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: 38.49,-102.40 Latitude: 38.49 Longitude: -102.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 530 2 900 1012 SFC 878 1231 23.4 17.5 69 5.9 19.2 134 16 307.8 310.5 297.0 351.5 14.46 4 850 1515 23.7 16.6 64 7.1 18.7 141 35 311.0 313.7 297.5 354.2 14.13 5 800 2044 22.2 11.8 52 10.3 15.3 165 35 314.8 316.9 296.4 348.9 10.97 6 750 2603 19.4 8.9 51 10.5 12.6 190 29 317.6 319.5 296.1 347.8 9.57 7 700 3193 15.2 4.7 50 10.4 8.8 207 22 319.3 320.8 295.3 343.8 7.70 8 650 3815 10.3 -0.3 48 10.6 4.5 235 15 320.7 321.8 294.1 339.3 5.79 9 600 4474 4.9 -7.0 42 11.9 -0.8 270 17 321.8 322.6 292.9 334.2 3.77 10 550 5177 -1.0 -13.0 40 12.0 -5.9 292 22 322.9 323.4 292.1 331.5 2.55 11 500 5927 -7.6 -17.5 45 9.9 -11.1 303 28 323.8 324.2 291.8 330.4 1.93 12 450 6735 -14.6 -23.2 48 8.6 -17.0 309 34 324.9 325.1 291.6 329.5 1.31 13 400 7616 -20.4 -36.6 22 16.2 -23.2 313 37 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.0 0.41 14 350 8591 -26.9 -48.0 12 21.1 -29.1 317 38 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.14 15 300 9682 -35.6 -47.1 30 11.5 -36.5 314 39 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.18 16 250 10925 -44.5 -47.7 70 3.2 -44.7 313 48 339.9 340.0 294.5 340.7 0.21 17 200 12384 -54.9 -63.4 34 8.5 -55.1 309 57 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.04 18 150 14190 -61.5 -81.8 5 20.3 -61.6 278 25 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16665 -65.3 -86.6 4 21.4 -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: 5857.97 m Freezing level: 558.51 mb = 5057.41 m = 16592.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.59 mb = 4370.90 m = 14340.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.33 % Est. max temperature: 33.56 C = 92.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.86 mb = 1991.60 m = 6534.04 ft T: 22.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.33 C/km ThetaE index: 24.72 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.18 mb = 3748.66 m = 12298.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.65 C = 96.16 F Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lifted Index: -5.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.26 C Showalter Index: -6.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.51 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.30 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 491.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1950.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 257.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.31 mb = 2830.42 m = 9286.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.31 mb = 4537.73 m = 14887.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.31 mb = 13210.70 m = 43341.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1918.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.31 mb = 16349.36 m = 53638.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.5 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 283.5 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 401.5 neg: -6.9 tot: 394.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.83 Bulk Rich Number: 6.95 Bulk Shear: 280.45 m/s