MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508032100F027.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508032100F027.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: 27 hour RUC valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.72,-102.47 Latitude: 38.72 Longitude: -102.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 1 950 516 2 900 1003 SFC 869 1311 27.6 18.3 57 9.3 20.9 137 17 313.0 316.0 298.8 360.6 15.42 4 850 1512 26.1 16.9 57 9.2 19.5 141 26 313.5 316.2 298.2 357.9 14.36 5 800 2043 22.0 13.7 59 8.3 16.3 153 26 314.6 316.9 297.3 353.0 12.39 6 750 2601 19.0 8.6 51 10.4 12.3 182 22 317.2 319.0 295.9 346.8 9.41 7 700 3190 15.0 3.6 46 11.4 8.2 206 17 319.1 320.5 294.7 341.8 7.11 8 650 3812 10.0 -1.8 44 11.8 3.7 236 14 320.3 321.3 293.6 337.0 5.18 9 600 4470 4.1 -5.5 49 9.6 -0.6 259 16 320.9 321.7 293.0 334.8 4.23 10 550 5170 -2.1 -10.1 54 8.0 -5.5 277 18 321.6 322.2 292.3 332.3 3.22 11 500 5917 -8.4 -17.4 48 9.0 -11.5 296 23 322.8 323.2 291.5 329.4 1.95 12 450 6723 -14.9 -27.1 35 12.2 -17.9 304 29 324.5 324.7 291.1 327.7 0.92 13 400 7603 -20.7 -41.9 13 21.2 -23.8 310 37 328.1 328.1 291.4 329.0 0.24 14 350 8578 -27.1 -48.9 11 21.8 -29.3 317 42 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.13 15 300 9668 -35.5 -48.6 25 13.1 -36.5 314 49 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.0 0.15 16 250 10912 -44.5 -53.1 37 8.7 -44.9 313 56 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.4 0.11 17 200 12372 -54.8 -64.1 31 9.4 -54.9 310 64 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14179 -60.8 -82.5 4 21.7 -60.9 288 26 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16666 -64.4 -86.9 3 22.6 -64.6 207 6 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.47 m Freezing level: 566.80 mb = 4934.36 m = 16188.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.30 mb = 4370.11 m = 14337.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.92 % Est. max temperature: 32.71 C = 90.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.75 mb = 2489.27 m = 8166.80 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.58 C/km ThetaE index: 32.84 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.02 mb = 3607.48 m = 11835.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.20 C = 93.57 F Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lifted Index: -7.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.14 C Showalter Index: -8.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.78 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.50 C Cross Totals Index: 25.28 C K Index: 40.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 570.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2590.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.75 mb = 2964.20 m = 9724.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.75 mb = 4150.57 m = 13617.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.75 mb = 13255.75 m = 43489.48 ft B at Equ Level: 2580.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.7 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 283.7 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.6 neg: -0.3 tot: 210.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.26 Bulk Rich Number: 13.79 Bulk Shear: 187.79 m/s