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: 37.60,-100.69 Latitude: 37.60 Longitude: -100.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 1 950 591 SFC 920 869 19.5 18.6 95 0.9 18.9 199 10 299.7 302.4 295.1 343.2 14.86 3 900 1059 18.6 17.7 95 0.9 18.0 184 18 300.7 303.3 295.0 342.7 14.33 4 850 1550 17.5 14.7 84 2.8 15.6 173 20 304.5 306.8 294.7 341.7 12.47 5 800 2068 15.8 12.8 83 2.9 13.8 188 16 308.0 310.2 295.1 343.4 11.72 6 750 2615 13.4 10.1 80 3.3 11.3 232 15 311.1 313.1 295.0 343.0 10.38 7 700 3193 9.5 6.8 83 2.7 7.9 266 17 313.0 314.7 294.5 340.7 8.93 8 650 3805 4.8 3.3 90 1.4 3.9 283 20 314.4 315.8 293.8 337.9 7.51 9 600 4453 0.3 -0.5 94 0.9 -0.2 288 23 316.5 317.7 293.3 336.0 6.15 10 550 5145 -4.1 -4.6 96 0.5 -4.4 288 26 319.2 320.1 293.1 335.1 4.94 11 500 5890 -9.0 -9.7 95 0.7 -9.3 284 29 322.0 322.8 292.8 334.1 3.67 12 450 6698 -14.3 -15.7 89 1.4 -14.8 286 29 325.3 325.7 292.7 333.8 2.50 13 400 7581 -19.9 -22.1 83 2.1 -20.5 288 33 329.1 329.4 293.0 334.9 1.63 14 350 8560 -25.7 -28.3 79 2.6 -26.3 276 37 334.1 334.3 293.8 338.0 1.06 15 300 9658 -33.8 -36.6 76 2.7 -34.2 261 38 337.7 337.8 294.3 339.8 0.56 16 250 10906 -44.6 -47.1 76 2.5 -44.8 247 44 339.7 339.8 294.4 340.6 0.22 17 200 12360 -54.3 -63.3 32 9.0 -54.5 253 56 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.04 18 150 14197 -57.4 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.7 293 38 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16694 -65.7 -88.0 3 22.3 -65.8 271 2 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.99 m Freezing level: 596.22 mb = 4505.35 m = 14781.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.90 mb = 4427.41 m = 14525.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.10 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.77 mb = 974.91 m = 3198.48 ft T: 19.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 9.67 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.72 mb = 2483.88 m = 8149.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.89 C = 85.80 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 23.73 C K Index: 38.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 642.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.23 mb = 1608.13 m = 5275.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.23 mb = 3688.53 m = 12101.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.23 mb = 11471.25 m = 37634.86 ft B at Equ Level: 635.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.23 mb = 13816.16 m = 45328.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.0 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 297.0 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.5 neg: -19.4 tot: 84.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 7.02 Bulk Shear: 91.63 m/s