MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F033.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031500F033.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: 33 hour RUC valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.51,-102.4 Latitude: 38.51 Longitude: -102.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 532 2 900 1016 SFC 878 1236 26.4 18.1 61 8.2 20.5 144 16 310.9 313.7 298.1 357.0 15.08 4 850 1522 24.3 16.4 61 7.9 18.8 150 25 311.6 314.2 297.5 354.3 13.94 5 800 2050 20.5 12.1 58 8.5 14.9 164 26 313.0 315.2 296.1 347.4 11.13 6 750 2605 17.9 6.0 46 11.9 10.6 186 22 316.0 317.5 294.5 340.7 7.84 7 700 3192 15.2 -2.3 30 17.5 5.8 233 13 319.4 320.3 292.9 334.3 4.62 8 650 3814 10.0 -9.1 25 19.2 1.1 258 11 320.3 320.9 291.7 330.0 2.94 9 600 4471 4.2 -12.9 28 17.1 -3.0 277 13 320.9 321.4 291.4 328.8 2.36 10 550 5170 -2.1 -16.4 32 14.4 -7.4 292 18 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.2 1.92 11 500 5917 -8.4 -20.3 38 11.8 -12.2 303 24 322.7 323.0 291.2 328.0 1.53 12 450 6723 -15.1 -26.3 38 11.2 -17.9 309 30 324.3 324.5 291.1 327.8 0.99 13 400 7603 -20.8 -39.4 17 18.6 -23.7 311 38 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.2 0.31 14 350 8577 -27.5 -42.9 22 15.5 -29.3 312 46 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.7 0.25 15 300 9666 -35.6 -51.6 18 16.1 -36.7 314 50 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.11 16 250 10911 -43.8 -53.3 34 9.5 -44.3 313 61 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.4 0.11 17 200 12373 -54.2 -63.8 30 9.6 -54.4 308 60 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.04 18 150 14183 -61.7 -81.8 5 20.2 -61.8 290 32 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16666 -64.6 -85.2 4 20.5 -64.8 210 7 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.66 m Freezing level: 566.64 mb = 4937.64 m = 16199.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.19 mb = 3989.96 m = 13090.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.45 % Est. max temperature: 32.70 C = 90.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.44 mb = 2284.89 m = 7496.25 ft T: 19.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.69 C/km ThetaE index: 29.24 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.20 mb = 3708.48 m = 12166.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.31 C = 95.55 F Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lifted Index: -5.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.37 C Showalter Index: -7.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.58 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.73 C Cross Totals Index: 24.85 C K Index: 31.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 523.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1928.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 204.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.12 mb = 2810.36 m = 9220.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.12 mb = 4373.88 m = 14349.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.12 mb = 12791.89 m = 41967.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1926.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.12 mb = 16244.55 m = 53295.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.9 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 295.9 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.2 neg: -4.5 tot: 194.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.38 Bulk Rich Number: 11.10 Bulk Shear: 173.72 m/s