MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F033.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021500F033.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: 33 hour RUC valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.16,-102.4 Latitude: 37.16 Longitude: -102.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 536 2 900 1016 SFC 877 1246 25.2 19.6 71 5.6 21.2 91 14 309.8 313.0 298.8 360.5 16.63 4 850 1518 21.5 18.3 82 3.2 19.2 96 17 308.7 311.7 298.0 356.5 15.76 5 800 2042 18.6 15.2 81 3.4 16.3 96 12 311.0 313.6 297.3 353.0 13.72 6 750 2596 17.6 8.6 56 9.0 11.9 20 6 315.7 317.5 295.6 345.2 9.42 7 700 3183 14.1 2.6 46 11.4 7.4 330 13 318.1 319.4 294.1 339.2 6.63 8 650 3802 9.1 -4.1 39 13.2 2.3 311 21 319.2 320.1 292.6 333.3 4.34 9 600 4457 3.1 -9.4 39 12.5 -2.5 302 28 319.7 320.3 291.7 330.0 3.12 10 550 5155 -3.1 -13.7 44 10.6 -7.2 302 34 320.4 320.9 291.3 328.4 2.41 11 500 5899 -9.4 -18.6 47 9.3 -12.4 308 39 321.6 322.0 291.0 327.6 1.76 12 450 6703 -15.6 -25.1 44 9.5 -18.0 318 40 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.5 1.11 13 400 7580 -21.3 -39.0 19 17.7 -24.1 331 42 327.3 327.3 291.3 328.5 0.33 14 350 8552 -28.1 -46.4 16 18.3 -30.0 334 50 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.17 15 300 9641 -34.9 -53.5 13 18.7 -36.1 336 69 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.09 16 250 10890 -43.3 -57.6 19 14.3 -43.9 337 82 341.7 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.06 17 200 12359 -53.0 -69.2 12 16.2 -53.3 331 75 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14181 -58.4 -81.5 4 23.1 -58.6 319 44 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16674 -65.6 -85.7 4 20.1 -65.8 46 8 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.98 m Freezing level: 575.09 mb = 4804.78 m = 15763.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.86 mb = 4112.13 m = 13491.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.95 C = 89.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.90 mb = 1956.75 m = 6419.69 ft T: 19.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.64 C/km ThetaE index: 32.99 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.20 mb = 3180.24 m = 10433.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.20 C = 91.76 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: -8.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.24 C Showalter Index: -8.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.89 C Cross Totals Index: 27.67 C K Index: 37.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 483.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2559.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.18 mb = 2257.24 m = 7405.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.18 mb = 3863.28 m = 12674.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.18 mb = 12846.67 m = 42147.35 ft B at Equ Level: 2559.09 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.5 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 346.5 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 6.8 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.0 neg: -13.3 tot: 67.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 12.79 Bulk Shear: 200.16 m/s