MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508022100F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508022100F004.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: 4 hour RUC valid 1Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.18,-103.15 Latitude: 36.18 Longitude: -103.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 530 2 900 1019 SFC 861 1419 28.4 15.1 45 13.2 19.1 191 12 314.7 317.2 297.5 354.1 12.68 4 850 1530 28.0 14.9 45 13.0 18.9 192 16 315.5 317.9 297.7 354.9 12.68 5 800 2064 23.3 12.5 51 10.8 16.0 199 20 316.0 318.2 297.0 351.9 11.50 6 750 2624 19.7 7.8 46 11.9 12.1 222 18 318.0 319.7 295.8 346.1 8.91 7 700 3214 15.0 5.9 54 9.2 9.3 251 16 319.1 320.7 295.7 345.6 8.34 8 650 3835 9.6 2.9 63 6.7 5.6 278 18 319.8 321.3 295.1 343.1 7.27 9 600 4493 4.0 -2.2 64 6.2 0.7 295 23 320.7 321.8 293.9 338.3 5.43 10 550 5193 -2.1 -8.6 61 6.6 -5.0 305 28 321.6 322.3 292.7 333.6 3.63 11 500 5942 -8.1 -15.2 56 7.2 -10.7 310 29 323.2 323.7 292.0 331.1 2.34 12 450 6752 -12.4 -31.8 18 19.3 -16.8 303 30 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.8 0.59 13 400 7641 -18.2 -40.6 12 22.4 -21.8 288 38 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.4 0.28 14 350 8622 -25.9 -46.5 13 20.7 -28.2 279 43 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.17 15 300 9718 -34.6 -55.3 10 20.7 -36.0 286 44 336.6 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.07 16 250 10964 -43.4 -60.4 14 17.0 -44.0 297 47 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.04 17 200 12441 -50.8 -70.1 8 19.3 -51.2 270 54 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.02 18 150 14270 -60.6 -82.4 4 21.8 -60.8 284 27 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16716 -68.6 -86.7 6 18.2 -68.7 192 2 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.77 m Freezing level: 567.09 mb = 4954.05 m = 16253.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.71 mb = 4578.27 m = 15020.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.11 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 709.83 mb = 3094.26 m = 10151.65 ft T: 15.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.46 C/km ThetaE index: 25.18 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.56 mb = 3866.42 m = 12684.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.29 C = 91.93 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: -5.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.74 C Showalter Index: -6.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.05 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 41.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 576.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1629.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.70 mb = 3435.83 m = 11272.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.70 mb = 4267.76 m = 14001.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.70 mb = 12546.93 m = 41163.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1613.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.70 mb = 16324.49 m = 53557.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.0 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 314.0 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 138.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 14.84 Bulk Shear: 109.76 m/s