331.3 4.17 10 550 5144 -4.6 -7.5 81 2.8 -5.9 305 26 318.6 319.3 292.1 331.5 3.97 11 500 5886 -10.5 -12.7 84 2.2 -11.3 301 34 320.3 320.9 291.7 329.9 2.89 12 450 6687 -16.4 -22.5 59 6.1 -18.0 302 39 322.7 323.0 291.0 327.5 1.40 13 400 7563 -22.0 -39.5 19 17.5 -24.6 320 41 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.6 0.31 14 350 8531 -29.0 -43.0 25 14.0 -30.6 328 47 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.24 15 300 9616 -35.9 -49.5 24 13.5 -37.0 331 61 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.3 0.14 16 250 10863 -43.2 -62.1 11 18.9 -43.9 333 86 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.04 17 200 12333 -52.0 -70.8 9 18.8 -52.4 329 76 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14171 -57.5 -81.3 3 23.8 -57.8 311 37 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16678 -64.6 -86.2 4 21.6 -64.7 10 6 402.9 402.9 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.82 m Freezing level: 587.96 mb = 4617.87 m = 15150.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.50 mb = 4112.10 m = 13490.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.77 % Est. max temperature: 29.95 C = 85.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 736.88 mb = 2748.99 m = 9018.89 ft T: 15.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.51 C/km ThetaE index: 29.13 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.93 mb = 3196.00 m = 10485.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.72 C = 87.30 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -8.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.03 C Showalter Index: -9.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.71 C Cross Totals Index: 26.48 C K Index: 40.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 518.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2546.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.50 mb = 2799.36 m = 9184.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.50 mb = 3578.48 m = 11740.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.50 mb = 12745.48 m = 41815.38 ft B at Equ Level: 2526.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.7 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 343.7 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.2 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.4 neg: -6.6 tot: 26.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 16.67 Bulk Shear: 152.73 m/s