MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040000F021.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508040000F021.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: 21 hour RUC valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.54,-102.40 Latitude: 38.54 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 85 1 950 533 2 900 1019 SFC 878 1238 28.0 19.8 61 8.1 22.0 145 15 312.5 315.8 299.5 364.4 16.83 4 850 1527 25.2 17.3 61 7.9 19.6 150 19 312.6 315.4 298.3 358.1 14.79 5 800 2056 20.7 14.5 68 6.2 16.4 160 19 313.2 315.7 297.4 353.6 13.08 6 750 2611 16.9 10.6 66 6.3 12.7 187 19 314.9 317.0 296.3 348.5 10.77 7 700 3197 13.3 4.6 55 8.8 8.0 218 21 317.3 318.7 294.6 341.3 7.60 8 650 3816 9.7 -11.4 21 21.1 0.4 242 15 319.9 320.4 291.2 328.1 2.46 9 600 4472 3.8 -13.9 26 17.7 -3.4 282 9 320.5 321.0 291.1 327.9 2.18 10 550 5171 -2.1 -17.9 29 15.8 -7.7 306 14 321.6 321.9 291.0 327.4 1.69 11 500 5918 -8.4 -23.1 30 14.7 -12.8 304 22 322.7 323.0 290.8 326.9 1.19 12 450 6724 -15.3 -28.4 32 13.1 -18.3 301 28 324.0 324.2 290.8 326.9 0.82 13 400 7601 -21.5 -41.1 15 19.6 -24.3 304 38 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.0 0.26 14 350 8573 -27.6 -48.8 11 21.2 -29.7 306 48 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.13 15 300 9663 -35.4 -53.3 14 17.9 -36.6 309 57 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.09 16 250 10909 -43.7 -58.7 17 15.0 -44.3 313 66 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.06 17 200 12374 -54.0 -63.8 29 9.8 -54.2 306 71 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.4 0.04 18 150 14185 -60.7 -80.0 6 19.3 -60.9 288 23 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 19 100 16669 -64.2 -86.8 3 22.7 -64.3 227 8 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.46 m Freezing level: 567.78 mb = 4922.69 m = 16150.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.05 mb = 3878.77 m = 12725.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.18 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.13 mb = 2272.70 m = 7456.28 ft T: 19.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 37.52 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.08 mb = 3135.25 m = 10286.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.29 C = 90.12 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -7.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: -8.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.45 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.69 C Cross Totals Index: 25.76 C K Index: 42.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 556.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2861.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.38 mb = 2663.90 m = 8739.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.38 mb = 3938.32 m = 12920.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.38 mb = 13383.02 m = 43907.01 ft B at Equ Level: 2849.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.6 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 291.6 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.6 neg: -7.1 tot: 171.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.12 Bulk Rich Number: 22.54 Bulk Shear: 126.94 m/s