MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508022100F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508022100F000.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: RUC analysis for 2100Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 37.51,-100.70 Latitude: 37.51 Longitude: -100.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 1 950 583 SFC 920 875 30.6 19.5 52 11.1 22.5 157 12 311.1 314.1 298.5 359.2 15.72 3 900 1065 27.0 17.2 55 9.8 20.1 155 16 309.3 311.9 296.9 351.3 13.83 4 850 1567 22.4 15.6 66 6.7 17.7 160 16 309.6 312.1 296.6 349.9 13.27 5 800 2091 17.8 13.2 74 4.6 14.7 169 16 310.1 312.4 295.9 346.7 12.00 6 750 2641 13.5 10.1 80 3.4 11.3 191 14 311.2 313.2 295.1 343.3 10.43 7 700 3219 11.1 2.7 56 8.3 6.3 245 13 314.7 316.0 293.2 335.7 6.67 8 650 3835 8.1 -6.4 35 14.5 1.1 289 18 318.1 318.8 291.7 330.0 3.64 9 600 4488 2.6 -12.1 33 14.7 -3.5 300 17 319.1 319.6 291.0 327.5 2.53 10 550 5183 -3.3 -19.6 27 16.3 -8.7 298 16 320.2 320.5 290.3 325.2 1.47 11 500 5928 -8.4 -29.1 17 20.7 -13.6 295 18 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.3 0.69 12 450 6738 -13.5 -31.2 21 17.7 -17.4 295 24 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.6 0.63 13 400 7621 -19.9 -28.2 47 8.3 -21.8 299 33 329.1 329.3 292.4 332.5 0.93 14 350 8598 -26.7 -45.1 16 18.4 -28.8 294 45 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.19 15 300 9690 -35.1 -55.0 11 19.9 -36.4 288 50 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.07 16 250 10936 -44.2 -62.9 11 18.7 -44.9 292 49 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.03 17 200 12414 -50.2 -70.5 7 20.2 -50.7 277 63 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 14247 -59.7 -81.1 5 21.4 -59.9 292 40 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16715 -67.4 -87.3 4 19.9 -67.5 296 9 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.74 m Freezing level: 577.82 mb = 4796.46 m = 15736.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.25 mb = 3983.61 m = 13069.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.28 C = 86.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.59 mb = 2267.86 m = 7440.39 ft T: 16.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 34.00 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.01 mb = 2550.21 m = 8366.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -5.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -5.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.03 C K Index: 38.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 467.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1747.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.09 mb = 2382.59 m = 7816.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.09 mb = 3858.57 m = 12659.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.09 mb = 12151.53 m = 39866.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1740.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.09 mb = 16241.84 m = 53286.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.0 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 296.0 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 111.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 19.17 Bulk Shear: 91.15 m/s