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: 37.52,-100.84 Latitude: 37.52 Longitude: -100.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 594 SFC 918 894 19.5 19.0 97 0.5 19.2 173 6 299.9 302.7 295.4 344.5 15.24 3 900 1062 18.5 18.1 98 0.4 18.3 174 14 300.6 303.3 295.2 343.8 14.72 4 850 1553 16.9 15.6 92 1.3 16.1 167 18 303.9 306.3 295.1 343.4 13.26 5 800 2070 15.0 13.4 90 1.7 14.0 179 17 307.2 309.5 295.3 343.9 12.17 6 750 2616 12.8 11.1 89 1.7 11.7 214 16 310.5 312.6 295.4 344.5 11.12 7 700 3194 9.4 8.2 92 1.2 8.7 249 18 312.9 314.8 295.1 343.3 9.83 8 650 3806 5.0 4.5 96 0.5 4.7 269 22 314.7 316.2 294.4 340.1 8.15 9 600 4454 0.5 0.3 98 0.2 0.4 278 26 316.7 318.0 293.7 337.4 6.52 10 550 5147 -4.2 -4.4 99 0.2 -4.3 283 28 319.1 320.0 293.1 335.3 5.02 11 500 5891 -9.2 -9.8 95 0.6 -9.4 285 28 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.9 3.64 12 450 6699 -14.3 -15.8 88 1.5 -14.8 289 29 325.3 325.8 292.7 333.7 2.49 13 400 7583 -19.4 -21.7 81 2.4 -20.0 289 35 329.8 330.2 293.3 335.7 1.68 14 350 8564 -25.1 -28.0 77 2.8 -25.8 276 36 334.9 335.1 294.0 338.9 1.10 15 300 9663 -33.8 -36.6 76 2.8 -34.2 263 36 337.7 337.9 294.3 339.9 0.56 16 250 10912 -44.6 -46.7 79 2.1 -44.7 250 41 339.8 339.8 294.5 340.7 0.23 17 200 12367 -54.5 -64.3 29 9.8 -54.7 254 52 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.6 0.03 18 150 14199 -57.5 -82.6 3 25.1 -57.8 293 40 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 19 100 16694 -65.7 -87.7 3 22.0 -65.8 281 2 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.89 m Freezing level: 594.67 mb = 4528.35 m = 14856.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.04 mb = 4507.19 m = 14787.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.63 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.51 mb = 951.95 m = 3123.14 ft T: 19.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 10.71 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.28 mb = 1929.28 m = 6329.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.71 C = 78.28 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.62 C Showalter Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.12 C Cross Totals Index: 24.81 C K Index: 40.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 426.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 784.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.55 mb = 1506.68 m = 4943.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.55 mb = 3561.01 m = 11682.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.55 mb = 11758.37 m = 38576.85 ft B at Equ Level: 779.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.55 mb = 14217.81 m = 46645.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.1 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 292.1 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 155.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 8.44 Bulk Shear: 93.02 m/s