MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F002.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F002.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: 2 hour RUC valid 20Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 37.35,-102.98 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -102.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 543 2 900 1032 SFC 852 1521 31.2 14.4 36 16.8 19.4 162 8 318.6 321.0 298.1 357.0 12.19 4 850 1544 28.7 12.7 37 16.0 17.8 167 7 316.3 318.4 296.7 350.5 10.95 5 800 2077 23.4 11.4 47 12.0 15.4 186 7 316.1 318.1 296.5 349.4 10.64 6 750 2636 19.0 7.9 49 11.1 11.9 248 8 317.2 318.9 295.6 345.3 8.94 7 700 3224 14.4 3.3 47 11.1 7.8 275 13 318.4 319.7 294.4 340.5 6.94 8 650 3844 9.1 -1.5 48 10.6 3.4 280 15 319.2 320.3 293.4 336.2 5.29 9 600 4500 3.2 -5.9 51 9.1 -1.2 282 16 319.9 320.7 292.6 333.3 4.11 10 550 5197 -2.9 -10.7 55 7.8 -6.2 284 18 320.6 321.2 291.9 330.8 3.07 11 500 5944 -8.2 -19.9 38 11.7 -12.0 292 21 323.0 323.4 291.3 328.5 1.57 12 450 6753 -13.3 -32.9 17 19.7 -17.5 303 29 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.5 0.53 13 400 7638 -19.8 -40.9 13 21.2 -23.0 300 36 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.3 0.27 14 350 8614 -26.9 -46.5 14 19.6 -29.0 289 42 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.17 15 300 9705 -35.6 -50.1 21 14.5 -36.7 285 49 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.13 16 250 10948 -44.6 -60.8 15 16.2 -45.2 294 56 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.04 17 200 12426 -50.1 -71.8 6 21.8 -50.5 268 59 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14259 -59.9 -81.3 4 21.5 -60.0 291 23 366.9 366.9 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16718 -66.7 -86.7 4 20.0 -66.8 185 4 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.30 m Freezing level: 573.79 mb = 4865.60 m = 15963.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.84 mb = 4326.68 m = 14194.96 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.92 % Est. max temperature: 30.95 C = 87.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 667.74 mb = 3618.99 m = 11873.18 ft T: 11.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.30 C/km ThetaE index: 28.57 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 636.72 mb = 4013.49 m = 13167.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.96 C = 89.53 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -4.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: -5.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.94 C Cross Totals Index: 20.94 C K Index: 38.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1434.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 662.97 mb = 3678.97 m = 12069.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.97 mb = 4258.36 m = 13970.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.97 mb = 11856.00 m = 38897.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1432.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.97 mb = 15222.48 m = 49941.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.5 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 316.5 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 60.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 24.33 Bulk Shear: 58.97 m/s