MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030300F022.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030300F022.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: 22 hour RUC valid 1Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.30,-102.51 Latitude: 38.30 Longitude: -102.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 543 2 900 1022 SFC 885 1174 23.1 19.7 81 3.5 20.6 124 11 306.9 310.0 298.0 356.6 16.53 4 850 1522 20.8 17.8 83 3.0 18.7 128 18 307.9 310.8 297.5 354.1 15.26 5 800 2044 17.7 12.3 70 5.4 14.1 128 12 310.1 312.2 295.4 344.6 11.31 6 750 2597 17.5 2.6 37 14.9 8.9 4 4 315.5 316.7 293.0 335.0 6.15 7 700 3181 12.4 1.8 48 10.6 6.3 348 13 316.2 317.4 293.3 336.0 6.22 8 650 3797 7.2 -4.0 45 11.2 1.5 339 20 317.1 318.0 292.0 331.2 4.37 9 600 4448 1.9 -8.7 46 10.5 -2.9 327 27 318.3 318.9 291.5 329.1 3.31 10 550 5143 -3.6 -12.0 52 8.4 -7.0 314 35 319.8 320.3 291.4 329.0 2.77 11 500 5887 -9.4 -16.8 55 7.4 -11.9 308 44 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.5 2.05 12 450 6691 -15.3 -27.7 34 12.4 -18.2 316 46 324.0 324.2 290.9 327.1 0.88 13 400 7570 -21.2 -48.2 7 27.0 -24.4 331 45 327.4 327.5 291.1 327.9 0.12 14 350 8542 -27.1 -51.6 8 24.5 -29.3 335 62 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.09 15 300 9636 -34.8 -49.5 21 14.7 -36.0 336 81 336.4 336.4 293.6 336.9 0.14 16 250 10883 -43.4 -59.2 16 15.8 -44.0 329 80 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.05 17 200 12355 -52.0 -68.4 12 16.3 -52.4 320 70 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14175 -60.5 -81.8 4 21.3 -60.7 318 51 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16672 -63.7 -84.4 4 20.6 -63.9 46 4 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.43 m Freezing level: 583.03 mb = 4684.03 m = 15367.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.44 mb = 4019.51 m = 13187.22 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.82 % Est. max temperature: 31.72 C = 89.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.81 mb = 1615.47 m = 5300.02 ft T: 20.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.06 C/km ThetaE index: 21.67 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.50 mb = 3078.85 m = 10101.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.07 C = 89.72 F Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lifted Index: -6.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: -7.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.20 C Cross Totals Index: 27.20 C K Index: 37.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 461.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1818.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.18 mb = 2215.45 m = 7268.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.18 mb = 3680.13 m = 12073.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.18 mb = 12381.05 m = 40619.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1809.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.18 mb = 16131.28 m = 52923.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.6 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 351.6 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 6.7 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.3 neg: -45.7 tot: 10.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 8.00 Bulk Shear: 227.37 m/s