MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508032100F024.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508032100F024.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: 24 hour RUC valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.38,-101.95 Latitude: 38.38 Longitude: -101.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 538 2 900 1024 SFC 887 1155 29.3 19.5 56 9.8 22.1 149 14 313.0 316.1 299.3 363.3 16.29 4 850 1531 24.9 16.8 61 8.1 19.2 152 17 312.2 314.9 298.0 356.3 14.34 5 800 2060 20.7 12.5 59 8.2 15.2 166 16 313.2 315.4 296.3 348.6 11.45 6 750 2615 17.2 5.9 47 11.3 10.3 196 17 315.2 316.7 294.2 339.6 7.79 7 700 3199 12.6 4.1 56 8.5 7.6 223 20 316.4 317.8 294.2 339.7 7.36 8 650 3817 8.8 -6.1 34 14.9 1.5 255 16 319.0 319.7 292.0 331.1 3.73 9 600 4472 3.5 -13.6 27 17.0 -3.5 300 9 320.1 320.6 291.0 327.6 2.24 10 550 5170 -2.7 -17.5 31 14.8 -7.9 316 10 320.9 321.3 290.8 326.9 1.76 11 500 5915 -9.3 -21.0 38 11.8 -12.9 307 17 321.7 322.0 290.7 326.7 1.43 12 450 6719 -15.6 -27.7 35 12.1 -18.5 304 30 323.6 323.8 290.7 326.7 0.87 13 400 7596 -21.4 -42.0 14 20.7 -24.3 309 42 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.24 14 350 8568 -27.5 -49.3 11 21.8 -29.6 316 47 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.12 15 300 9657 -35.7 -53.7 14 18.0 -36.8 316 56 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.09 16 250 10901 -44.1 -57.6 21 13.4 -44.7 318 66 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.06 17 200 12365 -53.8 -64.7 25 10.9 -54.1 312 70 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.03 18 150 14178 -60.6 -81.2 5 20.5 -60.8 294 25 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16668 -64.7 -87.1 3 22.4 -64.8 213 9 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.80 m Freezing level: 571.72 mb = 4866.93 m = 15967.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.69 mb = 4011.93 m = 13162.34 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.22 % Est. max temperature: 31.73 C = 89.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.23 mb = 2397.61 m = 7866.07 ft T: 18.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km ThetaE index: 23.64 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.30 mb = 3147.42 m = 10326.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.50 C = 90.50 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -7.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: -8.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.25 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.15 C Cross Totals Index: 26.10 C K Index: 42.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 556.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2580.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.34 mb = 2736.44 m = 8977.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.34 mb = 3761.24 m = 12339.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.34 mb = 13230.35 m = 43406.13 ft B at Equ Level: 2559.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.3 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 296.3 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.5 neg: -2.3 tot: 153.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.17 Bulk Rich Number: 24.70 Bulk Shear: 104.46 m/s