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: 38.83,-102.53 Latitude: 38.83 Longitude: -102.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 525 2 900 1013 SFC 868 1333 29.2 18.6 53 10.7 21.5 149 15 314.8 317.9 299.4 363.6 15.68 4 850 1522 26.5 16.5 54 10.0 19.4 153 18 313.9 316.6 298.1 357.3 14.00 5 800 2053 21.6 14.2 63 7.3 16.5 162 18 314.1 316.6 297.5 354.0 12.88 6 750 2610 17.4 10.6 64 6.8 12.9 189 18 315.5 317.5 296.4 349.1 10.78 7 700 3196 13.6 3.6 51 10.0 7.7 219 19 317.6 318.9 294.3 340.0 7.08 8 650 3815 9.3 -8.4 28 17.7 1.0 245 13 319.5 320.1 291.6 329.8 3.12 9 600 4471 3.6 -12.7 29 16.3 -3.2 273 8 320.3 320.8 291.2 328.3 2.40 10 550 5169 -2.6 -16.5 33 13.9 -7.7 291 10 321.0 321.4 291.0 327.4 1.91 11 500 5915 -9.1 -21.4 36 12.3 -12.8 296 16 322.0 322.3 290.8 326.8 1.38 12 450 6719 -15.6 -27.6 35 12.0 -18.4 298 28 323.6 323.8 290.8 326.7 0.88 13 400 7596 -21.3 -42.1 14 20.8 -24.2 306 41 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.23 14 350 8569 -27.4 -48.9 11 21.5 -29.6 312 45 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.13 15 300 9658 -35.8 -53.0 15 17.2 -37.0 311 55 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.09 16 250 10901 -44.3 -57.8 21 13.6 -44.8 314 64 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.06 17 200 12364 -54.1 -64.3 28 10.2 -54.3 308 71 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.03 18 150 14173 -61.0 -81.2 5 20.3 -61.2 298 27 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16664 -63.9 -87.1 3 23.1 -64.1 214 8 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.39 m Freezing level: 570.94 mb = 4876.50 m = 15998.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.96 mb = 3968.39 m = 13019.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.43 % Est. max temperature: 31.09 C = 87.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 743.61 mb = 2682.71 m = 8801.43 ft T: 16.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.34 C/km ThetaE index: 36.83 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.67 mb = 3380.94 m = 11092.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.40 C = 90.32 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -7.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Showalter Index: -8.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.58 C Cross Totals Index: 25.54 C K Index: 42.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 591.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2765.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.97 mb = 2933.41 m = 9623.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.97 mb = 3853.51 m = 12642.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.97 mb = 13499.09 m = 44287.82 ft B at Equ Level: 2733.06 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.3 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 290.3 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.4 neg: -8.7 tot: 128.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.36 Bulk Rich Number: 27.22 Bulk Shear: 101.58 m/s