MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F032.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F032.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: 32 hour RUC valid 23Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 36.87,-102.88 Latitude: 36.87 Longitude: -102.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 528 2 900 1016 SFC 866 1357 31.2 15.1 38 16.1 19.9 165 16 317.1 319.5 298.0 356.4 12.54 4 850 1527 27.9 13.9 42 14.1 18.2 164 18 315.4 317.7 297.1 352.2 11.80 5 800 2060 22.6 12.8 54 9.9 15.9 168 19 315.3 317.5 297.0 351.6 11.66 6 750 2617 17.5 10.6 64 7.0 12.9 175 19 315.6 317.7 296.4 349.1 10.73 7 700 3203 13.1 6.7 65 6.4 9.1 193 16 317.0 318.7 295.4 344.7 8.81 8 650 3822 9.5 -3.4 40 12.9 2.8 239 12 319.8 320.7 293.0 334.7 4.60 9 600 4480 4.2 -7.1 44 11.3 -1.2 271 12 320.9 321.7 292.6 333.2 3.74 10 550 5180 -1.8 -11.9 46 10.1 -6.0 286 16 321.9 322.5 292.0 331.2 2.79 11 500 5929 -7.6 -21.2 33 13.6 -11.9 301 22 323.8 324.0 291.3 328.6 1.41 12 450 6738 -13.4 -40.0 9 26.6 -18.1 311 29 326.4 326.4 291.0 327.4 0.26 13 400 7623 -19.8 -39.8 15 19.9 -22.9 308 37 329.2 329.3 291.8 330.4 0.30 14 350 8599 -27.0 -40.2 27 13.3 -28.7 304 42 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.7 0.33 15 300 9691 -35.1 -42.1 49 7.0 -35.8 313 49 335.8 335.9 293.6 337.1 0.31 16 250 10938 -43.5 -49.2 53 5.8 -43.8 314 52 341.4 341.5 294.8 342.1 0.17 17 200 12402 -54.2 -65.0 25 10.8 -54.4 310 52 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14202 -63.1 -79.9 9 16.8 -63.3 299 27 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16661 -65.6 -85.5 5 20.0 -65.7 205 8 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.51 m Freezing level: 565.13 mb = 4967.77 m = 16298.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.97 mb = 4277.26 m = 14032.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.65 C = 87.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 685.95 mb = 3372.21 m = 11063.55 ft T: 12.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 29.01 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.76 mb = 3799.65 m = 12465.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.66 C = 92.60 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: -5.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.03 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.49 C K Index: 43.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 497.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1890.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 689.72 mb = 3326.43 m = 10913.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.72 mb = 4280.65 m = 14043.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.72 mb = 13247.60 m = 43462.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1868.99 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.0 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 295.0 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 79.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 17.23 Bulk Shear: 109.71 m/s