MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F005.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F005.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: 5 hour RUC valid 20Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.81,-101.86 Latitude: 37.81 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 85 1 950 540 2 900 1019 SFC 897 1051 25.8 19.7 69 6.2 21.3 145 6 308.5 311.5 298.2 357.8 16.28 4 850 1518 20.3 16.6 79 3.7 17.7 166 6 307.4 310.1 296.6 350.0 14.11 5 800 2039 16.8 13.0 79 3.7 14.3 224 4 309.0 311.2 295.6 345.1 11.87 6 750 2590 17.0 2.2 37 14.9 8.5 309 11 315.1 316.2 292.8 334.0 5.98 7 700 3174 12.4 -3.2 33 15.7 4.4 326 10 316.3 317.1 291.7 330.1 4.30 8 650 3789 7.4 -8.1 32 15.5 0.3 304 11 317.3 317.9 291.1 327.8 3.20 9 600 4441 2.0 -9.7 41 11.7 -3.1 293 20 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.5 3.06 10 550 5135 -4.1 -13.9 46 9.8 -7.8 294 27 319.2 319.7 290.9 327.1 2.37 11 500 5876 -10.7 -20.9 43 10.2 -13.7 307 32 320.0 320.3 290.3 325.0 1.45 12 450 6676 -17.0 -28.8 35 11.8 -19.6 310 39 321.9 322.0 290.2 324.7 0.79 13 400 7548 -22.9 -37.7 25 14.8 -25.2 307 45 325.2 325.2 290.7 326.5 0.37 14 350 8512 -30.0 -47.8 16 17.8 -31.6 309 50 328.3 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.15 15 300 9596 -35.8 -57.8 9 22.0 -37.1 313 63 334.8 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.05 16 250 10844 -42.4 -66.2 6 23.8 -43.2 322 82 343.0 343.1 295.1 343.1 0.02 17 200 12327 -48.7 -74.1 4 25.4 -49.3 318 70 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.01 18 150 14188 -57.4 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.7 285 36 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16673 -66.7 -79.3 15 12.6 -66.8 243 4 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.81 m Freezing level: 583.32 mb = 4672.54 m = 15329.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.20 mb = 3836.36 m = 12586.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.46 mb = 1832.61 m = 6012.43 ft T: 18.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.56 C/km ThetaE index: 30.02 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.09 mb = 3017.06 m = 9898.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.11 C = 91.60 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: -7.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: -7.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.30 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.02 C Cross Totals Index: 27.28 C K Index: 31.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2040.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.65 mb = 2096.45 m = 6878.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.65 mb = 3666.26 m = 12028.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.65 mb = 11704.21 m = 38399.19 ft B at Equ Level: 2031.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.65 mb = 16108.52 m = 52848.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.2 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 332.2 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.0 neg: -3.8 tot: 61.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 24.87 Bulk Shear: 82.04 m/s