MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F013.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F013.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: 13 hour RUC valid 22Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.90,-101.79 Latitude: 37.90 Longitude: -101.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 1 950 551 2 900 1030 SFC 900 1031 25.7 19.4 68 6.3 21.2 144 4 308.0 311.0 298.0 356.3 15.97 4 850 1529 20.3 16.6 79 3.7 17.7 144 3 307.4 310.0 296.6 349.9 14.09 5 800 2050 18.1 9.1 56 9.0 12.4 336 5 310.5 312.2 293.9 338.4 9.10 6 750 2602 16.4 -0.5 31 17.0 7.2 328 15 314.4 315.3 291.7 329.9 4.90 7 700 3183 11.7 -1.9 39 13.6 4.5 308 18 315.5 316.4 291.9 330.7 4.76 8 650 3797 6.6 -6.3 39 12.9 0.4 306 22 316.4 317.1 291.2 328.3 3.67 9 600 4447 1.0 -12.3 36 13.3 -4.4 306 25 317.2 317.7 290.4 325.4 2.48 10 550 5138 -5.0 -18.5 34 13.6 -9.5 304 28 318.2 318.5 289.9 323.6 1.61 11 500 5878 -10.9 -25.5 29 14.6 -14.7 310 31 319.8 320.0 289.7 323.2 0.96 12 450 6678 -16.8 -31.7 26 14.9 -19.8 318 34 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.3 0.60 13 400 7551 -22.6 -43.0 14 20.5 -25.2 320 41 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.5 0.21 14 350 8517 -28.9 -52.6 8 23.7 -30.9 321 49 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.08 15 300 9602 -36.0 -57.8 9 21.9 -37.2 321 69 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.05 16 250 10848 -43.1 -63.6 9 20.4 -43.9 327 90 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 17 200 12324 -50.7 -72.1 6 21.5 -51.1 317 78 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14177 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.7 305 42 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16680 -65.2 -83.6 6 18.4 -65.4 285 4 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.22 m Freezing level: 591.79 mb = 4560.65 m = 14962.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.58 mb = 3852.34 m = 12638.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.90 C = 89.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.00 mb = 1827.47 m = 5995.56 ft T: 19.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.38 C/km ThetaE index: 26.37 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.40 mb = 3035.36 m = 9958.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.69 C = 90.84 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: -7.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Showalter Index: -7.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.57 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.15 C Cross Totals Index: 27.43 C K Index: 34.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1849.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.37 mb = 2229.76 m = 7315.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.37 mb = 3690.94 m = 12109.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.37 mb = 11742.44 m = 38524.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1842.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.37 mb = 15638.96 m = 51308.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.9 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 340.9 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.3 neg: -19.5 tot: 15.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 21.87 Bulk Shear: 84.56 m/s