MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030300F017.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030300F017.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: 17 hour RUC valid 20Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.27,-102.08 Latitude: 39.27 Longitude: -102.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 541 2 900 1024 SFC 881 1216 28.6 16.7 49 11.9 20.1 153 6 312.9 315.5 297.7 355.0 13.67 4 850 1528 23.7 14.1 55 9.5 17.2 152 5 310.9 313.2 296.1 347.7 12.02 5 800 2054 18.8 11.7 64 7.1 14.1 155 3 311.2 313.2 295.4 344.5 10.88 6 750 2605 15.0 5.9 54 9.1 9.5 328 3 312.8 314.3 293.6 336.9 7.76 7 700 3184 10.4 2.0 56 8.4 5.7 311 10 314.0 315.2 292.8 334.0 6.35 8 650 3796 6.0 -3.5 51 9.4 1.2 307 21 315.7 316.6 291.8 330.3 4.56 9 600 4446 0.9 -10.7 41 11.6 -4.0 312 24 317.2 317.7 290.7 326.4 2.82 10 550 5138 -5.0 -13.6 51 8.6 -8.3 306 23 318.1 318.6 290.6 326.2 2.43 11 500 5877 -11.4 -17.9 59 6.5 -13.5 308 23 319.1 319.5 290.4 325.4 1.87 12 450 6674 -17.7 -27.1 44 9.4 -19.8 303 25 321.0 321.1 290.0 324.2 0.92 13 400 7544 -23.5 -37.2 27 13.7 -25.6 300 34 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.9 0.39 14 350 8507 -30.0 -46.7 18 16.7 -31.6 307 38 328.3 328.4 291.4 329.0 0.16 15 300 9585 -38.3 -55.2 15 16.9 -39.2 310 40 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.07 16 250 10818 -44.8 -61.6 14 16.8 -45.4 315 49 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.04 17 200 12295 -48.8 -68.8 8 20.1 -49.3 319 62 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.02 18 150 14167 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 299 39 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16687 -64.8 -83.5 6 18.7 -65.0 296 10 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.92 m Freezing level: 592.12 mb = 4554.62 m = 14942.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.44 mb = 3941.86 m = 12932.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.53 mb = 2711.28 m = 8895.16 ft T: 14.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 30.83 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.52 mb = 3142.09 m = 10308.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.60 C = 85.27 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -7.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: -7.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.65 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.08 C Cross Totals Index: 25.57 C K Index: 40.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1958.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.87 mb = 2844.70 m = 9332.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.87 mb = 3498.51 m = 11477.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.87 mb = 11548.96 m = 37889.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1948.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.87 mb = 15356.72 m = 50382.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.1 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 336.1 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.5 neg: -5.9 tot: 40.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 29.95 Bulk Shear: 65.40 m/s