MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031200F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031200F009.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: 9 hour RUC valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.15,-102.7 Latitude: 38.15 Longitude: -102.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 1 950 543 2 900 1025 SFC 887 1152 27.8 16.8 51 11.0 20.1 42 6 311.5 314.1 297.4 353.5 13.70 4 850 1529 23.2 14.4 58 8.8 17.2 32 7 310.4 312.7 296.1 347.7 12.22 5 800 2054 19.2 9.5 54 9.7 13.0 1 11 311.6 313.4 294.4 340.5 9.39 6 750 2606 16.2 0.7 35 15.5 7.6 345 17 314.2 315.2 292.0 331.1 5.37 7 700 3187 12.2 -5.8 28 18.0 3.4 326 19 315.9 316.6 291.0 327.4 3.53 8 650 3802 7.1 -10.2 28 17.3 -0.5 312 22 317.0 317.5 290.5 325.9 2.71 9 600 4452 1.5 -14.6 29 16.2 -4.7 308 26 317.9 318.3 290.2 324.7 2.05 10 550 5146 -4.5 -18.6 32 14.1 -9.2 307 29 318.7 319.1 290.0 324.2 1.60 11 500 5886 -10.7 -23.6 34 12.9 -14.2 311 32 320.0 320.3 290.0 324.0 1.14 12 450 6686 -16.6 -30.5 29 13.8 -19.6 314 35 322.3 322.5 290.2 324.7 0.67 13 400 7560 -22.2 -40.9 17 18.7 -24.8 314 40 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.2 0.27 14 350 8529 -28.6 -52.3 8 23.7 -30.6 316 51 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.09 15 300 9617 -34.7 -59.9 6 25.1 -36.1 318 73 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.04 16 250 10869 -42.5 -61.4 11 19.0 -43.3 327 93 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.04 17 200 12345 -51.1 -72.2 6 21.1 -51.5 317 80 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14190 -56.6 -83.6 2 27.0 -56.9 306 42 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16684 -66.1 -84.2 6 18.2 -66.2 248 3 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.81 m Freezing level: 587.23 mb = 4629.40 m = 15188.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.56 mb = 3718.46 m = 12199.51 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 755.66 mb = 2541.36 m = 8337.68 ft T: 16.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.45 C/km ThetaE index: 29.47 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.68 mb = 3480.44 m = 11418.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.67 C = 90.81 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: -6.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.76 C Showalter Index: -6.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.88 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.83 C Cross Totals Index: 25.04 C K Index: 30.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1311.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.17 mb = 2866.23 m = 9403.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.17 mb = 4027.76 m = 13214.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.17 mb = 11358.47 m = 37264.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1301.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.17 mb = 14519.11 m = 47634.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.8 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 347.8 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -5.4 tot: 3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 19.17 Bulk Shear: 68.39 m/s