MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F008.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F008.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: 8 hour RUC valid 23Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.98,-102.52 Latitude: 36.98 Longitude: -102.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 520 2 900 1007 SFC 877 1239 30.3 15.0 39 15.3 19.6 95 9 315.1 317.5 297.4 353.5 12.32 4 850 1516 26.7 13.4 44 13.3 17.7 95 9 314.1 316.3 296.5 349.7 11.46 5 800 2046 21.5 12.0 55 9.5 15.2 94 7 314.1 316.2 296.3 348.5 11.10 6 750 2602 17.5 8.0 54 9.5 11.5 30 4 315.6 317.3 295.2 343.8 9.01 7 700 3188 13.6 1.6 44 12.1 6.8 334 11 317.6 318.8 293.6 337.1 6.14 8 650 3807 8.6 -5.0 38 13.6 1.8 323 18 318.7 319.5 292.2 331.9 4.06 9 600 4461 2.8 -9.1 41 11.9 -2.6 315 23 319.3 320.0 291.7 329.9 3.20 10 550 5157 -3.5 -12.9 48 9.4 -7.2 309 30 320.0 320.5 291.3 328.6 2.58 11 500 5901 -9.6 -19.1 46 9.5 -12.6 308 36 321.4 321.7 290.9 327.1 1.69 12 450 6705 -15.0 -32.5 21 17.5 -18.6 313 40 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.4 0.56 13 400 7585 -20.7 -52.7 4 32.0 -24.1 320 42 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.07 14 350 8558 -27.0 -52.2 7 25.2 -29.3 323 59 332.3 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.09 15 300 9654 -33.4 -53.6 11 20.2 -34.9 330 76 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.09 16 250 10910 -42.0 -60.4 12 18.4 -42.8 324 75 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.04 17 200 12387 -51.4 -71.1 8 19.8 -51.7 318 68 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14217 -60.0 -82.3 4 22.3 -60.2 309 39 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16687 -66.8 -82.1 10 15.3 -66.9 234 5 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.98 m Freezing level: 577.69 mb = 4771.56 m = 15654.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.11 mb = 4073.65 m = 13364.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.70 % Est. max temperature: 31.67 C = 89.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.66 mb = 3167.91 m = 10393.27 ft T: 13.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.56 C/km ThetaE index: 27.02 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.05 mb = 3729.23 m = 12234.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.71 C = 92.68 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -6.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.94 C Showalter Index: -6.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.29 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.28 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 37.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1444.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.40 mb = 3243.03 m = 10639.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.40 mb = 4187.57 m = 13738.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.40 mb = 12051.09 m = 39537.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1434.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.40 mb = 15555.89 m = 51035.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.3 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 347.3 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.9 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.4 neg: -2.8 tot: 39.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 12.13 Bulk Shear: 119.07 m/s