MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F041.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F041.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: 41 hour RUC valid 2Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 39.70,-102.88 Latitude: 39.70 Longitude: -102.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 526 2 900 1007 SFC 865 1361 24.2 13.7 52 10.5 17.1 158 16 310.0 312.2 295.6 345.1 11.49 4 850 1510 23.7 13.7 54 9.9 17.0 159 26 310.9 313.1 295.9 346.7 11.68 5 800 2036 20.1 7.6 45 12.4 12.3 164 33 312.5 314.1 293.9 338.1 8.23 6 750 2591 18.3 4.0 39 14.2 9.8 185 27 316.4 317.7 293.8 338.0 6.82 7 700 3179 15.4 -5.5 23 20.9 4.8 200 16 319.6 320.3 292.1 331.4 3.62 8 650 3800 10.3 -6.5 30 16.8 2.0 223 12 320.6 321.3 292.4 332.5 3.61 9 600 4459 4.4 -6.4 45 10.8 -0.9 256 15 321.2 322.0 292.8 334.1 3.94 10 550 5159 -1.7 -9.0 57 7.3 -5.0 279 21 322.0 322.7 292.7 333.6 3.51 11 500 5909 -8.1 -13.9 63 5.7 -10.4 287 29 323.1 323.6 292.2 331.9 2.62 12 450 6715 -15.1 -20.3 65 5.2 -16.6 289 34 324.3 324.6 291.7 330.1 1.70 13 400 7593 -21.7 -32.7 37 10.9 -23.8 299 39 326.7 326.9 291.4 329.0 0.61 14 350 8564 -27.6 -48.6 12 20.9 -29.7 314 46 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.0 0.13 15 300 9654 -35.5 -51.2 18 15.7 -36.6 316 52 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.11 16 250 10899 -44.1 -50.0 52 5.9 -44.5 314 59 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.16 17 200 12357 -55.6 -60.5 55 4.9 -55.8 308 66 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.06 18 150 14162 -60.7 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.9 294 34 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 19 100 16654 -64.4 -84.1 5 19.6 -64.6 200 12 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.92 m Freezing level: 564.19 mb = 4960.40 m = 16274.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.96 mb = 4256.05 m = 13963.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.66 % Est. max temperature: 32.50 C = 90.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.92 mb = 2694.63 m = 8840.53 ft T: 17.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.64 C/km ThetaE index: 15.27 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 609.28 mb = 4332.41 m = 14213.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.84 C = 94.71 F Cap Strength: 6.75 C Lifted Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.52 C Showalter Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.81 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 24.57 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 461.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 591.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 394.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 685.45 mb = 3354.89 m = 11006.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 540.45 mb = 5296.90 m = 17378.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.45 mb = 10886.19 m = 35715.40 ft B at Equ Level: 589.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.45 mb = 13739.17 m = 45075.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.1 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 279.1 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.2 neg: -25.3 tot: 148.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 3.55 Bulk Shear: 166.40 m/s