MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F015.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F015.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: 15 hour RUC valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.13,-101.05 Latitude: 38.13 Longitude: -101.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 560 SFC 913 912 25.0 19.6 72 5.4 21.1 108 5 306.0 309.0 297.4 353.6 15.88 3 900 1036 23.6 18.5 73 5.1 20.0 119 6 305.9 308.7 296.8 351.1 15.09 4 850 1533 18.9 17.0 88 2.0 17.6 124 4 306.0 308.7 296.5 349.4 14.47 5 800 2052 14.9 13.8 94 1.0 14.2 341 1 307.0 309.3 295.4 344.8 12.53 6 750 2598 14.4 3.3 47 11.2 8.0 332 11 312.2 313.5 292.3 332.4 6.46 7 700 3178 11.3 -3.9 34 15.2 3.6 328 17 315.0 315.8 291.2 328.0 4.08 8 650 3790 6.1 -7.8 36 14.0 -0.3 324 20 315.9 316.5 290.7 326.5 3.26 9 600 4440 0.4 -11.1 42 11.5 -4.4 314 23 316.6 317.1 290.5 325.5 2.73 10 550 5129 -5.1 -17.6 37 12.5 -9.4 305 30 318.0 318.3 289.9 323.9 1.74 11 500 5869 -10.5 -26.2 26 15.8 -14.6 306 34 320.3 320.5 289.8 323.4 0.90 12 450 6671 -16.4 -32.8 23 16.4 -19.7 312 35 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.5 0.54 13 400 7544 -22.8 -37.8 24 15.0 -25.1 318 40 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.8 0.37 14 350 8510 -29.4 -36.4 51 6.9 -30.4 325 43 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.9 0.49 15 300 9591 -37.1 -43.1 54 6.0 -37.7 325 55 333.1 333.1 292.9 334.2 0.28 16 250 10831 -44.1 -64.1 9 20.0 -44.7 328 85 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.03 17 200 12306 -49.8 -71.7 6 21.9 -50.3 319 74 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 14167 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.1 309 43 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16682 -64.6 -84.6 5 20.0 -64.7 342 5 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.49 m Freezing level: 596.15 mb = 4492.59 m = 14739.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.53 mb = 3745.63 m = 12288.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.70 C = 85.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.63 mb = 1597.31 m = 5240.44 ft T: 18.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.08 C/km ThetaE index: 30.22 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.26 mb = 1858.48 m = 6097.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.58 C = 78.04 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -7.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: -7.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.86 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.41 C Cross Totals Index: 27.44 C K Index: 31.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2123.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.70 mb = 1791.46 m = 5877.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.70 mb = 1948.50 m = 6392.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 779.70 mb = 2269.21 m = 7444.83 ft B at Equ Level: 5.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 759.70 mb = 2489.21 m = 8166.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.7 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 343.7 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 4.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.9 neg: -5.0 tot: 29.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 25.08 Bulk Shear: 84.67 m/s