MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F009.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F009.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 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.94,-100.91 Latitude: 37.94 Longitude: -100.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 551 SFC 915 885 26.8 18.8 61 8.1 21.1 187 3 307.7 310.5 297.3 353.2 15.07 3 900 1030 25.4 17.7 63 7.7 19.9 174 3 307.6 310.3 296.8 350.8 14.30 4 850 1530 20.5 16.6 78 3.9 17.8 171 3 307.6 310.2 296.7 350.2 14.11 5 800 2051 16.3 13.6 84 2.7 14.5 172 1 308.5 310.8 295.7 345.8 12.30 6 750 2600 15.0 4.1 48 10.9 8.6 329 5 312.9 314.2 292.9 334.3 6.88 7 700 3180 11.3 -2.4 38 13.8 4.2 316 14 315.1 315.9 291.6 329.6 4.58 8 650 3793 6.5 -7.2 37 13.7 0.1 318 22 316.4 317.0 291.0 327.4 3.42 9 600 4443 1.0 -10.6 41 11.6 -3.9 309 27 317.3 317.8 290.7 326.5 2.83 10 550 5134 -4.9 -15.5 43 10.6 -8.7 306 30 318.3 318.7 290.3 325.3 2.09 11 500 5875 -10.1 -24.0 31 13.8 -14.0 312 36 320.7 320.9 290.1 324.5 1.10 12 450 6679 -15.7 -31.5 24 15.8 -19.0 320 38 323.5 323.7 290.5 325.7 0.61 13 400 7554 -22.4 -40.3 18 18.0 -24.9 325 41 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.0 0.28 14 350 8519 -29.7 -51.4 10 21.7 -31.5 325 47 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.10 15 300 9601 -36.3 -58.2 9 21.9 -37.5 326 70 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.05 16 250 10846 -43.4 -62.2 11 18.8 -44.1 329 88 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.04 17 200 12323 -49.5 -72.7 5 23.2 -50.0 319 71 354.4 354.4 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 14188 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.2 302 39 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16689 -65.9 -82.6 8 16.7 -66.0 293 4 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.89 m Freezing level: 591.57 mb = 4559.96 m = 14960.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.32 mb = 3814.00 m = 12512.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 87.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.56 mb = 1906.48 m = 6254.78 ft T: 17.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 28.67 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.82 mb = 2703.15 m = 8868.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.23 C = 90.02 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -7.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.72 C Showalter Index: -7.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.30 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.60 C Cross Totals Index: 26.70 C K Index: 33.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2057.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.95 mb = 2051.54 m = 6730.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.95 mb = 3481.33 m = 11421.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.95 mb = 11845.77 m = 38863.61 ft B at Equ Level: 2048.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.95 mb = 15829.95 m = 51934.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.1 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 342.1 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.7 neg: -9.3 tot: 35.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 28.79 Bulk Shear: 71.45 m/s