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: 38.47,-101.50 Latitude: 38.47 Longitude: -101.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 551 2 900 1030 SFC 899 1036 25.6 18.4 64 7.3 20.5 169 3 308.0 310.8 297.3 353.1 14.93 4 850 1529 20.3 16.1 77 4.2 17.4 177 3 307.5 310.0 296.4 348.7 13.68 5 800 2049 16.4 11.8 74 4.6 13.4 271 2 308.7 310.7 294.8 341.9 10.95 6 750 2598 15.3 1.1 38 14.1 7.4 323 9 313.1 314.2 291.9 330.5 5.54 7 700 3178 11.3 -3.6 35 14.9 3.8 317 16 315.0 315.8 291.3 328.4 4.20 8 650 3791 6.2 -7.7 36 14.0 -0.2 312 20 316.0 316.7 290.7 326.7 3.28 9 600 4440 0.4 -9.9 46 10.3 -4.0 305 23 316.6 317.2 290.7 326.3 3.00 10 550 5130 -5.6 -13.9 52 8.2 -8.7 297 24 317.4 317.8 290.3 325.2 2.38 11 500 5868 -11.2 -23.1 37 11.9 -14.5 301 27 319.4 319.6 289.8 323.5 1.19 12 450 6668 -16.5 -33.0 23 16.5 -19.7 314 33 322.5 322.6 290.1 324.5 0.53 13 400 7541 -23.1 -40.2 19 17.1 -25.5 317 39 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.0 0.29 14 350 8505 -29.6 -53.5 8 24.0 -31.4 319 41 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.2 0.07 15 300 9586 -37.6 -58.6 9 21.0 -38.7 319 52 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.5 0.05 16 250 10822 -44.5 -63.4 10 18.9 -45.1 326 73 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.03 17 200 12298 -49.3 -70.5 7 21.3 -49.8 318 67 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 14166 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.0 299 42 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16680 -64.3 -80.8 9 16.5 -64.5 290 4 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.79 m Freezing level: 596.73 mb = 4485.36 m = 14715.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.69 mb = 3756.67 m = 12324.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.57 % Est. max temperature: 30.66 C = 87.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.60 mb = 1957.46 m = 6422.04 ft T: 17.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.37 C/km ThetaE index: 29.65 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.66 mb = 2910.39 m = 9548.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.62 C = 88.92 F Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lifted Index: -7.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: -7.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.55 C Cross Totals Index: 27.32 C K Index: 32.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 424.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1996.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.12 mb = 2176.51 m = 7140.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.12 mb = 3625.71 m = 11895.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.12 mb = 11574.51 m = 37973.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1993.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.12 mb = 15390.83 m = 50494.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.7 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 336.7 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.3 neg: -1.7 tot: 26.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 35.25 Bulk Shear: 56.63 m/s