MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508021800F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 2Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.75,-102.35 Latitude: 39.75 Longitude: -102.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 551 2 900 1033 SFC 883 1202 25.4 16.8 59 8.7 19.4 140 8 309.4 312.0 296.9 351.2 13.74 4 850 1537 23.7 16.2 63 7.5 18.4 161 16 311.0 313.6 297.3 353.0 13.74 5 800 2064 20.0 13.5 66 6.5 15.6 189 16 312.5 314.8 296.7 350.3 12.26 6 750 2618 16.9 7.0 52 10.0 10.7 228 13 315.0 316.6 294.6 341.2 8.38 7 700 3202 12.6 1.5 47 11.2 6.3 251 13 316.5 317.7 293.3 335.8 6.09 8 650 3818 7.3 -1.6 53 8.9 2.6 262 10 317.3 318.3 292.8 334.0 5.24 9 600 4470 1.6 -4.1 66 5.7 -1.3 277 7 317.9 318.8 292.6 333.1 4.71 10 550 5164 -4.2 -6.6 84 2.3 -5.3 285 8 319.1 319.9 292.5 332.9 4.26 11 500 5907 -10.0 -11.3 90 1.3 -10.5 294 14 320.9 321.5 292.2 331.5 3.23 12 450 6710 -15.7 -17.7 85 1.9 -16.3 291 21 323.5 323.9 291.9 330.7 2.12 13 400 7588 -22.0 -23.8 85 1.9 -22.4 280 30 326.4 326.7 292.1 331.3 1.39 14 350 8555 -29.7 -34.4 63 4.7 -30.4 272 34 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.9 0.59 15 300 9631 -39.0 -48.8 35 9.8 -39.7 281 40 330.3 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.15 16 250 10858 -47.0 -57.4 30 10.4 -47.4 280 51 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.07 17 200 12328 -47.8 -72.8 4 25.0 -48.4 279 58 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 18 150 14203 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.6 286 29 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16715 -64.5 -86.8 3 22.4 -64.7 40 6 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.30 m Freezing level: 586.56 mb = 4656.22 m = 15276.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.41 mb = 4249.75 m = 13942.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.48 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 777.82 mb = 2305.17 m = 7562.79 ft T: 18.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.36 C/km ThetaE index: 22.33 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.09 mb = 3248.07 m = 10656.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.32 C = 90.18 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -7.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.72 C Showalter Index: -8.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.83 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.66 C Cross Totals Index: 26.16 C K Index: 38.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 456.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2481.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.53 mb = 2657.04 m = 8717.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.53 mb = 3671.49 m = 12045.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.53 mb = 11958.93 m = 39234.87 ft B at Equ Level: 2470.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.53 mb = 16038.80 m = 52620.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.6 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 290.6 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.0 neg: -3.4 tot: 110.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.77 Bulk Rich Number: 43.16 Bulk Shear: 57.50 m/s