MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508032100F000.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508032100F000.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: RUC analysis for 2100Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.33,-101.55 Latitude: 38.33 Longitude: -101.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 541 2 900 1025 SFC 897 1055 28.7 20.3 61 8.4 22.5 168 3 311.4 314.6 299.4 363.4 16.97 4 850 1530 23.3 16.7 66 6.6 18.7 274 1 310.5 313.2 297.4 353.9 14.19 5 800 2056 18.7 14.3 76 4.4 15.7 297 4 311.0 313.5 296.8 350.6 12.92 6 750 2606 14.5 9.2 70 5.3 11.2 297 9 312.3 314.2 294.9 342.5 9.78 7 700 3186 10.4 1.3 53 9.1 5.4 299 14 314.0 315.1 292.5 333.0 6.03 8 650 3797 5.8 -6.2 42 12.0 0.1 301 19 315.5 316.2 291.0 327.4 3.69 9 600 4446 0.1 -9.8 47 9.9 -4.1 294 23 316.3 316.8 290.6 326.1 3.03 10 550 5135 -5.9 -13.9 53 8.0 -8.9 292 25 317.1 317.6 290.3 325.0 2.37 11 500 5873 -11.3 -18.9 53 7.6 -13.6 298 25 319.3 319.6 290.3 325.1 1.72 12 450 6674 -15.8 -26.4 39 10.7 -18.4 313 33 323.4 323.6 290.8 326.9 0.98 13 400 7550 -21.9 -32.4 38 10.4 -23.9 320 35 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.8 0.63 14 350 8517 -29.6 -41.7 30 12.1 -31.0 314 39 328.8 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.28 15 300 9597 -37.1 -46.0 39 9.0 -37.8 314 51 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.21 16 250 10840 -43.0 -65.6 7 22.5 -43.8 324 75 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.02 17 200 12321 -49.0 -71.1 6 22.2 -49.5 317 62 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 18 150 14190 -55.3 -83.5 2 28.2 -55.7 294 43 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16697 -65.9 -87.0 4 21.1 -66.0 233 3 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.28 m Freezing level: 599.03 mb = 4458.98 m = 14629.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.07 mb = 3808.69 m = 12495.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.84 % Est. max temperature: 29.73 C = 85.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.50 mb = 2114.54 m = 6937.38 ft T: 18.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.06 C/km ThetaE index: 38.43 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.62 mb = 2520.08 m = 8267.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.43 C = 84.98 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -10.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: -9.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.54 C Cross Totals Index: 27.94 C K Index: 42.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 497.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2915.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.29 mb = 2367.50 m = 7767.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.29 mb = 2647.98 m = 8687.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.29 mb = 12442.42 m = 40821.11 ft B at Equ Level: 2894.93 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.4 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 330.4 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.4 neg: -1.7 tot: 38.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 62.07 Bulk Shear: 46.96 m/s