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: 38.97,-102.90 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -102.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 512 2 900 1002 SFC 857 1436 30.9 17.3 44 13.6 21.1 153 16 317.8 320.6 299.4 363.8 14.64 4 850 1514 28.6 15.1 44 13.4 19.2 157 17 316.1 318.5 297.9 356.1 12.84 5 800 2048 23.2 13.8 56 9.4 16.7 164 17 315.9 318.3 297.7 355.0 12.52 6 750 2607 18.4 10.8 61 7.7 13.4 183 16 316.6 318.7 296.8 350.7 10.89 7 700 3195 14.0 4.9 54 9.2 8.5 208 15 318.0 319.5 295.0 342.6 7.76 8 650 3815 9.2 -2.6 44 11.8 2.9 230 12 319.3 320.3 293.0 335.0 4.86 9 600 4471 3.4 -7.8 44 11.2 -1.9 248 11 320.0 320.7 292.2 331.6 3.53 10 550 5168 -2.8 -12.7 47 9.9 -6.8 269 12 320.7 321.2 291.6 329.5 2.62 11 500 5915 -9.0 -20.1 40 11.1 -12.5 286 17 322.1 322.4 291.0 327.4 1.55 12 450 6719 -15.4 -28.6 31 13.2 -18.4 295 28 323.9 324.0 290.7 326.7 0.80 13 400 7597 -21.0 -43.5 11 22.4 -24.1 304 40 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.4 0.20 14 350 8571 -27.1 -48.9 11 21.8 -29.3 309 46 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.13 15 300 9661 -35.7 -52.3 17 16.6 -36.8 309 55 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 16 250 10904 -44.3 -57.4 22 13.2 -44.9 312 63 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.5 0.07 17 200 12366 -54.3 -63.6 31 9.2 -54.5 306 70 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.04 18 150 14173 -61.4 -81.5 5 20.1 -61.6 300 28 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16662 -63.8 -87.0 3 23.2 -64.0 220 9 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.31 m Freezing level: 572.79 mb = 4850.55 m = 15913.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.31 mb = 4211.30 m = 13816.42 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.00 C = 87.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 703.61 mb = 3151.02 m = 10337.88 ft T: 14.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.46 C/km ThetaE index: 37.09 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.38 mb = 3594.03 m = 11791.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.00 C = 89.61 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -7.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: -8.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 61.63 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 43.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 606.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2653.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.83 mb = 3281.05 m = 10764.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.83 mb = 3842.25 m = 12605.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.83 mb = 13467.62 m = 44184.56 ft B at Equ Level: 2624.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.7 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 286.7 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.7 neg: -0.6 tot: 80.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.31 Bulk Rich Number: 29.34 Bulk Shear: 90.45 m/s