MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F051.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508030900F051.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: 51 hour RUC valid 12Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.32,-101.71 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -101.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 560 SFC 900 1025 18.3 17.2 93 1.2 17.5 156 11 300.3 302.8 294.5 340.8 13.80 3 900 1029 19.0 17.8 92 1.3 18.2 164 13 301.1 303.7 295.1 343.3 14.35 4 850 1520 17.7 15.6 87 2.1 16.3 185 35 304.7 307.1 295.3 344.1 13.21 5 800 2041 18.2 13.4 74 4.8 15.0 185 35 310.6 312.9 296.1 347.9 12.20 6 750 2593 16.0 10.4 69 5.6 12.3 186 26 314.0 316.0 295.9 346.9 10.60 7 700 3179 14.2 1.8 43 12.3 7.1 197 20 318.2 319.4 293.9 338.1 6.25 8 650 3799 10.0 -2.7 41 12.6 3.3 225 15 320.2 321.2 293.3 335.9 4.84 9 600 4458 4.2 -7.1 43 11.4 -1.2 248 10 321.0 321.7 292.6 333.3 3.73 10 550 5157 -1.9 -15.5 34 13.7 -7.1 279 12 321.8 322.3 291.4 328.9 2.07 11 500 5904 -8.8 -22.5 32 13.8 -12.9 292 19 322.4 322.6 290.7 326.7 1.25 12 450 6709 -15.9 -25.5 43 9.6 -18.3 285 26 323.2 323.4 290.8 326.9 1.06 13 400 7584 -22.2 -35.9 28 13.7 -24.5 287 32 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.7 0.45 14 350 8552 -28.9 -34.8 57 5.9 -29.8 289 35 329.8 329.9 292.2 331.9 0.57 15 300 9635 -36.8 -40.9 66 4.0 -37.2 287 41 333.5 333.5 293.0 334.8 0.36 16 250 10873 -45.3 -50.2 58 4.9 -45.6 291 59 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.4 0.15 17 200 12325 -55.7 -62.4 43 6.7 -55.9 290 65 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14137 -61.6 -84.7 3 23.1 -61.7 263 36 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16637 -61.7 -85.7 3 24.0 -61.9 207 14 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.80 m Freezing level: 565.42 mb = 4941.61 m = 16212.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.94 mb = 4282.30 m = 14049.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.67 % Est. max temperature: 31.51 C = 88.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.49 mb = 1168.94 m = 3835.05 ft T: 18.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.41 C/km ThetaE index: 21.16 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.41 mb = 3490.41 m = 11451.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.64 C = 97.94 F Cap Strength: 5.01 C Lifted Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.01 C Showalter Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 29.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 456.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1340.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 360.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.40 mb = 1856.47 m = 6090.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 572.40 mb = 4836.36 m = 15867.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.40 mb = 12247.03 m = 40180.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1340.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.40 mb = 15390.96 m = 50494.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.4 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 256.4 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 24.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.8 neg: -42.3 tot: 121.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.36 Bulk Rich Number: 30.41 Bulk Shear: 44.10 m/s