MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508032100F026.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508032100F026.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: 26 hour RUC valid 23Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.79,-102.72 Latitude: 38.79 Longitude: -102.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 1 950 510 2 900 999 SFC 869 1312 30.5 16.8 44 13.7 20.7 137 18 316.1 318.8 298.7 359.8 14.02 4 850 1511 28.0 15.4 46 12.6 19.1 142 22 315.5 318.0 297.9 356.1 13.05 5 800 2044 23.1 13.3 54 9.7 16.4 151 23 315.7 318.1 297.4 353.5 12.12 6 750 2604 19.0 9.2 53 9.8 12.6 173 20 317.2 319.1 296.2 348.0 9.78 7 700 3192 14.7 4.8 51 9.9 8.7 199 16 318.7 320.2 295.1 343.3 7.72 8 650 3814 9.7 -0.7 48 10.4 4.0 227 14 319.9 321.0 293.8 337.9 5.59 9 600 4471 4.0 -5.5 50 9.4 -0.7 251 16 320.7 321.5 292.9 334.5 4.24 10 550 5170 -2.4 -9.7 57 7.3 -5.5 266 18 321.3 321.9 292.3 332.3 3.34 11 500 5918 -8.6 -17.6 48 9.0 -11.7 286 21 322.5 322.9 291.5 329.1 1.92 12 450 6723 -14.9 -30.8 25 15.9 -18.4 300 28 324.5 324.6 290.8 326.8 0.65 13 400 7603 -20.8 -43.9 11 23.1 -23.9 308 38 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.19 14 350 8577 -27.0 -48.5 11 21.4 -29.2 315 45 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.8 0.13 15 300 9668 -35.4 -49.1 23 13.6 -36.5 311 52 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.15 16 250 10912 -44.4 -54.8 31 10.3 -44.9 312 59 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.4 0.09 17 200 12372 -54.6 -63.6 32 9.0 -54.8 308 66 346.2 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14179 -60.7 -82.4 4 21.7 -60.9 289 26 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 19 100 16666 -64.1 -86.8 3 22.7 -64.3 213 6 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5855.77 m Freezing level: 568.66 mb = 4909.41 m = 16106.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.33 mb = 4371.24 m = 14341.17 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.43 % Est. max temperature: 32.49 C = 90.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.84 mb = 3037.16 m = 9964.31 ft T: 15.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.55 C/km ThetaE index: 33.03 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.16 mb = 3683.65 m = 12085.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.96 C = 93.14 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -7.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.64 C Showalter Index: -7.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.59 C Cross Totals Index: 24.01 C K Index: 42.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 581.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2533.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.79 mb = 3242.78 m = 10638.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.79 mb = 4059.99 m = 13320.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.79 mb = 13363.80 m = 43843.97 ft B at Equ Level: 2506.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.0 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 278.0 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 156.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.24 Bulk Rich Number: 16.96 Bulk Shear: 149.36 m/s