MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030000F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030000F000.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 0000Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.93,-102.93 Latitude: 38.93 Longitude: -102.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 557 2 900 1038 SFC 862 1414 22.5 17.1 72 5.4 18.7 350 9 308.4 311.1 297.0 351.9 14.37 4 850 1541 23.2 15.6 62 7.6 17.9 2 9 310.4 312.9 296.8 350.8 13.23 5 800 2069 20.6 13.3 63 7.2 15.7 4 4 313.1 315.4 296.7 350.4 12.10 6 750 2624 16.6 10.4 67 6.2 12.6 235 1 314.6 316.7 296.1 347.7 10.62 7 700 3208 11.9 5.8 66 6.1 8.2 261 4 315.7 317.3 294.7 341.7 8.28 8 650 3823 6.1 1.8 73 4.4 3.7 277 8 315.9 317.2 293.6 337.1 6.70 9 600 4472 0.7 -2.4 80 3.1 -0.9 270 12 316.9 317.9 292.8 334.0 5.35 10 550 5166 -3.7 -6.0 84 2.3 -4.8 273 19 319.6 320.5 292.8 334.1 4.44 11 500 5913 -8.5 -9.3 94 0.8 -8.9 275 27 322.7 323.4 293.1 335.1 3.78 12 450 6721 -13.8 -15.3 88 1.5 -14.4 276 33 325.9 326.4 293.0 334.6 2.58 13 400 7605 -19.8 -21.8 84 2.1 -20.4 277 39 329.3 329.6 293.1 335.1 1.66 14 350 8582 -26.8 -29.4 78 2.7 -27.3 280 48 332.7 332.9 293.3 336.1 0.95 15 300 9675 -34.6 -38.3 69 3.7 -35.0 278 48 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.4 0.47 16 250 10920 -45.2 -50.7 54 5.5 -45.5 278 52 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.4 0.15 17 200 12383 -50.2 -58.3 38 8.1 -50.5 270 68 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.6 0.07 18 150 14249 -55.7 -64.2 34 8.4 -55.9 283 20 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.3 0.05 19 100 16736 -65.7 -85.2 5 19.6 -65.8 320 8 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.21 m Freezing level: 592.49 mb = 4576.49 m = 15014.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.04 mb = 4337.61 m = 14230.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.24 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.02 mb = 2100.89 m = 6892.59 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 17.95 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.39 mb = 3250.49 m = 10664.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.47 C = 85.05 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -5.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: -5.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.80 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.68 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 41.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1791.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.68 mb = 2844.56 m = 9332.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.68 mb = 3501.06 m = 11486.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.68 mb = 12199.13 m = 40022.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1773.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.68 mb = 15842.46 m = 51975.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.4 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 307.4 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.6 neg: -0.7 tot: 43.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 45.44 Bulk Shear: 39.41 m/s