MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031200F020.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031200F020.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: 20 hour RUC valid 8Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 40.32,-103.72 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -103.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 562 2 900 1036 SFC 869 1340 17.2 10.4 64 6.8 13.0 140 2 302.3 304.0 291.6 329.4 9.15 4 850 1533 22.0 12.0 53 10.1 15.4 181 20 309.2 311.2 294.5 340.9 10.39 5 800 2058 20.1 5.5 38 14.6 11.3 183 15 312.6 313.9 292.9 334.6 7.08 6 750 2610 16.2 0.0 33 16.2 7.3 175 8 314.2 315.2 291.8 330.4 5.11 7 700 3192 11.6 -1.5 40 13.1 4.6 220 3 315.3 316.3 292.0 330.9 4.90 8 650 3805 6.3 -2.1 55 8.4 2.0 272 10 316.1 317.1 292.3 332.2 5.05 9 600 4456 1.6 -9.0 45 10.6 -3.1 302 18 318.0 318.6 291.3 328.5 3.22 10 550 5149 -4.1 -16.3 38 12.2 -8.5 303 25 319.2 319.6 290.5 325.7 1.94 11 500 5892 -9.9 -24.7 29 14.7 -14.0 309 31 320.9 321.1 290.1 324.5 1.04 12 450 6695 -15.1 -36.2 15 21.0 -19.1 307 33 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.6 0.39 13 400 7575 -20.7 -42.4 12 21.7 -23.8 299 37 328.0 328.1 291.4 328.9 0.23 14 350 8547 -28.4 -46.3 16 17.8 -30.3 306 33 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.17 15 300 9628 -37.7 -50.9 24 13.2 -38.5 307 52 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.12 16 250 10864 -45.6 -59.7 19 14.0 -46.2 300 64 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.05 17 200 12326 -51.9 -70.1 9 18.3 -52.2 292 73 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14157 -59.2 -81.8 4 22.6 -59.5 273 39 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16659 -64.5 -87.4 3 22.9 -64.7 13 3 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.13 m Freezing level: 585.87 mb = 4651.61 m = 15261.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.62 mb = 4051.34 m = 13291.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.99 % Est. max temperature: 29.35 C = 84.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.83 mb = 2222.00 m = 7289.92 ft T: 18.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.97 C/km ThetaE index: 10.51 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 624.22 mb = 4134.19 m = 13563.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.46 C = 88.63 F Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.21 C Showalter Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 30.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 435.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 219.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 286.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.23 mb = 3416.84 m = 11209.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 546.23 mb = 5202.99 m = 17069.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.23 mb = 10187.50 m = 33423.17 ft B at Equ Level: 216.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.23 mb = 11814.95 m = 38762.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.8 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 321.8 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.0 neg: -35.6 tot: 87.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 1.88 Bulk Shear: 116.89 m/s