MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508032100F029.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508032100F029.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: 29 hour RUC valid 2Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.40,-102.45 Latitude: 38.40 Longitude: -102.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 528 2 900 1010 SFC 881 1203 24.6 17.4 64 7.2 19.5 132 17 308.7 311.4 297.1 352.2 14.34 4 850 1515 24.2 16.3 61 7.9 18.7 140 35 311.5 314.1 297.5 354.0 13.86 5 800 2044 22.5 11.6 50 10.8 15.3 164 36 315.1 317.2 296.4 348.8 10.81 6 750 2603 19.4 8.9 50 10.5 12.6 188 29 317.7 319.5 296.1 347.8 9.57 7 700 3193 15.2 4.9 50 10.3 8.9 205 22 319.3 320.8 295.3 344.0 7.76 8 650 3816 10.3 0.2 49 10.2 4.6 234 16 320.6 321.8 294.3 339.9 5.97 9 600 4475 5.0 -6.6 43 11.6 -0.7 269 17 321.9 322.6 293.0 334.6 3.88 10 550 5177 -0.9 -13.4 38 12.5 -6.0 292 23 323.0 323.5 292.1 331.3 2.47 11 500 5927 -7.5 -17.9 43 10.4 -11.1 303 29 323.8 324.2 291.7 330.2 1.86 12 450 6736 -14.5 -23.4 47 8.9 -16.9 309 34 325.0 325.3 291.6 329.5 1.29 13 400 7617 -20.3 -37.7 20 17.3 -23.2 313 37 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.0 0.37 14 350 8593 -26.9 -47.2 13 20.3 -29.0 317 38 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.16 15 300 9684 -35.6 -47.3 29 11.6 -36.6 315 38 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.18 16 250 10927 -44.4 -47.4 71 3.1 -44.6 313 48 340.1 340.1 294.6 340.9 0.21 17 200 12385 -54.8 -63.6 33 8.8 -55.0 309 56 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.04 18 150 14192 -61.8 -81.6 6 19.8 -62.0 276 24 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16665 -65.3 -86.6 4 21.3 -65.4 188 7 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.65 m Freezing level: 557.83 mb = 5067.44 m = 16625.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.17 mb = 4390.57 m = 14404.60 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.88 % Est. max temperature: 33.76 C = 92.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.90 mb = 2121.63 m = 6960.66 ft T: 22.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.30 C/km ThetaE index: 24.45 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.20 mb = 3761.45 m = 12340.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.92 C = 96.66 F Cap Strength: 5.09 C Lifted Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.18 C Showalter Index: -5.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.74 C Cross Totals Index: 23.87 C K Index: 37.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 489.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1942.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 254.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.30 mb = 2877.68 m = 9441.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.30 mb = 4592.69 m = 15067.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.30 mb = 13001.56 m = 42655.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1933.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.9 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 281.9 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 409.2 neg: -6.0 tot: 403.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.88 Bulk Rich Number: 6.84 Bulk Shear: 283.92 m/s