MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F005.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: 5 hour RUC valid 23Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 38.1,-102.88 Latitude: 38.10 Longitude: -102.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 524 2 900 1015 SFC 883 1188 33.5 14.6 32 18.8 20.3 140 11 317.7 320.0 297.7 355.3 11.94 4 850 1528 29.3 12.4 35 16.9 17.8 147 11 316.9 318.9 296.7 350.5 10.71 5 800 2063 24.3 10.6 42 13.6 15.2 163 10 317.0 319.0 296.4 348.7 10.09 6 750 2624 20.0 5.1 38 14.8 10.9 218 9 318.3 319.7 294.7 341.7 7.38 7 700 3213 15.6 -1.5 31 17.1 6.2 262 16 319.7 320.7 293.2 335.6 4.89 8 650 3835 10.1 -5.2 33 15.4 2.4 273 21 320.4 321.2 292.6 333.4 3.98 9 600 4493 4.1 -8.4 40 12.5 -1.6 279 25 320.9 321.6 292.3 332.1 3.39 10 550 5193 -2.2 -11.6 48 9.4 -6.1 282 27 321.4 322.0 292.0 330.9 2.85 11 500 5939 -8.8 -16.9 52 8.1 -11.6 285 29 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.2 2.03 12 450 6744 -15.3 -25.7 41 10.4 -18.0 287 31 323.9 324.2 291.0 327.6 1.05 13 400 7623 -21.2 -39.3 18 18.1 -23.9 292 37 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.32 14 350 8595 -27.9 -48.1 13 20.2 -29.9 290 48 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.14 15 300 9681 -36.5 -48.0 29 11.5 -37.4 280 59 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.6 0.16 16 250 10920 -44.8 -62.0 13 17.2 -45.4 288 64 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.04 17 200 12400 -48.8 -74.2 4 25.5 -49.3 270 67 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 14249 -58.7 -81.9 4 23.2 -58.9 277 22 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16721 -66.3 -87.4 4 21.1 -66.4 316 4 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.81 m Freezing level: 567.48 mb = 4948.06 m = 16233.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.05 mb = 4222.82 m = 13854.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.57 % Est. max temperature: 34.46 C = 94.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 672.44 mb = 3550.31 m = 11647.85 ft T: 12.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.96 C/km ThetaE index: 27.63 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.10 mb = 4103.70 m = 13463.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.28 C = 97.30 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: -5.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: -6.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.15 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 33.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1820.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 659.92 mb = 3708.06 m = 12165.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.92 mb = 4425.67 m = 14519.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.92 mb = 11922.62 m = 39115.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1812.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.92 mb = 15873.14 m = 52076.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.7 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 303.7 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 128.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 15.68 Bulk Shear: 116.14 m/s