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: 39.45,-102.93 Latitude: 39.45 Longitude: -102.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 496 2 900 986 SFC 858 1418 30.0 16.1 43 13.9 20.1 157 20 316.8 319.4 298.5 359.2 13.57 4 850 1498 28.4 15.4 45 13.1 19.2 157 24 315.9 318.4 298.0 356.6 13.03 5 800 2032 23.3 13.8 55 9.5 16.7 160 27 316.0 318.4 297.7 355.0 12.51 6 750 2592 19.5 8.9 50 10.6 12.6 175 23 317.7 319.6 296.2 347.9 9.58 7 700 3181 15.2 3.6 46 11.6 8.3 197 17 319.3 320.7 294.8 342.1 7.11 8 650 3804 10.1 -0.6 47 10.7 4.2 224 14 320.4 321.5 294.0 338.6 5.64 9 600 4462 4.4 -5.0 51 9.4 -0.3 252 15 321.2 322.0 293.2 335.5 4.39 10 550 5163 -2.0 -8.8 60 6.8 -5.0 272 18 321.8 322.5 292.7 333.6 3.58 11 500 5911 -8.5 -13.0 70 4.5 -10.3 287 24 322.6 323.2 292.3 332.0 2.81 12 450 6717 -15.3 -18.3 77 3.1 -16.2 295 32 324.0 324.4 292.0 330.9 2.00 13 400 7596 -21.0 -29.1 48 8.0 -22.7 304 40 327.7 327.9 291.9 330.8 0.87 14 350 8571 -26.7 -48.6 11 21.9 -29.0 313 43 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.13 15 300 9662 -35.0 -50.0 20 15.0 -36.2 309 49 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.13 16 250 10908 -44.2 -52.6 39 8.4 -44.7 307 54 340.3 340.3 294.5 340.8 0.12 17 200 12368 -54.8 -64.2 31 9.3 -55.1 303 62 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.1 0.03 18 150 14173 -61.4 -82.7 4 21.3 -61.6 291 30 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16660 -64.1 -86.8 3 22.7 -64.3 194 8 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5862.70 m Freezing level: 565.46 mb = 4946.04 m = 16226.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.68 mb = 4412.05 m = 14475.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.79 % Est. max temperature: 32.22 C = 90.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.14 mb = 3167.59 m = 10392.24 ft T: 15.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.71 C/km ThetaE index: 28.45 C Layer 850.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.46 mb = 3784.79 m = 12417.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.43 C = 92.18 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: -7.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.74 C Showalter Index: -7.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.89 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.98 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 40.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 614.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2480.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 688.19 mb = 3324.34 m = 10906.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.19 mb = 4150.27 m = 13616.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.19 mb = 13270.94 m = 43539.31 ft B at Equ Level: 2469.01 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.8 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 281.8 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 108.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.54 Bulk Rich Number: 15.80 Bulk Shear: 156.99 m/s