MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030000F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030000F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 9Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.37,-100.90 Latitude: 37.37 Longitude: -100.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 1 950 596 SFC 919 881 19.8 19.3 97 0.4 19.5 151 4 300.1 302.9 295.6 345.5 15.53 3 900 1064 18.5 18.3 99 0.2 18.4 162 11 300.6 303.3 295.3 344.3 14.90 4 850 1554 16.6 16.0 96 0.6 16.2 163 16 303.5 306.0 295.3 343.9 13.58 5 800 2071 14.4 13.7 95 0.8 13.9 172 19 306.5 308.8 295.2 343.8 12.38 6 750 2616 12.4 11.7 96 0.7 11.9 203 20 310.0 312.2 295.6 345.3 11.59 7 700 3194 9.6 8.8 95 0.7 9.1 237 22 313.1 315.1 295.5 344.8 10.25 8 650 3806 5.4 4.8 96 0.6 5.0 260 25 315.1 316.7 294.6 341.1 8.32 9 600 4456 0.7 0.4 98 0.3 0.5 273 29 316.9 318.2 293.7 337.8 6.58 10 550 5148 -4.2 -4.6 98 0.3 -4.4 282 31 319.0 320.0 293.1 335.0 4.96 11 500 5893 -9.3 -10.0 95 0.7 -9.6 289 31 321.7 322.4 292.7 333.5 3.58 12 450 6700 -14.2 -15.9 87 1.7 -14.8 294 32 325.4 325.8 292.7 333.7 2.45 13 400 7585 -18.8 -21.4 80 2.6 -19.6 291 38 330.5 330.9 293.4 336.6 1.72 14 350 8568 -24.8 -27.5 78 2.7 -25.4 276 34 335.3 335.5 294.2 339.5 1.14 15 300 9669 -33.6 -36.5 75 2.9 -34.0 267 35 338.0 338.1 294.4 340.1 0.56 16 250 10918 -44.4 -46.7 78 2.3 -44.6 254 38 340.0 340.1 294.6 340.9 0.23 17 200 12373 -54.7 -64.5 29 9.8 -54.9 257 48 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14202 -57.9 -82.5 3 24.6 -58.2 292 41 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16693 -65.8 -87.5 3 21.6 -66.0 278 2 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.97 m Freezing level: 593.03 mb = 4552.33 m = 14935.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.51 mb = 4528.96 m = 14858.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.37 % Est. max temperature: 28.13 C = 82.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.50 mb = 935.06 m = 3067.76 ft T: 19.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 11.82 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.22 mb = 1562.13 m = 5125.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.21 C = 73.77 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 25.30 C K Index: 41.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 425.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 803.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.56 mb = 1428.46 m = 4686.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.56 mb = 3585.98 m = 11764.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.56 mb = 11824.53 m = 38793.90 ft B at Equ Level: 800.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.56 mb = 14302.73 m = 46924.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.4 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 290.4 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 248.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 248.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 7.52 Bulk Shear: 106.83 m/s