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: 37.39,-100.96 Latitude: 37.39 Longitude: -100.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 1 950 595 SFC 918 892 19.8 19.3 97 0.5 19.5 141 6 300.2 303.0 295.7 345.6 15.53 3 900 1063 18.5 18.4 99 0.2 18.4 160 11 300.6 303.3 295.4 344.4 14.91 4 850 1554 16.7 16.0 96 0.7 16.2 162 17 303.6 306.1 295.3 343.9 13.55 5 800 2070 14.5 13.6 94 0.9 13.9 173 20 306.6 308.9 295.2 343.8 12.34 6 750 2616 12.4 11.7 95 0.7 12.0 205 21 310.1 312.3 295.6 345.5 11.62 7 700 3194 9.8 8.8 94 0.9 9.2 239 22 313.3 315.3 295.5 345.0 10.24 8 650 3807 5.5 4.6 94 0.9 4.9 263 25 315.2 316.7 294.6 340.9 8.22 9 600 4456 0.6 0.2 97 0.4 0.3 276 28 316.8 318.0 293.6 337.3 6.46 10 550 5148 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 284 30 318.9 319.8 292.9 334.5 4.86 11 500 5893 -9.3 -10.2 94 0.8 -9.7 290 30 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.3 3.53 12 450 6700 -14.2 -16.0 86 1.8 -14.9 295 32 325.4 325.8 292.7 333.7 2.44 13 400 7585 -18.8 -21.5 79 2.7 -19.6 291 39 330.5 330.9 293.4 336.6 1.71 14 350 8568 -24.9 -27.7 77 2.8 -25.5 277 34 335.2 335.5 294.1 339.4 1.13 15 300 9668 -33.7 -36.7 74 3.0 -34.1 267 35 337.9 338.0 294.3 340.0 0.55 16 250 10917 -44.4 -46.7 78 2.3 -44.6 254 38 340.0 340.1 294.6 340.9 0.23 17 200 12373 -54.6 -65.6 24 11.1 -54.8 257 48 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.03 18 150 14201 -58.0 -82.5 3 24.5 -58.2 292 42 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16692 -65.8 -87.5 3 21.6 -66.0 282 2 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.15 m Freezing level: 594.35 mb = 4534.46 m = 14876.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.82 mb = 4498.42 m = 14758.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.20 C = 82.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.02 mb = 948.74 m = 3112.63 ft T: 19.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 12.25 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.14 mb = 1612.92 m = 5291.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.46 C = 74.23 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.02 C Cross Totals Index: 25.31 C K Index: 41.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 424.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 815.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.49 mb = 1448.77 m = 4753.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.49 mb = 3611.97 m = 11850.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.49 mb = 11886.25 m = 38996.40 ft B at Equ Level: 809.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.49 mb = 14388.96 m = 47207.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 269.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.05 Bulk Rich Number: 7.07 Bulk Shear: 115.34 m/s