MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.04,-100.97 Latitude: 39.04 Longitude: -100.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 553 SFC 909 942 27.0 17.9 57 9.2 20.6 144 6 308.5 311.2 297.0 351.9 14.34 3 900 1031 24.7 16.5 60 8.2 19.1 148 6 307.0 309.5 296.0 346.9 13.25 4 850 1528 19.6 15.3 76 4.3 16.7 153 5 306.7 309.1 295.7 345.7 12.97 5 800 2048 15.4 12.4 82 3.0 13.4 162 2 307.6 309.7 294.8 341.9 11.37 6 750 2594 13.9 3.6 50 10.4 8.0 320 4 311.7 313.0 292.3 332.2 6.60 7 700 3172 10.1 -1.6 44 11.8 3.9 306 12 313.7 314.6 291.5 329.0 4.85 8 650 3783 5.5 -5.1 46 10.6 0.4 313 18 315.2 315.9 291.2 328.1 4.03 9 600 4431 0.4 -9.9 46 10.3 -4.0 311 24 316.5 317.1 290.6 326.3 3.00 10 550 5120 -5.9 -12.5 60 6.6 -8.5 303 25 317.1 317.6 290.5 325.8 2.67 11 500 5857 -12.6 -16.4 73 3.8 -13.9 298 24 317.6 318.0 290.2 324.7 2.12 12 450 6653 -17.6 -29.4 35 11.8 -20.1 307 25 321.2 321.3 289.9 323.8 0.75 13 400 7525 -22.9 -41.9 16 19.0 -25.5 315 29 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.1 0.24 14 350 8488 -30.4 -46.5 19 16.2 -31.9 308 29 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.17 15 300 9563 -39.0 -51.7 25 12.7 -39.8 311 29 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.11 16 250 10792 -45.8 -63.9 11 18.1 -46.4 317 43 337.9 337.9 293.8 338.0 0.03 17 200 12267 -47.5 -69.7 6 22.2 -48.1 308 38 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.02 18 150 14149 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.1 294 42 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16671 -64.3 -86.4 3 22.1 -64.4 320 6 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.82 m Freezing level: 597.16 mb = 4470.42 m = 14666.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.78 mb = 3835.37 m = 12583.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.43 C = 84.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.57 mb = 2094.52 m = 6871.71 ft T: 15.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.48 C/km ThetaE index: 28.11 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.33 mb = 2747.86 m = 9015.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.70 C = 87.27 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: -8.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: -8.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.25 C Cross Totals Index: 27.93 C K Index: 35.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 440.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1911.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.11 mb = 2131.38 m = 6992.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.11 mb = 3445.79 m = 11304.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.11 mb = 11426.51 m = 37488.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1898.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.11 mb = 14707.83 m = 48253.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.6 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 334.6 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.5 neg: -2.8 tot: 39.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 31.35 Bulk Shear: 60.95 m/s