MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031200F012.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031200F012.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: 12 hour RUC valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.89,-101.86 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -101.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 549 2 900 1029 SFC 898 1044 25.7 19.0 66 6.7 20.9 112 5 308.2 311.1 297.7 355.2 15.56 4 850 1529 21.1 16.7 76 4.4 18.0 109 5 308.3 310.9 296.9 351.3 14.20 5 800 2052 17.5 11.7 69 5.8 13.7 348 4 309.8 311.8 295.0 342.9 10.85 6 750 2602 15.7 0.6 36 15.1 7.4 334 14 313.7 314.7 291.9 330.5 5.34 7 700 3183 11.6 -4.5 32 16.1 3.5 331 20 315.4 316.1 291.1 327.9 3.91 8 650 3796 6.8 -10.3 28 17.1 -0.7 323 24 316.6 317.1 290.4 325.4 2.68 9 600 4447 1.9 -15.2 27 17.0 -4.7 320 33 318.3 318.7 290.2 324.8 1.96 10 550 5141 -3.8 -15.4 40 11.6 -8.1 316 40 319.5 320.0 290.7 326.6 2.10 11 500 5883 -9.9 -19.3 46 9.4 -12.9 315 42 321.0 321.3 290.7 326.6 1.66 12 450 6687 -15.7 -29.9 28 14.2 -18.8 318 40 323.5 323.7 290.6 326.1 0.71 13 400 7564 -21.7 -46.9 8 25.2 -24.8 322 44 326.7 326.8 290.9 327.3 0.14 14 350 8532 -28.2 -51.1 9 22.8 -30.3 325 59 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.10 15 300 9624 -34.2 -53.1 13 18.9 -35.5 331 85 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.09 16 250 10874 -43.1 -58.3 17 15.2 -43.7 326 85 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.06 17 200 12348 -51.9 -70.2 9 18.3 -52.3 319 79 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14185 -56.2 -83.4 2 27.2 -56.5 310 43 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16686 -65.3 -82.6 7 17.4 -65.4 308 5 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.02 m Freezing level: 583.60 mb = 4674.49 m = 15336.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.67 mb = 3686.07 m = 12093.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.54 % Est. max temperature: 31.10 C = 87.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.38 mb = 1898.03 m = 6227.07 ft T: 18.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.97 C/km ThetaE index: 30.42 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.46 mb = 2916.58 m = 9568.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.95 C = 89.52 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -6.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -7.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.58 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.01 C Cross Totals Index: 26.58 C K Index: 31.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 423.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1811.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.53 mb = 2218.01 m = 7276.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.53 mb = 3550.83 m = 11649.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.53 mb = 12362.74 m = 40559.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1794.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.53 mb = 15585.59 m = 51133.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.5 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 350.5 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.7 neg: -3.8 tot: 50.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 14.52 Bulk Shear: 124.76 m/s