MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030300F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030300F000.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 0300Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.50,-101.76 Latitude: 37.50 Longitude: -101.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 559 SFC 902 1021 24.5 17.6 65 6.9 19.6 105 10 306.6 309.2 296.5 349.3 14.19 3 900 1038 25.7 17.7 61 8.0 20.0 133 18 308.0 310.6 296.8 351.1 14.26 4 850 1541 23.8 15.3 59 8.5 17.9 159 35 311.0 313.5 296.8 350.8 12.98 5 800 2068 20.5 13.1 63 7.4 15.5 173 36 313.0 315.2 296.5 349.7 11.91 6 750 2622 16.4 10.2 67 6.2 12.3 192 32 314.4 316.4 295.9 346.8 10.45 7 700 3206 12.3 6.2 66 6.1 8.6 215 26 316.1 317.7 295.0 342.9 8.54 8 650 3822 7.4 2.0 68 5.4 4.3 243 24 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.9 6.80 9 600 4475 1.5 -0.6 86 2.1 0.4 264 28 317.9 319.1 293.7 337.4 6.13 10 550 5170 -3.6 -5.0 90 1.4 -4.3 278 36 319.9 320.8 293.2 335.4 4.81 11 500 5917 -8.2 -10.3 84 2.2 -9.1 283 43 323.1 323.8 293.0 334.7 3.49 12 450 6729 -12.6 -14.6 85 2.0 -13.3 285 40 327.4 328.0 293.5 336.7 2.74 13 400 7618 -18.2 -21.8 73 3.6 -19.2 289 39 331.4 331.7 293.6 337.3 1.67 14 350 8603 -24.9 -29.9 63 5.0 -25.9 294 39 335.2 335.4 294.0 338.6 0.91 15 300 9706 -32.5 -36.3 69 3.8 -33.0 304 30 339.6 339.7 294.7 341.8 0.57 16 250 10966 -41.6 -46.6 58 5.0 -42.0 310 28 344.2 344.3 295.6 345.2 0.23 17 200 12440 -52.8 -60.6 38 7.8 -53.1 297 47 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.05 18 150 14251 -60.9 -67.5 41 6.6 -61.0 283 39 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.2 0.03 19 100 16717 -66.9 -87.5 4 20.5 -67.0 342 5 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.11 m Freezing level: 584.96 mb = 4684.33 m = 15368.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.70 mb = 4532.72 m = 14870.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.15 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.15 mb = 1904.97 m = 6249.83 ft T: 21.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 16.39 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.34 mb = 3177.99 m = 10426.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.64 C = 92.54 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -5.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.53 C Showalter Index: -5.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.38 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 41.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 553.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1371.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.60 mb = 2558.55 m = 8394.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.60 mb = 3687.91 m = 12099.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.60 mb = 12743.42 m = 41808.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1356.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.60 mb = 16104.21 m = 52834.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 540.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 540.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 180.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.43 Bulk Rich Number: 5.36 Bulk Shear: 255.88 m/s